The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Cummins Inc shares valued at $3,514,402 were sold by Smith Mark Andrew on Oct 06 ’25. At $439.30 per share, Smith Mark Andrew sold 8,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 31,582 shares worth approximately $13.37 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, MARK A. SMITH purchased 8,000 shares, netting a total of over 3,462,400 in proceeds.
Before that, Smith Mark Andrew had sold 4,829 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,004,304, the VP – Chief Financial Officer traded Cummins Inc shares for $415.06 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 4,829 shares, worth approximately $13.37 million.
As published in a research note from Melius on September 03, 2025, Cummins Inc [CMI] has been rated up from a Hold to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $500. Analysts at Goldman upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late May. As of April 07, 2025, UBS has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Sell” for CMI. Earlier on January 14, 2025, BofA Securities upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for CMI stock which previously was a “an Underperform”.
Analyzing CMI Stock Performance
On last trading session, Cummins Inc [NYSE: CMI] rose 1.62% to $423.39. The stock’s lowest price that day was $416.35, but it reached a high of $425.65 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.97%. Over the course of the year, Cummins Inc shares have jumped approximately 25.98%.
Is Cummins Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Cummins Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-30 jumping by 0.16 million shares to 1.65 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 1.49 million shares. A jump of 9.57% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.88 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.88.
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In terms of Cummins Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 392 in the next 12 months, down nearly -5.92% from the previous closing price of $416.65. Analysts anticipate Cummins Inc stock to reach 434 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 350. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Cummins Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 09, 2024, JP Morgan assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $420.
