Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Progressive Corp shares valued at $4,153,335 were sold by Sauerland John P on Jul 28 ’25. At $249.24 per share, Sauerland John P sold 16,664 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 228,024 shares worth approximately $56.82 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Quigg Andrew J sold 3,191 shares, netting a total of over 795,325 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $249.24 each, the insider now holds 37,977 shares.
Before that, Murphy John Jo had sold 2,218 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $552,814, the Claims President traded Progressive Corp shares for $249.24 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,218 shares, worth approximately $11.95 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on August 13, 2025, Progressive Corp [PGR] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $312. Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid August. As of July 17, 2025, Evercore ISI has decreased its “an Outperform” rating to a “an In-line” for PGR. Earlier on July 07, 2025, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal-weight” for PGR stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.
Analyzing PGR Stock Performance
On last trading session, Progressive Corp [NYSE: PGR] rose 2.53% to $249.19. The stock’s lowest price that day was $243.29, but it reached a high of $249.2 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.67%. Over the course of the year, Progressive Corp shares have jumped approximately 14.50%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $292.99 on 03/17/25 and a 52-week low of $228.54 on 01/13/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Progressive Corp (PGR)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 245.25, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 241.31. In the upper region, resistance lies at 251.17. The next price resistance is at 253.15. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 51.70 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Progressive Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Progressive Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-31 jumping by 0.96 million shares to 7.03 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 6.06 million shares. A jump of 13.71% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.83 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.83.
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In terms of Progressive Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 296.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 22.0% from the previous closing price of $243.04. Analysts anticipate Progressive Corp stock to reach 328 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 265. In spite of this, 17 analysts ranked Progressive Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 28, 2025, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $312.
