Positive sentiment towards ORA reflected in decline in short interest

Roman Campbell

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Ormat Technologies Inc shares valued at $82,915 were sold by Woelfel Jessica on Nov 10 ’25. At $115.00 per share, Woelfel Jessica sold 721 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 3,433 shares worth approximately $0.38 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Woelfel Jessica sold 368 shares, netting a total of over 41,348 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $112.36 each, the insider now holds 3,433 shares.

Before that, Ginzburg Assi had sold 20,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,254,500, the Chief Financial Officer traded Ormat Technologies Inc shares for $112.72 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 20,000 shares, worth approximately $0.5 million.

As published in a research note from TD Cowen on December 11, 2025, Ormat Technologies Inc [ORA] has been retained to a Hold and the price target has been revised to $115. Analysts at TD Cowen resumed the stock at ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in early November. As of September 17, 2025, Piper Sandler has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Overweight” for ORA. Earlier on August 08, 2025, TD Cowen resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Hold” for ORA stock.

Analyzing ORA Stock Performance

On last trading session, Ormat Technologies Inc [NYSE: ORA] plunged -1.08% to $110.47. The stock’s lowest price that day was $110.14, but it reached a high of $111.59 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.53%. Over the course of the year, Ormat Technologies Inc shares have jumped approximately 62.67%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $116.66 on 12/11/25 and a 52-week low of $61.58 on 01/28/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Ormat Technologies Inc (ORA)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 109.83, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 109.18. In the upper region, resistance lies at 111.42. The next price resistance is at 112.36. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 47.08 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Ormat Technologies Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Ormat Technologies Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-15 dropping by -0.34 million shares to 2.95 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 3.29 million shares. A decline of -11.58% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.34 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 5.34.

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In terms of Ormat Technologies Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 125 in the next 12 months, up nearly 11.93% from the previous closing price of $111.68. Analysts anticipate Ormat Technologies Inc stock to reach 125 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 125. In spite of this, 3 analysts ranked Ormat Technologies Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On July 30, 2025, Robert W. Baird assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $103.

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