SNAP’s short interest shows a sharp decline on 2025-12-15

Samantha Gray

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Snap Inc shares valued at $10,066,361 were sold by Spiegel Evan on Jan 05 ’26. At $8.25 per share, Spiegel Evan sold 1,220,165 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 25,851,352 shares worth approximately $222.84 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Spiegel Evan purchased 1,220,165 shares, netting a total of over 10,002,816 in proceeds.

Before that, Spiegel Evan had sold 1,258,850 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $10,072,059, the Chief Executive Officer traded Snap Inc shares for $8.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,258,850 shares, worth approximately $239.85 million.

As published in a research note from Arete on November 18, 2025, Snap Inc [SNAP] has been rated up from a Sell to a Neutral. Analysts at New Street downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late October. As of October 24, 2025, Stifel has decreased its “Hold” rating to a “Sell” for SNAP. Earlier on September 30, 2025, Mizuho initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Neutral” for SNAP stock.

Analyzing SNAP Stock Performance

On last trading session, Snap Inc [NYSE: SNAP] plunged -1.93% to $8.62. The stock’s lowest price that day was $8.54, but it reached a high of $9.07 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 6.82%. Over the course of the year, Snap Inc shares have dropped approximately -27.99%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $9.07 on 01/07/26 and a 52-week low of $7.95 on 01/02/26.

Support And Resistance Levels for Snap Inc (SNAP)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 8.42, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 8.21. In the upper region, resistance lies at 8.95. The next price resistance is at 9.27. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 66.60 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Snap Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Snap Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-15 dropping by -5.03 million shares to 75.06 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 80.09 million shares. A decline of -6.7% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.03 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.03.

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In terms of Snap Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 8.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -3.3% from the previous closing price of $8.79. Analysts anticipate Snap Inc stock to reach 9 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 7. In spite of this, 28 analysts ranked Snap Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026.

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