PNW’s short interest shows a sharp rise on 2025-07-31

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. Pinnacle West Capital Corp shares valued at $600,036 were sold by Tetlow Jacob on Aug 11 ’25. At $92.37 per share, Tetlow Jacob sold 6,496 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 56 shares worth approximately $5104.96 following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Jacob Tetlow purchased 6,496 shares, netting a total of over 609,195 in proceeds.

Before that, Mountain Paul J had sold 1,503 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $141,182, the VP, Finance and Planning traded Pinnacle West Capital Corp shares for $93.93 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,503 shares, worth approximately $0.31 million.

As published in their initiating research note from BMO Capital Markets on May 13, 2025, Pinnacle West Capital Corp [PNW] has been a Market perform and the price target has been revised to $95. Analysts at KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded the stock from ‘”a Sector weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early December. As of November 18, 2024, Barclays has decreased its “an Overweight” rating to a “an Equal weight” for PNW. Earlier on September 20, 2024, Jefferies initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for PNW stock.

Analyzing PNW Stock Performance

On last trading session, Pinnacle West Capital Corp [NYSE: PNW] plunged -1.25% to $91.16. The stock’s lowest price that day was $91.12, but it reached a high of $92.495 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.82%. Over the course of the year, Pinnacle West Capital Corp shares have jumped approximately 4.76%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $96.50 on 04/03/25 and a 52-week low of $81.47 on 01/13/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Pinnacle West Capital Corp (PNW)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 90.68, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 90.20. In the upper region, resistance lies at 92.07. The next price resistance is at 92.97. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 47.96 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Pinnacle West Capital Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of Pinnacle West Capital Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-31 jumping by 0.73 million shares to 5.26 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 4.53 million shares. A jump of 13.93% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.57 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.57.

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In terms of Pinnacle West Capital Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 78 in the next 12 months, down nearly -15.5% from the previous closing price of $92.31. Analysts anticipate Pinnacle West Capital Corp stock to reach 98 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 59. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked Pinnacle West Capital Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 06, 2024, Ladenburg Thalmann assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $83.50.

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