Sharp increase in EPR’s short interest leads to surge in days-to-cover ratio

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. EPR Properties shares valued at $437,784 were sold by Zimmerman Gregory E on Jul 01 ’25. At $58.37 per share, Zimmerman Gregory E sold 7,500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 103,877 shares worth approximately $6.17 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Zimmerman Gregory E purchased 7,500 shares, netting a total of over 435,375 in proceeds.

Before that, Sterneck Robin Peppe had sold 3,796 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $215,347, the Director traded EPR Properties shares for $56.73 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 3,796 shares, worth approximately $0.0.

As published in a research note from Stifel on June 20, 2025, EPR Properties [EPR] has been rated up from a Hold to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $65. Analysts at UBS started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of August 21, 2024, Raymond James has increased its “an Outperform” rating to a “Strong buy” for EPR. Earlier on August 05, 2024, RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for EPR stock which previously was a “a Sector perform”.

Analyzing EPR Stock Performance

On last trading session,, EPR Properties [NYSE: EPR] plunged -1.35% to $59.37. The stock’s lowest price that day was $59.31, but it reached a high of $60.43 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.69%. Over the course of the year, EPR Properties shares have jumped approximately 37.88%.

Support And Resistance Levels for EPR Properties (EPR)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 57.00 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is EPR Properties subject to short interest?

Stocks of EPR Properties saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 0.53 million shares to 3.6 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 3.07 million shares. A jump of 14.73% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.4 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.4.

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In terms of EPR Properties share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 55.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -7.78% from the previous closing price of $60.18. Analysts anticipate EPR Properties stock to reach 58 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 53. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked EPR Properties stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On May 20, 2024, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “an Underperform” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $40.

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