Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. New York Times Co shares valued at $330,220 were sold by Welch Jacqueline M on Aug 28 ’25. At $60.04 per share, Welch Jacqueline M sold 5,500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 14,470 shares worth approximately $0.85 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Welch Jacqueline M purchased 5,500 shares, netting a total of over 330,220 in proceeds.
Before that, Bardeen William had sold 5,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $290,200, the EVP, Chief Financial Officer traded New York Times Co shares for $58.04 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,000 shares, worth approximately $0.66 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Deutsche Bank on October 09, 2024, New York Times Co [NYT] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $65. Analysts at Citigroup started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid March. As of March 04, 2024, Argus has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for NYT. Earlier on February 09, 2023, Barclays upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal weight” for NYT stock which previously was a “an Underweight”.
Analyzing NYT Stock Performance
On last trading session, New York Times Co [NYSE: NYT] rose 0.29% to $58.48. The stock’s lowest price that day was $58.15, but it reached a high of $59.02 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.58%. Over the course of the year, New York Times Co shares have jumped approximately 9.23%.
Is New York Times Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of New York Times Co saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-29 dropping by -0.89 million shares to 10.32 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 11.22 million shares. A decline of -8.64% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.9 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.9.
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In terms of New York Times Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 52 in the next 12 months, down nearly -10.82% from the previous closing price of $58.31. Analysts anticipate New York Times Co stock to reach 52 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 52. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked New York Times Co stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 16, 2022, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Equal-weight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $37.
