Negative sentiment towards QNCX reflected in surge in short interest

Jaxson Clark

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Quince Therapeutics Inc shares valued at $173,211 were purchased by LUCA BENATTI on Dec 26 ’25. At $3.46 per share, LUCA BENATTI acquired 50,000 shares.

Also, Benatti Luca sold 50,000 shares, netting a total of over 173,500 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $3.47 each, the insider now holds 39,179 shares.

As published in their initiating research note from Citizens JMP on August 05, 2025, Quince Therapeutics Inc [QNCX] has been a Mkt outperform and the price target has been revised to $9. Analysts at Oppenheimer started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late March.

Analyzing QNCX Stock Performance

On last trading session, Quince Therapeutics Inc [NASDAQ: QNCX] plunged -7.90% to $2.68. The stock’s lowest price that day was $2.67, but it reached a high of $2.94 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -20.00%. Over the course of the year, Quince Therapeutics Inc shares have jumped approximately 34.67%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $3.38 on 01/02/26 and a 52-week low of $2.67 on 01/08/26.

Support And Resistance Levels for Quince Therapeutics Inc (QNCX)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 2.58, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 2.49. In the upper region, resistance lies at 2.86. The next price resistance is at 3.05. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 37.53 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Quince Therapeutics Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Quince Therapeutics Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-15 jumping by 0.7 million shares to 2.06 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 1.37 million shares. A jump of 33.84% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.76 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.76.

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