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. M & T Bank Corp shares valued at $1,006,417 were sold by Kay Christopher E. on Nov 26 ’25. At $191.70 per share, Kay Christopher E. sold 5,250 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 5,501 shares worth approximately $1.21 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, SADLER ROBERT E JR sold 6,000 shares, netting a total of over 1,140,377 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $190.06 each, the insider now holds 17,070 shares.
Before that, Kay Christopher E. had added 5,250 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $1,006,416, the Officer bought M & T Bank Corp shares for $191.70 each.
As published in a research note from Wolfe Research on January 07, 2026, M & T Bank Corp [MTB] has been rated down from an Outperform to a Peer perform. Analysts at BofA Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early January. As of December 12, 2025, Truist has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for MTB.
Analyzing MTB Stock Performance
On last trading session, M & T Bank Corp [NYSE: MTB] rose 3.52% to $219.16. The stock’s lowest price that day was $213.205, but it reached a high of $220.6 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.78%. Over the course of the year, M & T Bank Corp shares have jumped approximately 11.38%.
Is M & T Bank Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of M & T Bank Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 0.26 million shares to 6.18 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 5.92 million shares. A jump of 4.24% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.64 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 6.64.
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In terms of M & T Bank Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 229 in the next 12 months, up nearly 8.17% from the previous closing price of $211.71. Analysts anticipate M & T Bank Corp stock to reach 255 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 208. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked M & T Bank Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On September 29, 2025, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Equal-weight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $251.
