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. Ovintiv Inc shares valued at $2,016,500 were sold by Givens Gregory Dean on Dec 12 ’25. At $40.33 per share, Givens Gregory Dean sold 50,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 105,867 shares worth approximately $4.32 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Gregory Dean Givens purchased 50,000 shares, netting a total of over 2,026,500 in proceeds.
Before that, NANCE STEVEN W had sold 5,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $209,950, the Director traded Ovintiv Inc shares for $41.99 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,000 shares, worth approximately $0.16 million.
As published in their initiating research note from William Blair on November 26, 2025, Ovintiv Inc [OVV] has been an Outperform. Analysts at RBC Capital Mkts upgraded the stock from ‘”a Sector perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid October. As of October 14, 2025, Roth Capital has initiated its “Neutral” rating for OVV. Earlier on August 18, 2025, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal-weight” for OVV stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.
Analyzing OVV Stock Performance
On last trading session, Ovintiv Inc [NYSE: OVV] rose 3.13% to $40.8. The stock’s lowest price that day was $39.97, but it reached a high of $41.7 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.24%. Over the course of the year, Ovintiv Inc shares have dropped approximately -10.80%.
Is Ovintiv Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Ovintiv Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 2.24 million shares to 12.66 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 10.42 million shares. A jump of 17.69% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.24 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.24.
Which companies own the most shares of Ovintiv Inc (OVV)?
In terms of Ovintiv Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 54 in the next 12 months, up nearly 36.5% from the previous closing price of $39.56. Analysts anticipate Ovintiv Inc stock to reach 55 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 42. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Ovintiv Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On July 01, 2025, Goldman assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $51.
