Shares of Casey's General Stores rose to $491.71 during today's afternoon trading session. Despite the 11.9% change, the Large-Cap Auto Retail company still trades 9.3% above its average analyst target price of $449.88. So there may be further downside for the Auto Retail stock. Casey's General Stores has target prices ranging from $333.0 to $500.0 per share, and its average rating is buy.
The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 3.7%, and a short ratio of 3.59. The company's insiders own 0.6% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 96.3% of Casey's General Stores's shares being owned by this investor type.
Institutions Invested in Casey's General Stores
| Date Reported | Holder | Percentage | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | Vanguard Group Inc | 10% | 3,785,747 | $1,861,489,625 |
| 2025-03-31 | Blackrock Inc. | 9% | 3,323,227 | $1,634,063,919 |
| 2025-03-31 | Morgan Stanley | 5% | 1,804,660 | $887,369,353 |
| 2025-03-31 | T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 5% | 1,753,770 | $862,346,231 |
| 2025-03-31 | State Street Corporation | 4% | 1,319,278 | $648,702,174 |
| 2025-03-31 | Wellington Management Group, LLP | 3% | 1,244,311 | $611,840,151 |
| 2025-03-31 | FMR, LLC | 3% | 1,072,893 | $527,552,207 |
| 2025-03-31 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 3% | 1,036,426 | $509,621,019 |
| 2025-03-31 | ClearBridge Investments, LLC | 2% | 791,315 | $389,097,491 |
| 2025-03-31 | Franklin Resources, Inc. | 2% | 706,426 | $347,356,722 |
Besides an analyst consensus of little upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Casey's General Stores.
