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. Ardelyx Inc shares valued at $348,900 were sold by Williams Laura A on Jan 08 ’26. At $6.98 per share, Williams Laura A sold 50,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 361,563 shares worth approximately $2.49 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, LAURA A WILLIAMS purchased 50,000 shares, netting a total of over 291,500 in proceeds.
Before that, GRAMMER ELIZABETH A had sold 5,995 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $33,194, the insider traded Ardelyx Inc shares for $5.54 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,995 shares, worth approximately $2.07 million.
As published in a research note from Piper Sandler on January 09, 2026, Ardelyx Inc [ARDX] has been rated up from a Neutral to an Overweight. Earlier on May 02, 2025, Raymond James downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for ARDX stock which previously was a “a Strong buy”.
Analyzing ARDX Stock Performance
On last trading session, Ardelyx Inc [NASDAQ: ARDX] plunged -2.13% to $6.89. The stock’s lowest price that day was $6.82, but it reached a high of $7.075 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 18.18%. Over the course of the year, Ardelyx Inc shares have jumped approximately 17.18%.
Is Ardelyx Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Ardelyx Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 4.44 million shares to 24.54 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 20.1 million shares. A jump of 18.09% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 8.77 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 8.77.
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In terms of Ardelyx Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 16 in the next 12 months, up nearly 127.27% from the previous closing price of $7.04. Analysts anticipate Ardelyx Inc stock to reach 19 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 12. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Ardelyx Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026.
