Sharp increase in CW’s short interest leads to surge in days-to-cover ratio

Daniel Torres

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Curtiss-Wright Corp shares valued at $67,850 were sold by Watts John C on Dec 23 ’25. At $575.00 per share, Watts John C sold 118 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 3,570 shares worth approximately $1.97 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Watts John C sold 175 shares, netting a total of over 95,720 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $546.97 each, the insider now holds 3,688 shares.

Before that, John C Watts had added 688 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $391,472, the Officer bought Curtiss-Wright Corp shares for $569.00 each.

As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on January 21, 2025, Curtiss-Wright Corp [CW] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $410. Analysts at Deutsche Bank started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early December. As of November 18, 2024, Stifel has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for CW. Earlier on October 29, 2024, Alembic Global Advisors initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for CW stock.

Analyzing CW Stock Performance

On last trading session, Curtiss-Wright Corp [NYSE: CW] plunged -1.31% to $551.27. The stock’s lowest price that day was $550.59, but it reached a high of $560.0 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.21%. Over the course of the year, Curtiss-Wright Corp shares have jumped approximately 53.40%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $612.28 on 10/30/25 and a 52-week low of $266.88 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Curtiss-Wright Corp (CW)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 547.77, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 544.28. In the upper region, resistance lies at 557.58. The next price resistance is at 563.90. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 47.94 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Curtiss-Wright Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of Curtiss-Wright Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-15 jumping by 41728.0 shares to 0.42 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 0.38 million shares. A jump of 9.93% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.77 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.77.

Which companies own the most shares of Curtiss-Wright Corp (CW)?

In terms of Curtiss-Wright Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 604.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 8.22% from the previous closing price of $558.58. Analysts anticipate Curtiss-Wright Corp stock to reach 660 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 525. In spite of this, 3 analysts ranked Curtiss-Wright Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On March 25, 2024, Truist assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $240.

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