Sharp decrease in DFDV’s short interest leads to decline in days-to-cover ratio

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. DeFi Development Corp shares valued at $228,332 were purchased by LEMOS MARCELO on May 23 ’25. At $43.55 per share, LEMOS MARCELO acquired 5,243 shares.

Also, JANOVER BLAKE sold 738,632 shares, netting a total of over 3,999,997 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $5.42 each, the insider now holds 0 shares.

Before that, LEMOS MARCELO had added 12,400 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $6,324, the Director bought DeFi Development Corp shares for $0.51 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 12,400 shares, worth approximately $0.57 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Craig Hallum on August 04, 2025, DeFi Development Corp [DFDV] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $25. Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald started covering the stock with ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid June.

Analyzing DFDV Stock Performance

On last trading session, DeFi Development Corp [NASDAQ: DFDV] plunged -1.31% to $13.92. The stock’s lowest price that day was $12.85, but it reached a high of $14.35 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -5.95%. Over the course of the year, DeFi Development Corp shares have jumped approximately 1864.52%.

Is DeFi Development Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of DeFi Development Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by 64002.0 shares to 0.99 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 1.06 million shares. A decline of -6.46% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 0.52 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 0.52.

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In terms of DeFi Development Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 25 in the next 12 months, up nearly 77.3% from the previous closing price of $14.1. Analysts anticipate DeFi Development Corp stock to reach 25 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 25.

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