Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Applied Digital Corporation shares valued at $385,400 were sold by MILLER DOUGLAS S on Jan 12 ’26. At $38.54 per share, MILLER DOUGLAS S sold 10,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 200,859 shares worth approximately $7.25 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, RICHARD N NOTTENBURG purchased 11,606 shares, netting a total of over 409,482 in proceeds.
Before that, DOUGLAS MILLER had added 10,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $385,410, the Director bought Applied Digital Corporation shares for $38.54 each.
As published in their initiating research note from Arete on January 07, 2026, Applied Digital Corporation [APLD] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $99. As of July 25, 2025, Compass Point has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for APLD. Earlier on June 09, 2025, Compass Point downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for APLD stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing APLD Stock Performance
On last trading session, Applied Digital Corporation [NASDAQ: APLD] plunged -1.66% to $36.1. The stock’s lowest price that day was $34.74, but it reached a high of $36.25 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 22.12%. Over the course of the year, Applied Digital Corporation shares have jumped approximately 364.91%.
Is Applied Digital Corporation subject to short interest?
Stocks of Applied Digital Corporation saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -4.09 million shares to 76.25 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 80.34 million shares. A decline of -5.37% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.03 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.03.
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In terms of Applied Digital Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 40 in the next 12 months, up nearly 8.96% from the previous closing price of $36.71. Analysts anticipate Applied Digital Corporation stock to reach 99 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 20. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Applied Digital Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On May 22, 2025, Citizens JMP assigned a price target of “a Mkt outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $12.
