Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. PubMatic Inc shares valued at $331,540 were purchased by Rajeev Goel on Jan 20 ’26. At $7.54 per share, Rajeev Goel acquired 44,000 shares.
Also, Goel Amar K. sold 7,158 shares, netting a total of over 62,510 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $8.73 each, the insider now holds 12,496 shares.
Before that, Klimenko Paulina had sold 12,315 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $107,509, the CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER traded PubMatic Inc shares for $8.73 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 12,315 shares, worth approximately $0.39 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Rosenblatt on August 21, 2025, PubMatic Inc [PUBM] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $17. Analysts at Lake Street downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in mid August. As of August 12, 2025, B. Riley Securities has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for PUBM. Earlier on December 05, 2024, Scotiabank initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Sector perform” for PUBM stock.
Analyzing PUBM Stock Performance
On last trading session, PubMatic Inc [NASDAQ: PUBM] plunged -1.00% to $7.46. The stock’s lowest price that day was $7.34, but it reached a high of $7.65 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -10.55%. Over the course of the year, PubMatic Inc shares have dropped approximately -48.62%.
Is PubMatic Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of PubMatic Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.51 million shares to 1.94 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 2.46 million shares. A decline of -26.31% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.83 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.83.
Which companies own the most shares of PubMatic Inc (PUBM)?
In terms of PubMatic Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 12.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 66.0% from the previous closing price of $7.53. Analysts anticipate PubMatic Inc stock to reach 14 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 11. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked PubMatic Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On November 13, 2024, Evercore ISI assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $22.
