Weyerhaeuser Co [WY] short interest surges, jumping by 17.61 million million shares

Anna Perez

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Weyerhaeuser Co shares valued at $106,226 were purchased by Lewis Sara Grootwassink on Dec 17 ’25. At $23.61 per share, Lewis Sara Grootwassink acquired 4,500 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 25,978 shares worth approximately $0.6 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Stockfish Devin W sold 90,162 shares, netting a total of over 2,103,624 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $23.33 each, the insider now holds 1,024,861 shares.

Before that, Stockfish Devin W had added 90,162 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $2,103,623, the Officer bought Weyerhaeuser Co shares for $23.33 each.

As published in a research note from BofA Securities on November 17, 2025, Weyerhaeuser Co [WY] has been rated down from a Buy to a Neutral. As of January 15, 2025, CIBC has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Sector outperform” for WY. Earlier on December 23, 2024, Raymond James upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for WY stock which previously was a “a Mkt perform”.

Analyzing WY Stock Performance

On last trading session, Weyerhaeuser Co [NYSE: WY] plunged -3.38% to $23.18. The stock’s lowest price that day was $23.12, but it reached a high of $24.13 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.38%. Over the course of the year, Weyerhaeuser Co shares have dropped approximately -18.27%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $24.72 on 01/05/26 and a 52-week low of $23.12 on 01/07/26.

Support And Resistance Levels for Weyerhaeuser Co (WY)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 22.82, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 22.47. In the upper region, resistance lies at 23.83. The next price resistance is at 24.49. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 47.77 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Weyerhaeuser Co subject to short interest?

Stocks of Weyerhaeuser Co saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-15 jumping by 2.41 million shares to 17.61 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 15.2 million shares. A jump of 13.68% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.55 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.55.

Which companies own the most shares of Weyerhaeuser Co (WY)?

In terms of Weyerhaeuser Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 30 in the next 12 months, up nearly 25.05% from the previous closing price of $23.99. Analysts anticipate Weyerhaeuser Co stock to reach 33 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 28. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Weyerhaeuser Co stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On December 06, 2024, BMO Capital Markets assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $38.

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