Negative sentiment towards GTES reflected in surge in short interest

Daniel Torres

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Gates Industrial Corporation plc shares valued at $505,221 were sold by Mallard Lawrence B on Nov 12 ’25. At $22.77 per share, Mallard Lawrence B sold 22,188 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 177,627 shares worth approximately $3.99 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Mallard Lawrence B purchased 22,188 shares, netting a total of over 505,132 in proceeds.

Before that, Tillman Alicia L. had added 34,367 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $889,046, the former board director bought Gates Industrial Corporation plc shares for $25.87 each.

As published in their initiating research note from JP Morgan on August 25, 2025, Gates Industrial Corporation plc [GTES] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $35. Analysts at Barclays upgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early December. As of September 06, 2024, Morgan Stanley has initiated its “an Equal-weight” rating for GTES. Earlier on August 19, 2024, RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for GTES stock which previously was a “a Sector perform”.

Analyzing GTES Stock Performance

On last trading session, Gates Industrial Corporation plc [NYSE: GTES] plunged -1.06% to $22.47. The stock’s lowest price that day was $22.35, but it reached a high of $22.875 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.37%. Over the course of the year, Gates Industrial Corporation plc shares have jumped approximately 6.19%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $26.46 on 10/24/25 and a 52-week low of $14.70 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Gates Industrial Corporation plc (GTES)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 22.25, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 22.04. In the upper region, resistance lies at 22.78. The next price resistance is at 23.09. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 39.89 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Gates Industrial Corporation plc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Gates Industrial Corporation plc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-10-31 jumping by 0.23 million shares to 7.6 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-30 was 7.37 million shares. A jump of 3.02% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.14 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.14.

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In terms of Gates Industrial Corporation plc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 28 in the next 12 months, up nearly 23.29% from the previous closing price of $22.71. Analysts anticipate Gates Industrial Corporation plc stock to reach 35 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 23. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Gates Industrial Corporation plc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On March 08, 2024, Wolfe Research assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $20.

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