Sharp decrease in CCK’s short interest leads to decline in days-to-cover ratio

Jaxson Clark

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. Crown Holdings, Inc shares valued at $3,047,520 were sold by DONAHUE TIMOTHY J on Jan 05 ’26. At $105.00 per share, DONAHUE TIMOTHY J sold 29,024 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 411,556 shares worth approximately $42.31 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, DONAHUE TIMOTHY J purchased 29,024 shares, netting a total of over 3,047,520 in proceeds.

Before that, DONAHUE TIMOTHY J had sold 8,476 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $890,065, the President & CEO traded Crown Holdings, Inc shares for $105.01 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 8,476 shares, worth approximately $45.3 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Raymond James on October 16, 2025, Crown Holdings, Inc [CCK] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $110. Analysts at Truist upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early September. As of July 17, 2025, Robert W. Baird has decreased its “an Outperform” rating to a “Neutral” for CCK. Earlier on July 03, 2025, Citigroup resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for CCK stock.

Analyzing CCK Stock Performance

On last trading session, Crown Holdings, Inc [NYSE: CCK] rose 1.22% to $102.81. The stock’s lowest price that day was $101.39, but it reached a high of $102.92 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.09%. Over the course of the year, Crown Holdings, Inc shares have jumped approximately 20.16%.

Is Crown Holdings, Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Crown Holdings, Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.5 million shares to 5.72 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 6.23 million shares. A decline of -8.76% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.91 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.91.

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In terms of Crown Holdings, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 118.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 16.67% from the previous closing price of $101.57. Analysts anticipate Crown Holdings, Inc stock to reach 126 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 110. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Crown Holdings, Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On January 13, 2025, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $105.

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