AIZ short interest jump by 12.2%, reflecting negative sentiment

Roman Campbell

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Assurant Inc shares valued at $3,026,652 were sold by Demmings Keith on Oct 03 ’25. At $220.52 per share, Demmings Keith sold 13,725 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 84,647 shares worth approximately $20.48 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Demmings Keith sold 4,275 shares, netting a total of over 941,671 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $220.27 each, the insider now holds 98,372 shares.

Before that, KEITH DEMMINGS had added 18,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $3,936,420, the Director bought Assurant Inc shares for $218.69 each.

As published in their initiating research note from BMO Capital Markets on August 12, 2025, Assurant Inc [AIZ] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $238. Analysts at Piper Sandler upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of February 20, 2025, Keefe Bruyette has increased its “Mkt perform” rating to a “an Outperform” for AIZ. Earlier on December 05, 2024, Morgan Stanley initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Equal-weight” for AIZ stock.

Analyzing AIZ Stock Performance

On last trading session, Assurant Inc [NYSE: AIZ] rose 0.27% to $241.89. The stock’s lowest price that day was $239.35, but it reached a high of $242.34 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.05%. Over the course of the year, Assurant Inc shares have jumped approximately 13.95%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $243.22 on 12/23/25 and a 52-week low of $174.97 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Assurant Inc (AIZ)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 240.05, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 238.20. In the upper region, resistance lies at 243.04. The next price resistance is at 244.18. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 76.85 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is Assurant Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Assurant Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-11-28 jumping by 90679.0 shares to 0.74 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-31 was 0.65 million shares. A jump of 12.2% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.46 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.46.

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In terms of Assurant Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 255 in the next 12 months, up nearly 5.7% from the previous closing price of $241.25. Analysts anticipate Assurant Inc stock to reach 264 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 238. In spite of this, 6 analysts ranked Assurant Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 22, 2024, Piper Sandler assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $200.

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