Applovin Corp [APP] short interest surges, jumping by 10.55 million million shares

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Applovin Corp shares valued at $15,107,577 were sold by Chen Herald Y on Aug 13 ’25. At $457.93 per share, Chen Herald Y sold 32,991 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 381,929 shares worth approximately $165.51 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Chen Herald Y sold 200,000 shares, netting a total of over 92,938,609 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $464.69 each, the insider now holds 381,929 shares.

Before that, Chen Herald Y had sold 167,009 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $74,575,231, the Director traded Applovin Corp shares for $446.53 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 167,009 shares, worth approximately $179.8 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Scotiabank on July 08, 2025, Applovin Corp [APP] has been a Sector outperform and the price target has been revised to $430. Analysts at Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal-weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of March 28, 2025, FBN Securities has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for APP. Earlier on January 10, 2025, The Benchmark Company initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for APP stock.

Analyzing APP Stock Performance

On last trading session, Applovin Corp [NASDAQ: APP] plunged -2.93% to $433.34. The stock’s lowest price that day was $426.0101, but it reached a high of $445.0 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.91%. Over the course of the year, Applovin Corp shares have jumped approximately 479.64%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $525.15 on 02/13/25 and a 52-week low of $200.50 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Applovin Corp (APP)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 424.56, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 415.78. In the upper region, resistance lies at 443.56. The next price resistance is at 453.78. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 61.02 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Applovin Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of Applovin Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-31 jumping by 0.14 million shares to 10.55 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 10.41 million shares. A jump of 1.33% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.46 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.46.

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In terms of Applovin Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 453 in the next 12 months, up nearly 1.48% from the previous closing price of $446.4. Analysts anticipate Applovin Corp stock to reach 650 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 200. In spite of this, 21 analysts ranked Applovin Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On November 20, 2024, Piper Sandler assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $400.

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