Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) CAO Sells $87,233.64 in Stock

Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE:CRCL) CAO Tamara Schulz sold 1,194 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.06, for a total transaction of $87,233.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 92,024 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,723,273.44. This trade represents a 1.28% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Circle Internet Group Price Performance

NYSE:CRCL opened at $69.37 on Friday. Circle Internet Group, Inc. has a one year low of $49.90 and a one year high of $140.00. The company has a market cap of $17.61 billion, a PE ratio of 45.85 and a beta of 0.84. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $85.99 and its 200 day simple moving average is $85.66.

Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 4th. The company reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.42. The firm had revenue of $864.89 million during the quarter. Circle Internet Group had a net margin of 15.27% and a return on equity of 13.52%. The company’s revenue was up 16.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.64 earnings per share. Equities research analysts expect that Circle Internet Group, Inc. will post 1.14 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Circle Internet Group

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. WPG Advisers LLC acquired a new position in shares of Circle Internet Group in the 1st quarter worth approximately $31,000. Pinnacle Wealth Planning Services Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Circle Internet Group by 952.8% in the 3rd quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Planning Services Inc. now owns 379 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 343 shares during the last quarter. First Horizon Corp bought a new stake in shares of Circle Internet Group in the 1st quarter valued at $35,000. Abound Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Circle Internet Group during the first quarter worth $38,000. Finally, Global Assets Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Circle Internet Group during the first quarter worth $43,000.

Key Stories Impacting Circle Internet Group

Here are the key news stories impacting Circle Internet Group this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q3 revenue and reserve income rose 17% year over year to $865 million, while EPS of $0.84 topped the $0.42 consensus. USDC onchain transaction volume climbed 49% to $13.9 trillion, and average USDC in circulation grew 8% to $73.3 billion. Circle Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Compass Point upgraded CRCL to Buy, and several firms—including JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Needham, HC Wainwright and TD Cowen—kept positive ratings despite lowering their price targets. Compass Point rating information
• Neutral Sentiment: Circle reportedly plans to cut about 5% of its workforce. The reductions may help control costs, though they also point to pressure to manage expenses. Circle trims staff 5%
• Negative Sentiment: Despite the earnings beat, investors may be concerned that lower reserve yields are squeezing income from USDC reserves. Analysts also flagged distribution costs, while some reported revenue growth was supported by an ARC token sale—raising questions about the durability of growth from Circle’s core business. Q3 earnings call highlights
• Negative Sentiment: Several analysts cut price targets after results, including Deutsche Bank, which lowered its target to $65 and maintained Hold. Even firms retaining Buy or Overweight ratings reduced targets, tempering the positive signal from the earnings beat. Wall Street cuts Circle price targets

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CRCL has been the topic of several analyst reports. Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of Circle Internet Group in a research note on Thursday. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. Mizuho set a $46.00 target price on Circle Internet Group in a research report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings lowered Circle Internet Group from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “sell (d)” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 8th. TD Cowen cut their target price on Circle Internet Group from $92.00 to $87.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Circle Internet Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 16th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $94.88.

About Circle Internet Group

Circle Internet Group, Inc is a global financial technology company focused on digital currencies and blockchain-based payments. The company is best known for issuing USD Coin (USDC), a dollar-backed stablecoin designed to maintain a value of one U.S. dollar and support digital transactions, payments, trading and other financial applications. Circle also issues EURC, a euro-backed stablecoin.

Circle provides infrastructure and services for businesses, financial institutions and developers through products such as Circle Mint, which supports the creation, redemption and transfer of its stablecoins, as well as APIs and developer tools for integrating digital-asset payments and blockchain functionality.