Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Applied Digital Corporation shares valued at $6,009,300 were sold by Cummins Wes on Jan 16 ’26. At $36.42 per share, Cummins Wes sold 165,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 4,176,329 shares worth approximately $145.09 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, WES CUMMINS purchased 165,000 shares, netting a total of over 6,009,052 in proceeds.
Before that, Nottenburg Richard N had sold 12,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $425,400, the Director traded Applied Digital Corporation shares for $35.45 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 12,000 shares, worth approximately $8.11 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Arete on January 07, 2026, Applied Digital Corporation [APLD] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $99. As of July 25, 2025, Compass Point has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for APLD. Earlier on June 09, 2025, Compass Point downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for APLD stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing APLD Stock Performance
On last trading session, Applied Digital Corporation [NASDAQ: APLD] plunged -0.91% to $34.74. The stock’s lowest price that day was $33.88, but it reached a high of $36.11 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.77%. Over the course of the year, Applied Digital Corporation shares have jumped approximately 269.18%.
Is Applied Digital Corporation subject to short interest?
Stocks of Applied Digital Corporation saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -4.09 million shares to 76.25 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 80.34 million shares. A decline of -5.37% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.03 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.03.
Which companies own the most shares of Applied Digital Corporation (APLD)?
In terms of Applied Digital Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 40 in the next 12 months, up nearly 14.09% from the previous closing price of $35.06. Analysts anticipate Applied Digital Corporation stock to reach 99 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 20. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Applied Digital Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On May 22, 2025, Citizens JMP assigned a price target of “a Mkt outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $12.
