NFLX’s short interest shows a sharp rise on 2025-11-14

Roman Campbell

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Netflix Inc shares valued at $40,712,436 were sold by HASTINGS REED on Dec 01 ’25. At $108.43 per share, HASTINGS REED sold 375,470 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 3,940 shares worth approximately $0.41 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Reed Hastings purchased 375,470 shares, netting a total of over 40,712,434 in proceeds.

Before that, Willems Cletus R had sold 238 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $261,879, the Chief Global Affairs Officer traded Netflix Inc shares for $1100.33 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 238 shares, worth approximately $0.0.

As published in a research note from Barclays on November 18, 2025, Netflix Inc [NFLX] has been retained to an Equal weight and the price target has been revised to $110. Analysts at Erste Group downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in late October. As of October 07, 2025, Seaport Research Partners has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for NFLX. Earlier on September 17, 2025, Loop Capital upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for NFLX stock which previously was a “a Hold”.

Analyzing NFLX Stock Performance

On last trading session, Netflix Inc [NASDAQ: NFLX] plunged -4.93% to $103.96. The stock’s lowest price that day was $102.03, but it reached a high of $106.87 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.42%. Over the course of the year, Netflix Inc shares have jumped approximately 17.23%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $134.12 on 06/30/25 and a 52-week low of $82.11 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Netflix Inc (NFLX)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 101.70, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 99.45. In the upper region, resistance lies at 106.54. The next price resistance is at 109.13. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 38.88 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Netflix Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Netflix Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-11-14 jumping by 86.0 million shares to 146.5 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-15 was 60.5 million shares. A jump of 58.7% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.14 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.14.

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In terms of Netflix Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 1400 in the next 12 months, up nearly 1180.29% from the previous closing price of $109.35. Analysts anticipate Netflix Inc stock to reach 1500 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 152. In spite of this, 42 analysts ranked Netflix Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On July 10, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $1390.

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