Sharp increase in AHR’s short interest leads to surge in days-to-cover ratio

Roman Campbell

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. American Healthcare REIT Inc shares valued at $1,720,709 were sold by Hanson Jeffrey T on Dec 22 ’25. At $48.38 per share, Hanson Jeffrey T sold 35,570 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 19,208 shares worth approximately $0.93 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Hanson Jeffrey T sold 19,208 shares, netting a total of over 929,690 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $48.40 each, the insider now holds 0 shares.

Before that, Jeffrey Hanson had added 54,778 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $2,649,904, the Director bought American Healthcare REIT Inc shares for $48.38 each.

As published in their initiating research note from UBS on September 19, 2025, American Healthcare REIT Inc [AHR] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $51. Analysts at Robert W. Baird started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid July. As of June 30, 2025, Scotiabank has initiated its “Sector outperform” rating for AHR. Earlier on April 28, 2025, Jefferies initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for AHR stock.

Analyzing AHR Stock Performance

On last trading session, American Healthcare REIT Inc [NYSE: AHR] rose 2.62% to $48.64. The stock’s lowest price that day was $47.36, but it reached a high of $48.795 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.89%. Over the course of the year, American Healthcare REIT Inc shares have jumped approximately 74.34%.

Is American Healthcare REIT Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of American Healthcare REIT Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 5.19 million shares to 18.59 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 13.39 million shares. A jump of 27.94% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 9.53 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 9.53.

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In terms of American Healthcare REIT Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 50 in the next 12 months, up nearly 5.49% from the previous closing price of $47.4. Analysts anticipate American Healthcare REIT Inc stock to reach 55 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 43. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked American Healthcare REIT Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On March 14, 2024, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $18.

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