Days-to-cover ratio for KINS surges to 0.83 due to rise in short interest

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Kingstone Cos. Inc shares valued at $209,625 were purchased by Newgarden Thomas on May 27 ’25. At $16.77 per share, Newgarden Thomas acquired 12,500 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 51,715 shares worth approximately $0.76 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Newgarden Thomas purchased 11,000 shares, netting a total of over 177,247 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $16.11 each, the insider now holds 39,215 shares.

Before that, D’Andre Carla had sold 5,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $87,350, the Director traded Kingstone Cos. Inc shares for $17.47 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,000 shares, worth approximately $1.25 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Janney on July 16, 2024, Kingstone Cos. Inc [KINS] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $6.50. Analysts at Boenning & Scattergood started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid April. As of November 14, 2014, Compass Point has reiterated its “Buy” rating for KINS.

Analyzing KINS Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Kingstone Cos. Inc [NASDAQ: KINS] rose 0.61% to $14.75. The stock’s lowest price that day was $14.63, but it reached a high of $14.865 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.12%. Over the course of the year, Kingstone Cos. Inc shares have dropped approximately -2.90%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $22.40 on 05/12/25 and a 52-week low of $13.25 on 01/13/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Kingstone Cos. Inc (KINS)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 14.63, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 14.51. In the upper region, resistance lies at 14.87. The next price resistance is at 14.98. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 39.54 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Kingstone Cos. Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Kingstone Cos. Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 91877.0 shares to 0.38 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 0.29 million shares. A jump of 24.19% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 0.83 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 0.83.

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