Sharp increase in MNKD’s short interest leads to surge in days-to-cover ratio

Daniel Torres

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Mannkind Corp shares valued at $94,448 were sold by Singh Sanjay R on Nov 14 ’25. At $5.03 per share, Singh Sanjay R sold 18,777 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 455,211 shares worth approximately $2.28 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, SANJAY SINGH purchased 18,777 shares, netting a total of over 94,493 in proceeds.

Before that, Tross Stuart A had sold 47,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $250,980, the Chief People & Workpl Officer traded Mannkind Corp shares for $5.34 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 47,000 shares, worth approximately $5.16 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Leerink Partners on November 13, 2025, Mannkind Corp [MNKD] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $7. Analysts at Wells Fargo started covering the stock with ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid October. As of October 10, 2025, Leerink Partners has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for MNKD.

Analyzing MNKD Stock Performance

On last trading session, Mannkind Corp [NASDAQ: MNKD] plunged -1.19% to $5.0. The stock’s lowest price that day was $4.935, but it reached a high of $5.05 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -4.76%. Over the course of the year, Mannkind Corp shares have dropped approximately -26.47%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $6.68 on 01/02/25 and a 52-week low of $3.38 on 08/11/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Mannkind Corp (MNKD)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 4.94, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 4.88. In the upper region, resistance lies at 5.06. The next price resistance is at 5.11. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 40.29 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Mannkind Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of Mannkind Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-10-31 jumping by 4.7 million shares to 23.01 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-30 was 18.31 million shares. A jump of 20.43% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.18 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.18.

Which companies own the most shares of Mannkind Corp (MNKD)?

In terms of Mannkind Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 9.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 87.75% from the previous closing price of $5.06. Analysts anticipate Mannkind Corp stock to reach 11 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 8. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Mannkind Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 10, 2025, Mizuho assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $12.

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