Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Johnson & Johnson shares valued at $257,688 were purchased by MORIKIS JOHN G on Nov 26 ’25. At $206.15 per share, MORIKIS JOHN G acquired 1,250 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 1,849 shares worth approximately $0.4 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, JOHNSON & JOHNSON sold 6,337 shares, netting a total of over 63,560 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $10.03 each, the insider now holds 4,040,861 shares.
Before that, JOHNSON & JOHNSON had sold 2,200 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $22,132, the 10% Owner traded Johnson & Johnson shares for $10.06 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,200 shares, worth approximately $882.33 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Scotiabank on November 13, 2025, Johnson & Johnson [JNJ] has been a Sector outperform and the price target has been revised to $230. Analysts at Daiwa Securities upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid October. As of October 03, 2025, Wells Fargo has increased its “an Equal weight” rating to a “an Overweight” for JNJ. Earlier on September 23, 2025, Guggenheim upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for JNJ stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing JNJ Stock Performance
On last trading session, Johnson & Johnson [NYSE: JNJ] plunged -0.09% to $218.01. The stock’s lowest price that day was $210.5, but it reached a high of $218.67 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.04%. Over the course of the year, Johnson & Johnson shares have jumped approximately 48.28%.
Is Johnson & Johnson subject to short interest?
Stocks of Johnson & Johnson saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -3.48 million shares to 20.43 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 23.91 million shares. A decline of -17.05% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.55 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.55.
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In terms of Johnson & Johnson share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 211 in the next 12 months, down nearly -3.3% from the previous closing price of $218.21. Analysts anticipate Johnson & Johnson stock to reach 240 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 190. In spite of this, 19 analysts ranked Johnson & Johnson stock as Buy at the end of 2026.
