Sharp decrease in CRCL’s short interest leads to decline in days-to-cover ratio

Samantha Gray

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Circle Internet Group Inc shares valued at $274,381 were sold by Tarbert Heath on Dec 22 ’25. At $90.02 per share, Tarbert Heath sold 3,048 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 579,302 shares worth approximately $47.87 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Chandhok Nikhil sold 10,000 shares, netting a total of over 900,000 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $90.00 each, the insider now holds 474,974 shares.

Before that, Allaire Jeremy had sold 7,055 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $635,444, the Chairman and CEO traded Circle Internet Group Inc shares for $90.07 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 7,055 shares, worth approximately $5.83 million.

As published in their initiating research note from H.C. Wainwright on December 19, 2025, Circle Internet Group Inc [CRCL] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $85. Analysts at Wolfe Research started covering the stock with ‘”an Underperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early December. As of November 13, 2025, JP Morgan has increased its “an Underweight” rating to a “an Overweight” for CRCL. Earlier on November 10, 2025, Monness Crespi & Hardt initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for CRCL stock.

Analyzing CRCL Stock Performance

On last trading session, Circle Internet Group Inc [NYSE: CRCL] plunged -0.11% to $82.64. The stock’s lowest price that day was $79.86, but it reached a high of $83.045 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.34%.

Support And Resistance Levels for Circle Internet Group Inc (CRCL)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 80.65, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 78.66. In the upper region, resistance lies at 83.84. The next price resistance is at 85.03. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 46.01 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Circle Internet Group Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Circle Internet Group Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-15 dropping by -10.52 million shares to 10.63 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 21.15 million shares. A decline of -99.0% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 0.64 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 0.64.

Which companies own the most shares of Circle Internet Group Inc (CRCL)?

In terms of Circle Internet Group Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 123 in the next 12 months, up nearly 48.68% from the previous closing price of $82.73. Analysts anticipate Circle Internet Group Inc stock to reach 160 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 70. On October 22, 2025, Wells Fargo assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $160.

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