Short interest on OVV sees a significant decrease on 2025-10-15

Daniel Torres

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 $210,028 were sold by NANCE STEVEN W on Jun 04 ’25. At $38.18 per share, NANCE STEVEN W sold 5,501 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 36,632 shares worth approximately $1.38 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, NANCE STEVEN W purchased 5,501 shares, netting a total of over 210,028 in proceeds.

As published in a research note from RBC Capital Mkts on October 15, 2025, Ovintiv Inc [OVV] has been rated up from a Sector perform to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $55. Analysts at Roth Capital started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid October. As of August 18, 2025, Morgan Stanley has decreased its “an Overweight” rating to a “an Equal-weight” for OVV. Earlier on July 01, 2025, Goldman upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for OVV stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.

Analyzing OVV Stock Performance

On last trading session, Ovintiv Inc [NYSE: OVV] rose 2.51% to $37.56. The stock’s lowest price that day was $36.87, but it reached a high of $38.03 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.82%. Over the course of the year, Ovintiv Inc shares have dropped approximately -5.98%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $46.35 on 01/23/25 and a 52-week low of $29.80 on 04/09/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Ovintiv Inc (OVV)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 36.94, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 36.33. In the upper region, resistance lies at 38.10. The next price resistance is at 38.65. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 47.54 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Ovintiv Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Ovintiv Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-15 dropping by -1.66 million shares to 6.51 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 8.17 million shares. A decline of -25.51% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.14 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.14.

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In terms of Ovintiv Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 47 in the next 12 months, up nearly 28.28% from the previous closing price of $36.64. Analysts anticipate Ovintiv Inc stock to reach 55 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 42. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Ovintiv Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On March 26, 2025, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $57.

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