TOST short interest declines, indicating growing optimism among investors

Anna Perez

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Toast Inc shares valued at $485,520 were sold by Narang Aman on Oct 02 ’25. At $35.56 per share, Narang Aman sold 13,652 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 318,150 shares worth approximately $10.94 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Elworthy Brian R sold 4,987 shares, netting a total of over 177,358 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $35.56 each, the insider now holds 227,924 shares.

Before that, Fredette Stephen had sold 7,550 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $268,508, the President traded Toast Inc shares for $35.56 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 7,550 shares, worth approximately $30.9 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on October 23, 2025, Toast Inc [TOST] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $51. Analysts at Wells Fargo started covering the stock with ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late October. As of July 22, 2025, Truist has reiterated its “Buy” rating for TOST.

Analyzing TOST Stock Performance

On last trading session, Toast Inc [NYSE: TOST] plunged -3.78% to $34.39. The stock’s lowest price that day was $34.15, but it reached a high of $35.85 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -11.37%. Over the course of the year, Toast Inc shares have jumped approximately 14.18%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $49.66 on 08/05/25 and a 52-week low of $28.12 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Toast Inc (TOST)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 33.74, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 33.08. In the upper region, resistance lies at 35.45. The next price resistance is at 36.50. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 33.84 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Toast Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Toast Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-15 dropping by -6.36 million shares to 26.52 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 32.88 million shares. A decline of -23.97% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.08 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.08.

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In terms of Toast Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 47 in the next 12 months, up nearly 31.51% from the previous closing price of $35.74. Analysts anticipate Toast Inc stock to reach 140 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 36. In spite of this, 14 analysts ranked Toast Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 02, 2025, Truist assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $48.

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