Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Boyd Gaming Corp shares valued at $1,607,200 were sold by BOYD WILLIAM R on Nov 07 ’25. At $80.36 per share, BOYD WILLIAM R sold 20,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,960,447 shares worth approximately $171.48 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, BOYD WILLIAM R purchased 20,000 shares, netting a total of over 1,607,316 in proceeds.
Before that, JOHNSON MARIANNE BOYD had sold 100,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $8,662,000, the Executive Chairman traded Boyd Gaming Corp shares for $86.62 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 100,000 shares, worth approximately $149.08 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on November 21, 2025, Boyd Gaming Corp [BYD] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $86. Analysts at Wells Fargo started covering the stock with ‘”an Equal weight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of July 11, 2025, Susquehanna has decreased its “Positive” rating to a “Neutral” for BYD. Earlier on June 23, 2025, JP Morgan initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Neutral” for BYD stock.
Analyzing BYD Stock Performance
On last trading session, Boyd Gaming Corp [NYSE: BYD] plunged -0.64% to $87.47. The stock’s lowest price that day was $86.63, but it reached a high of $88.36 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.63%. Over the course of the year, Boyd Gaming Corp shares have jumped approximately 21.77%.
Is Boyd Gaming Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Boyd Gaming Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 0.42 million shares to 3.05 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 2.63 million shares. A jump of 13.73% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.81 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.81.
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In terms of Boyd Gaming Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 104.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 18.71% from the previous closing price of $88.03. Analysts anticipate Boyd Gaming Corp stock to reach 110 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 85. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Boyd Gaming Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On March 12, 2025, Susquehanna assigned a price target of “a Positive” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $77.
