Sharp decrease in CASY’s short interest leads to decline in days-to-cover ratio

Jaxson Clark

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Casey’s General Stores, Inc shares valued at $166,398 were purchased by Castanon Moats Maria on Jan 05 ’26. At $554.66 per share, Castanon Moats Maria acquired 300 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 803 shares worth approximately $0.51 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, FRAZELL CHAD MICHAEL sold 3,487 shares, netting a total of over 1,936,680 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $555.40 each, the insider now holds 7,993 shares.

Before that, FRAZELL CHAD MICHAEL had added 3,487 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $1,936,687, the Officer bought Casey’s General Stores, Inc shares for $555.40 each.

As published in their initiating research note from BofA Securities on January 09, 2026, Casey’s General Stores, Inc [CASY] has been a Buy. Analysts at Deutsche Bank started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early January. As of December 03, 2025, UBS has initiated its “Neutral” rating for CASY.

Analyzing CASY Stock Performance

On last trading session, Casey’s General Stores, Inc [NASDAQ: CASY] rose 3.42% to $637.37. The stock’s lowest price that day was $614.2, but it reached a high of $641.09 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 8.70%. Over the course of the year, Casey’s General Stores, Inc shares have jumped approximately 61.36%.

Support And Resistance Levels for Casey’s General Stores, Inc (CASY)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 79.27 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is Casey’s General Stores, Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Casey’s General Stores, Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by 65918.0 shares to 0.74 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 0.81 million shares. A decline of -8.89% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.39 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.39.

Which companies own the most shares of Casey’s General Stores, Inc (CASY)?

In terms of Casey’s General Stores, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 600 in the next 12 months, down nearly -2.64% from the previous closing price of $616.3. Analysts anticipate Casey’s General Stores, Inc stock to reach 688 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 530. In spite of this, 13 analysts ranked Casey’s General Stores, Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On April 11, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $500.

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