APH’s short interest surges to 17.48 million shares

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Amphenol Corp shares valued at $26,148,522 were sold by WALTER LUC on Jun 03 ’25. At $91.43 per share, WALTER LUC sold 286,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 451,790 shares worth approximately $43.83 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, LUC WALTER purchased 286,000 shares, netting a total of over 26,148,522 in proceeds.

Before that, Doherty William J had sold 160,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $14,326,512, the President, CS Division traded Amphenol Corp shares for $89.54 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 160,000 shares, worth approximately $0.0.

As published in a research note from Fox Advisors on April 24, 2025, Amphenol Corp [APH] has been rated up from an Equal weight to an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $85. Analysts at BofA Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early September. As of July 23, 2024, Vertical Research has initiated its “Hold” rating for APH. Earlier on May 20, 2024, Seaport Research Partners initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for APH stock.

Analyzing APH Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Amphenol Corp [NYSE: APH] rose 1.27% to $97.02. The stock’s lowest price that day was $95.8, but it reached a high of $97.41 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.55%. Over the course of the year, Amphenol Corp shares have jumped approximately 41.16%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $97.41 on 06/25/25 and a 52-week low of $56.45 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Amphenol Corp (APH)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 96.08, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 95.13. In the upper region, resistance lies at 97.69. The next price resistance is at 98.35. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 77.21 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is Amphenol Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of Amphenol Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 2.15 million shares to 17.48 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 15.33 million shares. A jump of 12.28% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.28 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.28.

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In terms of Amphenol Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 85 in the next 12 months, down nearly -11.27% from the previous closing price of $95.8. Analysts anticipate Amphenol Corp stock to reach 85 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 85. In spite of this, 13 analysts ranked Amphenol Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 09, 2024, Jefferies assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $125.

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