Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Mannkind Corp shares valued at $297,548 were sold by Tross Stuart A on Jan 08 ’26. At $6.33 per share, Tross Stuart A sold 47,006 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 985,007 shares worth approximately $5.62 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, STUART A TROSS purchased 47,000 shares, netting a total of over 297,510 in proceeds.
Before that, Castagna Michael had sold 65,804 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $395,482, the Chief Executive Officer traded Mannkind Corp shares for $6.01 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 65,804 shares, worth approximately $14.3 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Truist on November 24, 2025, Mannkind Corp [MNKD] has been a Buy. Analysts at Leerink Partners started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of October 20, 2025, Wells Fargo has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for MNKD. Earlier on October 10, 2025, Leerink Partners initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for MNKD stock.
Analyzing MNKD Stock Performance
On last trading session, Mannkind Corp [NASDAQ: MNKD] rose 4.01% to $5.71. The stock’s lowest price that day was $5.46, but it reached a high of $5.735 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.24%. Over the course of the year, Mannkind Corp shares have dropped approximately -4.99%.
Is Mannkind Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Mannkind Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 3.64 million shares to 25.73 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 22.09 million shares. A jump of 14.14% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.6 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 7.6.
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In terms of Mannkind Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 9 in the next 12 months, up nearly 63.93% from the previous closing price of $5.49. Analysts anticipate Mannkind Corp stock to reach 11 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 8. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Mannkind Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On July 16, 2025, H.C. Wainwright assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $9.
