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

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Carvana Co shares valued at $3,484,726 were sold by GARCIA ERNEST C. III on Aug 13 ’25. At $348.47 per share, GARCIA ERNEST C. III sold 10,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 546,440 shares worth approximately $191.18 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, GARCIA ERNEST C. III sold 10,000 shares, netting a total of over 3,420,697 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $342.07 each, the insider now holds 551,440 shares.

Before that, GARCIA ERNEST C. III had sold 10,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $3,446,392, the Chief Executive Officer traded Carvana Co shares for $344.64 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 10,000 shares, worth approximately $194.68 million.

As published in a research note from Oppenheimer on July 25, 2025, Carvana Co [CVNA] has been rated up from a Perform to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $450. Analysts at Gordon Haskett started covering the stock with ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in mid July. As of March 25, 2025, Morgan Stanley has increased its “an Equal-weight” rating to a “an Overweight” for CVNA. Earlier on March 20, 2025, Piper Sandler upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Overweight” for CVNA stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.

Analyzing CVNA Stock Performance

On last trading session, Carvana Co [NYSE: CVNA] rose 1.38% to $349.87. The stock’s lowest price that day was $343.4, but it reached a high of $351.49 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.41%. Over the course of the year, Carvana Co shares have jumped approximately 157.41%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $413.33 on 07/31/25 and a 52-week low of $148.25 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Carvana Co (CVNA)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 345.02, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 340.16. In the upper region, resistance lies at 353.11. The next price resistance is at 356.34. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 52.28 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Carvana Co subject to short interest?

Stocks of Carvana Co saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-31 jumping by 0.54 million shares to 12.7 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 12.16 million shares. A jump of 4.28% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.13 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.13.

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In terms of Carvana Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 382.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 10.83% from the previous closing price of $345.11. Analysts anticipate Carvana Co stock to reach 500 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 250. In spite of this, 25 analysts ranked Carvana Co stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 08, 2025, Citigroup assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $277.

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