Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Freshpet Inc shares valued at $320,475 were sold by Morris Scott James on Dec 05 ’25. At $62.33 per share, Morris Scott James sold 5,142 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 30,858 shares worth approximately $2.16 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Morris Scott James purchased 5,142 shares, netting a total of over 320,475 in proceeds.
Before that, Morris Scott James had sold 63,135 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $3,485,494, the President traded Freshpet Inc shares for $55.21 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 63,135 shares, worth approximately $11.21 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Morgan Stanley on December 16, 2025, Freshpet Inc [FRPT] has been an Equal-weight and the price target has been revised to $71. Analysts at Deutsche Bank downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of October 09, 2025, Jefferies has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for FRPT. Earlier on October 08, 2025, BofA Securities downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for FRPT stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing FRPT Stock Performance
On last trading session, Freshpet Inc [NASDAQ: FRPT] rose 3.24% to $69.86. The stock’s lowest price that day was $67.3804, but it reached a high of $70.79 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 9.58%. Over the course of the year, Freshpet Inc shares have dropped approximately -55.49%.
Is Freshpet Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Freshpet Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.64 million shares to 5.45 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 6.09 million shares. A decline of -11.73% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.43 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.43.
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In terms of Freshpet Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 63.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -6.16% from the previous closing price of $67.67. Analysts anticipate Freshpet Inc stock to reach 83 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 48. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked Freshpet Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On August 20, 2025, JP Morgan assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $70.
