Negative sentiment towards RDDT reflected in surge in short interest

Samantha Gray

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. Reddit Inc shares valued at $3,275,824 were sold by Slowe Christopher Brian on Dec 08 ’25. At $233.99 per share, Slowe Christopher Brian sold 14,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 173,694 shares worth approximately $41.36 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, MICHELLE REYNOLDS purchased 11,249 shares, netting a total of over 2,665,451 in proceeds.

Before that, Huffman Steve Ladd had sold 18,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $3,873,360, the CEO & President traded Reddit Inc shares for $215.19 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 18,000 shares, worth approximately $106.81 million.

As published in their initiating research note from China Renaissance on December 09, 2025, Reddit Inc [RDDT] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $300. Analysts at Citigroup resumed the stock at ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late October. As of September 18, 2025, Piper Sandler has reiterated its “an Overweight” rating for RDDT. Earlier on September 15, 2025, Needham resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for RDDT stock.

Analyzing RDDT Stock Performance

On last trading session, Reddit Inc [NYSE: RDDT] rose 0.85% to $238.11. The stock’s lowest price that day was $231.47, but it reached a high of $240.18 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 7.82%. Over the course of the year, Reddit Inc shares have jumped approximately 46.30%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $282.95 on 09/18/25 and a 52-week low of $79.75 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Reddit Inc (RDDT)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 232.99, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 227.88. In the upper region, resistance lies at 241.70. The next price resistance is at 245.30. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 64.91 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Reddit Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Reddit Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-11-28 jumping by 1.63 million shares to 18.88 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-31 was 17.25 million shares. A jump of 8.63% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.29 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.29.

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In terms of Reddit Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 250 in the next 12 months, up nearly 5.88% from the previous closing price of $236.11. Analysts anticipate Reddit Inc stock to reach 300 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 125. In spite of this, 12 analysts ranked Reddit Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 18, 2025, Argus assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $250.

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