Cricut Inc [CRCT] short interest surges, jumping by 5.48 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. Cricut Inc shares valued at $135,169 were sold by Ashish Arora on Sep 11 ’25. At $6.36 per share, Ashish Arora sold 21,250 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 2,845,311 shares worth approximately $19.32 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Ashish Arora sold 21,250 shares, netting a total of over 131,270 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $6.18 each, the insider now holds 2,866,561 shares.

Before that, Ashish Arora had sold 21,250 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $130,864, the Chief Executive Officer traded Cricut Inc shares for $6.16 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 21,250 shares, worth approximately $19.61 million.

As published in a research note from Citigroup on April 14, 2025, Cricut Inc [CRCT] has been rated down from a Buy to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $4. Analysts at Goldman started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of August 28, 2023, Citigroup has initiated its “Neutral” rating for CRCT. Earlier on March 09, 2022, Robert W. Baird downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for CRCT stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.

Analyzing CRCT Stock Performance

On last trading session, Cricut Inc [NASDAQ: CRCT] rose 2.72% to $6.79. The stock’s lowest price that day was $6.605, but it reached a high of $6.84 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.78%. Over the course of the year, Cricut Inc shares have jumped approximately 21.45%.

Is Cricut Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Cricut Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 0.48 million shares to 5.48 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 5.01 million shares. A jump of 8.67% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.3 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 7.3.

Which companies own the most shares of Cricut Inc (CRCT)?

In terms of Cricut Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 6 in the next 12 months, down nearly -9.23% from the previous closing price of $6.61. Analysts anticipate Cricut Inc stock to reach 13 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 5.75. In spite of this, 1 analysts ranked Cricut Inc stock as Sell at the end of 2025. On October 01, 2021, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Underweight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $28.

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