Applied Digital Corporation [APLD] short interest falls, dropping by 78.69 million million shares

Daniel Torres

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Applied Digital Corporation shares valued at $215,840 were sold by MILLER DOUGLAS S on Nov 28 ’25. At $26.98 per share, MILLER DOUGLAS S sold 8,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 210,859 shares worth approximately $6.23 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, DOUGLAS MILLER purchased 8,000 shares, netting a total of over 215,840 in proceeds.

Before that, Benson Ella G. had sold 8,581 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $199,251, the Director traded Applied Digital Corporation shares for $23.22 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 8,581 shares, worth approximately $2.02 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Arete on January 07, 2026, Applied Digital Corporation [APLD] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $99. As of July 25, 2025, Compass Point has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for APLD. Earlier on June 09, 2025, Compass Point downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for APLD stock which previously was a “a Buy”.

Analyzing APLD Stock Performance

On last trading session, Applied Digital Corporation [NASDAQ: APLD] plunged -2.31% to $29.56. The stock’s lowest price that day was $29.515, but it reached a high of $31.45 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 22.76%. Over the course of the year, Applied Digital Corporation shares have jumped approximately 224.48%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $31.45 on 01/07/26 and a 52-week low of $24.65 on 01/02/26.

Support And Resistance Levels for Applied Digital Corporation (APLD)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 28.90, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 28.24. In the upper region, resistance lies at 30.84. The next price resistance is at 32.11. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 56.46 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Applied Digital Corporation subject to short interest?

Stocks of Applied Digital Corporation saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-15 dropping by 65364.0 shares to 78.69 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 78.75 million shares. A decline of -0.08% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.98 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.98.

Which companies own the most shares of Applied Digital Corporation (APLD)?

In terms of Applied Digital Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 40 in the next 12 months, up nearly 32.19% from the previous closing price of $30.26. Analysts anticipate Applied Digital Corporation stock to reach 99 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 20. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Applied Digital Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On May 22, 2025, Citizens JMP assigned a price target of “a Mkt outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $12.

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