Sharp decrease in INTU’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. Intuit Inc shares valued at $26,653,960 were sold by Goodarzi Sasan K on Jan 07 ’26. At $650.10 per share, Goodarzi Sasan K sold 41,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 13,611 shares worth approximately $7.14 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Sasan Goodarzi purchased 41,000 shares, netting a total of over 26,653,962 in proceeds.

Before that, Aujla Sandeep had sold 1,335 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $840,097, the EVP and CFO traded Intuit Inc shares for $629.46 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,335 shares, worth approximately $0.28 million.

Analysts at TD Cowen started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early January. As of January 08, 2026, Wells Fargo has decreased its “an Overweight” rating to a “an Equal weight” for INTU. Earlier on January 06, 2026, Truist initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for INTU stock.

Analyzing INTU Stock Performance

On last trading session, Intuit Inc [NASDAQ: INTU] plunged -0.76% to $524.92. The stock’s lowest price that day was $520.7, but it reached a high of $537.4246 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -13.28%. Over the course of the year, Intuit Inc shares have dropped approximately -13.11%.

Is Intuit Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Intuit Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by 32854.0 shares to 5.19 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 5.22 million shares. A decline of -0.63% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.03 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.03.

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In terms of Intuit Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 805 in the next 12 months, up nearly 52.19% from the previous closing price of $528.95. Analysts anticipate Intuit Inc stock to reach 880 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 700. In spite of this, 21 analysts ranked Intuit Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On November 21, 2025, BMO Capital Markets assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $810.

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