In a filing, Simmons First National Corp revealed its Director COSSE STEVEN A acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.15 million on Oct 30 ’25. In the deal valued at $17.44 per share,8,603 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, COSSE STEVEN A now holds 113,652 shares worth roughly $2.19 million.
Then, Garner David W bought 3,000 shares, generating $52,980 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $17.66, the EVP, Chief Accounting Officer now owns 72,345 shares.
Before that, TEUBNER RUSSELL WILLIAM bought 9,200 shares. Simmons First National Corp shares valued at $171,304 were divested by the Director at a price of $18.62 per share. As a result of the transaction, TEUBNER RUSSELL WILLIAM now holds 53,220 shares, worth roughly $1.02 million.
Robert W. Baird upgraded its Simmons First National Corp [SFNC] rating to an Outperform from a a Neutral in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Morgan Stanley’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in late October with a ‘”an Equal-weight”‘ rating. Piper Sandler also remained covering SFNC and has increased its forecast on April 21, 2025 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “an Underweight” rating. Stephens revised its rating on October 21, 2024. It rated SFNC as “an Overweight” which previously was an “an Equal-weight”.
Price Performance Review of SFNC
On Friday, Simmons First National Corp [NASDAQ:SFNC] saw its stock fall -0.21% to $19.24. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -0.31%. Simmons First National Corp shares have fallen nearly -14.22% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 2.07% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Simmons First National Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Simmons First National Corp stocks on 2025-12-31, dropping by 98929.0 shares to a total of 4.17 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 4.27 million shares. There was a decline of -2.37%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
