Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Genworth Financial Inc shares valued at $345,600 were sold by McInerney Thomas J on Dec 02 ’25. At $8.64 per share, McInerney Thomas J sold 40,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 5,107,444 shares worth approximately $46.17 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, McInerney Thomas J purchased 40,000 shares, netting a total of over 345,600 in proceeds.
Before that, Karawan Gregory S. had sold 40,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $340,404, the EVP and General Counsel traded Genworth Financial Inc shares for $8.51 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 40,000 shares, worth approximately $2.73 million.
As published in a research note from Keefe Bruyette on June 18, 2025, Genworth Financial Inc [GNW] has been rated up from a Mkt perform to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $9. As of May 05, 2016, Compass Point has reiterated its “Buy” rating for GNW. Earlier on February 08, 2016, Compass Point resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for GNW stock.
Analyzing GNW Stock Performance
On last trading session, Genworth Financial Inc [NYSE: GNW] rose 0.78% to $9.04. The stock’s lowest price that day was $8.955, but it reached a high of $9.1 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.15%. Over the course of the year, Genworth Financial Inc shares have jumped approximately 20.05%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $9.15 on 09/26/25 and a 52-week low of $5.99 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Genworth Financial Inc (GNW)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 8.96, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 8.88. In the upper region, resistance lies at 9.11. The next price resistance is at 9.18. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 66.67 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Genworth Financial Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Genworth Financial Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-11-28 jumping by 0.21 million shares to 7.25 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-31 was 7.04 million shares. A jump of 2.88% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.57 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.57.
