LPLA’s short interest shows a sharp rise on 2025-10-31

Jaxson Clark

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. LPL Financial Holdings Inc shares valued at $564,647 were sold by Gates Greg on Nov 05 ’25. At $376.43 per share, Gates Greg sold 1,500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 15,370 shares worth approximately $5.79 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Gates Greg purchased 1,500 shares, netting a total of over 564,650 in proceeds.

Before that, Gates Greg had sold 750 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $235,814, the Group Managing Director traded LPL Financial Holdings Inc shares for $314.42 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 750 shares, worth approximately $6.35 million.

As published in a research note from Raymond James on October 09, 2025, LPL Financial Holdings Inc [LPLA] has been rated up from an Underperform to a Mkt perform. Analysts at BMO Capital Markets started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of September 19, 2025, Rothschild & Co Redburn has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for LPLA.

Analyzing LPLA Stock Performance

On last trading session, LPL Financial Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: LPLA] plunged -0.32% to $376.62. The stock’s lowest price that day was $375.57, but it reached a high of $385.4432 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.56%. Over the course of the year, LPL Financial Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 20.61%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $403.58 on 07/31/25 and a 52-week low of $262.83 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for LPL Financial Holdings Inc (LPLA)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 372.98, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 369.34. In the upper region, resistance lies at 382.85. The next price resistance is at 389.08. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 69.68 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is LPL Financial Holdings Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of LPL Financial Holdings Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-10-31 jumping by 0.2 million shares to 2.4 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-30 was 2.2 million shares. A jump of 8.38% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.39 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.39.

Which companies own the most shares of LPL Financial Holdings Inc (LPLA)?

In terms of LPL Financial Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 455 in the next 12 months, up nearly 20.43% from the previous closing price of $377.82. Analysts anticipate LPL Financial Holdings Inc stock to reach 475 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 420. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked LPL Financial Holdings Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On July 09, 2025, Citigroup assigned a price target of “a Sell” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $80.

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