Root Inc’s filing revealed that its Chief Executive Officer Timm Alexander E. unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.97 million on Sep 02 ’25. In the deal valued at $88.88 per share,10,861 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Timm Alexander E. now holds 157,748 shares worth roughly $15.55 million.
Then, Bonakdarpour Mahtiyar sold 5,750 shares, generating $516,005 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $89.74, the President and CTO now owns 274,226 shares.
Before that, Timm Alexander E. bought 10,861 shares. Root Inc shares valued at $974,666 were divested by the Officer at a price of $89.74 per share.
JMP Securities downgraded its Root Inc [ROOT] rating to a Mkt perform from a a Mkt outperform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Jefferies’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early March from “a Hold” to “a Buy”. Keefe Bruyette also remained covering ROOT and has increased its forecast on February 26, 2024 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Mkt perform” rating. Cantor Fitzgerald revised its rating on February 22, 2024. It rated ROOT as “an Overweight” which previously was an “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of ROOT
On Tuesday, Root Inc [NASDAQ:ROOT] saw its stock fall -1.61% to $98.59. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.26%. Root Inc shares have risen nearly 165.24% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 35.82% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Root Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Root Inc stocks on 2025-08-29, growing by 0.1 million shares to a total of 1.75 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 1.65 million shares. There was a rise of 5.89%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on January 10, 2024 when TD Cowen began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Market perform”‘ rating.
