KGS short interest declines, indicating growing optimism among investors

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Kodiak Gas Services Inc shares valued at $342,110,000 were sold by Frontier TopCo Partnership, L. on Sep 08 ’25. At $34.21 per share, Frontier TopCo Partnership, L. sold 10,000,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 19,762,573 shares worth approximately $682.6 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Frontier TopCo Partnership, L. sold 3,222,338 shares, netting a total of over 116,052,503 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $36.02 each, the insider now holds 31,548,985 shares.

Before that, Frontier TopCo Partnership, L. had added 3,998,544 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $144,007,562, the 10% Owner bought Kodiak Gas Services Inc shares for $36.02 each.

As published in their initiating research note from Mizuho on October 02, 2024, Kodiak Gas Services Inc [KGS] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $36. Analysts at Citigroup started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late September. As of September 19, 2024, Redburn Atlantic has initiated its “Buy” rating for KGS.

Analyzing KGS Stock Performance

On last trading session, Kodiak Gas Services Inc [NYSE: KGS] plunged -5.94% to $34.54. The stock’s lowest price that day was $34.51, but it reached a high of $37.06 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -6.98%. Over the course of the year, Kodiak Gas Services Inc shares have jumped approximately 19.10%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $50.43 on 01/30/25 and a 52-week low of $29.25 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Kodiak Gas Services Inc (KGS)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 33.68, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 32.82. In the upper region, resistance lies at 36.23. The next price resistance is at 37.92. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 47.16 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Kodiak Gas Services Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Kodiak Gas Services Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-15 dropping by -0.79 million shares to 7.63 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 8.42 million shares. A decline of -10.37% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.9 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.9.

Which companies own the most shares of Kodiak Gas Services Inc (KGS)?

In terms of Kodiak Gas Services Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 45 in the next 12 months, up nearly 22.55% from the previous closing price of $36.72. Analysts anticipate Kodiak Gas Services Inc stock to reach 47 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 43. In spite of this, 1 analysts ranked Kodiak Gas Services Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.

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