Short interest on FERG sees a significant decrease on 2025-09-30

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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. Ferguson Enterprises Inc shares valued at $226,969 were sold by Stirrup Allison on Oct 13 ’25. At $234.23 per share, Stirrup Allison sold 969 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 5,058 shares worth approximately $1.22 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Winckler Richard sold 1,034 shares, netting a total of over 240,612 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $232.70 each, the insider now holds 1,458 shares.

Before that, Murphy Kevin Michael had sold 8,800 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,060,349, the insider traded Ferguson Enterprises Inc shares for $234.13 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 8,800 shares, worth approximately $38.6 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Goldman on June 18, 2025, Ferguson Enterprises Inc [FERG] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $280. Analysts at Berenberg downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in early June. As of April 01, 2025, Deutsche Bank has initiated its “Hold” rating for FERG. Earlier on March 17, 2025, Wolfe Research initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Peer perform” for FERG stock.

Analyzing FERG Stock Performance

On last trading session, Ferguson Enterprises Inc [NYSE: FERG] rose 0.38% to $241.33. The stock’s lowest price that day was $236.265, but it reached a high of $241.54 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.75%. Over the course of the year, Ferguson Enterprises Inc shares have jumped approximately 21.46%.

Is Ferguson Enterprises Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Ferguson Enterprises Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-30 dropping by -0.79 million shares to 1.6 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 2.39 million shares. A decline of -49.36% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.2 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.2.

Which companies own the most shares of Ferguson Enterprises Inc (FERG)?

In terms of Ferguson Enterprises Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 267.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 11.26% from the previous closing price of $240.42. Analysts anticipate Ferguson Enterprises Inc stock to reach 275 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 225. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked Ferguson Enterprises Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On February 03, 2025, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $204.

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