Taking a look at what insiders are doing to gauge the Texas Roadhouse Inc (TXRH)’s direction

Daniel Torres

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Texas Roadhouse Inc shares valued at $972,450 were purchased by GERALD L. MORGAN on Jan 20 ’26. At $194.49 per share, GERALD L. MORGAN acquired 5,000 shares.

Also, Morgan Gerald L. sold 5,000 shares, netting a total of over 935,650 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $187.13 each, the insider now holds 96,774 shares.

Before that, GERALD MORGAN had added 5,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $915,750, the Officer bought Texas Roadhouse Inc shares for $183.15 each.

As published in their initiating research note from TD Cowen on January 20, 2026, Texas Roadhouse Inc [TXRH] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $215. Analysts at Wells Fargo upgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of October 28, 2025, Mizuho has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for TXRH. Earlier on September 04, 2025, Evercore ISI downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an In-line” for TXRH stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.

Analyzing TXRH Stock Performance

On last trading session, Texas Roadhouse Inc [NASDAQ: TXRH] plunged -1.74% to $191.36. The stock’s lowest price that day was $189.19, but it reached a high of $195.62 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.85%. Over the course of the year, Texas Roadhouse Inc shares have jumped approximately 6.93%.

Is Texas Roadhouse Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Texas Roadhouse Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 0.52 million shares to 2.85 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 2.33 million shares. A jump of 18.33% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.4 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.4.

Which companies own the most shares of Texas Roadhouse Inc (TXRH)?

In terms of Texas Roadhouse Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 190 in the next 12 months, down nearly -2.44% from the previous closing price of $194.75. Analysts anticipate Texas Roadhouse Inc stock to reach 210 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 170. In spite of this, 17 analysts ranked Texas Roadhouse Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On July 14, 2025, Melius assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $235.

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