CTBI’s short interest shows a sharp decline on 2025-05-30

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Community Trust Bancorp, Inc shares valued at $102,020 were purchased by MINNIFIELD FRANKY on Jun 02 ’25. At $51.01 per share, MINNIFIELD FRANKY acquired 2,000 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 17,099 shares worth approximately $0.86 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Jones David Andrew purchased 10,000 shares, netting a total of over 322,700 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $32.27 each, the insider now holds 10,000 shares.

Before that, Jones David Andrew had added 11 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $482, the Executive Vice President bought Community Trust Bancorp, Inc shares for $43.72 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 11 shares, worth approximately $53182.979999999996.

Analysts at Raymond James upgraded the stock from ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid October. As of March 27, 2024, Janney has initiated its “Buy” rating for CTBI.

Analyzing CTBI Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Community Trust Bancorp, Inc [NASDAQ: CTBI] rose 0.86% to $50.22. The stock’s lowest price that day was $49.84, but it reached a high of $50.485 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -4.38%. Over the course of the year, Community Trust Bancorp, Inc shares have dropped approximately -5.30%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $56.96 on 02/14/25 and a 52-week low of $44.60 on 04/11/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Community Trust Bancorp, Inc (CTBI)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 49.74, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 49.27. In the upper region, resistance lies at 50.59. The next price resistance is at 50.96. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 44.02 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Community Trust Bancorp, Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Community Trust Bancorp, Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by 1088.0 shares to 0.16 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 0.16 million shares. A decline of -0.7% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.56 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.56.

Which companies own the most shares of Community Trust Bancorp, Inc (CTBI)?

In terms of Community Trust Bancorp, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 60 in the next 12 months, up nearly 20.51% from the previous closing price of $49.79. Analysts anticipate Community Trust Bancorp, Inc stock to reach 60 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 60. In spite of this, 1 analysts ranked Community Trust Bancorp, Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On December 09, 2020, Piper Sandler assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $41.

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