Negative sentiment towards COIN reflected by a jump of 11.43% in short interest

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. Coinbase Global Inc shares valued at $9,033,103 were sold by Armstrong Brian on Oct 13 ’25. At $361.32 per share, Armstrong Brian sold 25,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 526 shares worth approximately $0.18 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Alesia Haas purchased 6,142 shares, netting a total of over 2,116,909 in proceeds.

Before that, Brian Armstrong had added 25,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $8,924,750, the Officer bought Coinbase Global Inc shares for $356.99 each.

As published in a research note from Rothschild & Co Redburn on October 03, 2025, Coinbase Global Inc [COIN] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $417. Analysts at BTIG Research started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of August 04, 2025, Compass Point has decreased its “Neutral” rating to a “Sell” for COIN. Earlier on July 28, 2025, Monness Crespi & Hardt downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for COIN stock which previously was a “a Buy”.

Analyzing COIN Stock Performance

On last trading session, Coinbase Global Inc [NASDAQ: COIN] plunged -1.54% to $336.3. The stock’s lowest price that day was $333.1, but it reached a high of $347.8285 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -13.16%. Over the course of the year, Coinbase Global Inc shares have jumped approximately 90.67%.

Is Coinbase Global Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Coinbase Global Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-30 jumping by 1.54 million shares to 13.43 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 11.89 million shares. A jump of 11.43% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.55 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.55.

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In terms of Coinbase Global Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 400 in the next 12 months, up nearly 17.11% from the previous closing price of $341.55. Analysts anticipate Coinbase Global Inc stock to reach 510 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 252. In spite of this, 37 analysts ranked Coinbase Global Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.

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