The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Knowles Corp shares valued at $600,000 were sold by Niew Jeffrey on Dec 10 ’25. At $24.00 per share, Niew Jeffrey sold 25,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 889,370 shares worth approximately $21.34 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, JEFFREY S NIEW purchased 25,000 shares, netting a total of over 600,000 in proceeds.
Before that, Niew Jeffrey had sold 25,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $587,500, the President & CEO traded Knowles Corp shares for $23.50 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 25,000 shares, worth approximately $21.94 million.
As published in a research note from Craig Hallum on April 07, 2025, Knowles Corp [KN] has been rated up from a Hold to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $17. Analysts at Craig Hallum downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in mid February. As of August 03, 2022, ROTH Capital has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for KN. Earlier on February 10, 2022, Colliers Securities upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for KN stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing KN Stock Performance
On last trading session, Knowles Corp [NYSE: KN] rose 2.56% to $24.0. The stock’s lowest price that day was $23.27, but it reached a high of $24.05 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 6.48%. Over the course of the year, Knowles Corp shares have jumped approximately 24.16%.
Is Knowles Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Knowles Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.48 million shares to 2.26 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 2.73 million shares. A decline of -21.19% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.04 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.04.
Which companies own the most shares of Knowles Corp (KN)?
In terms of Knowles Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 28 in the next 12 months, up nearly 19.66% from the previous closing price of $23.4. Analysts anticipate Knowles Corp stock to reach 30 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 23. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Knowles Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2026.
