CCK short interest surges, indicating growing pessimism among investors

Anna Perez

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Crown Holdings, Inc shares valued at $1,306,815 were purchased by DONAHUE TIMOTHY J on Aug 21 ’25. At $100.52 per share, DONAHUE TIMOTHY J acquired 13,000 shares.

Also, DONAHUE TIMOTHY J sold 37,000 shares, netting a total of over 3,720,720 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $100.56 each, the insider now holds 462,056 shares.

Before that, DONAHUE TIMOTHY J had sold 13,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,306,760, the President & CEO traded Crown Holdings, Inc shares for $100.52 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 13,000 shares, worth approximately $42.88 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Raymond James on October 16, 2025, Crown Holdings, Inc [CCK] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $110. Analysts at Truist upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early September. As of July 17, 2025, Robert W. Baird has decreased its “an Outperform” rating to a “Neutral” for CCK. Earlier on July 03, 2025, Citigroup resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for CCK stock.

Analyzing CCK Stock Performance

On last trading session, Crown Holdings, Inc [NYSE: CCK] plunged -2.25% to $95.49. The stock’s lowest price that day was $95.25, but it reached a high of $97.36 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.73%. Over the course of the year, Crown Holdings, Inc shares have jumped approximately 1.91%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $109.48 on 07/09/25 and a 52-week low of $75.98 on 04/09/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Crown Holdings, Inc (CCK)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 94.71, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 93.92. In the upper region, resistance lies at 96.82. The next price resistance is at 98.14. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 48.91 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Crown Holdings, Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Crown Holdings, Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-10-15 jumping by 0.4 million shares to 5.9 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 5.51 million shares. A jump of 6.71% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.08 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.08.

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In terms of Crown Holdings, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 118.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 21.3% from the previous closing price of $97.69. Analysts anticipate Crown Holdings, Inc stock to reach 126 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 110. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Crown Holdings, Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 13, 2025, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $105.

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