AHR’s short interest shows a sharp rise on 2025-12-15

Roman Campbell

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. American Healthcare REIT Inc shares valued at $2,649,904 were purchased by Jeffrey Hanson on Dec 22 ’25. At $48.38 per share, Jeffrey Hanson acquired 54,778 shares.

Also, Foster Mark E. sold 1,500 shares, netting a total of over 74,030 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $49.35 each, the insider now holds 57,600 shares.

Before that, Mark Foster had added 1,500 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $74,030, the Officer bought American Healthcare REIT Inc shares for $49.35 each.

As published in their initiating research note from UBS on September 19, 2025, American Healthcare REIT Inc [AHR] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $51. Analysts at Robert W. Baird started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid July. As of June 30, 2025, Scotiabank has initiated its “Sector outperform” rating for AHR. Earlier on April 28, 2025, Jefferies initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for AHR stock.

Analyzing AHR Stock Performance

On last trading session, American Healthcare REIT Inc [NYSE: AHR] rose 0.10% to $48.4. The stock’s lowest price that day was $47.9999, but it reached a high of $48.525 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.62%. Over the course of the year, American Healthcare REIT Inc shares have jumped approximately 74.41%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $51.01 on 12/04/25 and a 52-week low of $26.40 on 01/13/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for American Healthcare REIT Inc (AHR)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 48.09, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 47.78. In the upper region, resistance lies at 48.62. The next price resistance is at 48.83. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 52.40 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is American Healthcare REIT Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of American Healthcare REIT Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-15 jumping by 11.78 million shares to 14.92 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 3.14 million shares. A jump of 78.95% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.54 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 6.54.

Which companies own the most shares of American Healthcare REIT Inc (AHR)?

In terms of American Healthcare REIT Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 50 in the next 12 months, up nearly 3.41% from the previous closing price of $48.35. Analysts anticipate American Healthcare REIT Inc stock to reach 55 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 43. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked American Healthcare REIT Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On March 14, 2024, Barclays assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $18.

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