Vertiv Hldgs Options Trading: A Deep Dive into Market Sentiment

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Vertiv Hldgs VRT.

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with VRT, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

So how do we know what these investors just did?

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 44 uncommon options trades for Vertiv Hldgs.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 50% bullish and 50%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 8 are puts, for a total amount of $481,651, and 36 are calls, for a total amount of $3,662,632.

What's The Price Target?

After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $55.0 and $95.0 for Vertiv Hldgs, spanning the last three months.

Volume & Open Interest Trends

Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Vertiv Hldgs's options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Vertiv Hldgs's whale trades within a strike price range from $55.0 to $95.0 in the last 30 days.

Vertiv Hldgs 30-Day Option Volume & Interest Snapshot

Noteworthy Options Activity:

About Vertiv Hldgs

Vertiv Holdings Co brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. The company solves the important challenges faced by data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Its services include critical power, thermal management, racks and enclosures, monitoring and management, and other services. Its three business segments include the Americas, Asia Pacific; and Europe, Middle East & Africa.

Following our analysis of the options activities associated with Vertiv Hldgs, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.

Current Position of Vertiv Hldgs

• Currently trading with a volume of 6,406,900, the VRT's price is down by -0.73%, now at $81.9.
• RSI readings suggest the stock is currently may be overbought.
• Anticipated earnings release is in 30 days.

What The Experts Say On Vertiv Hldgs

Over the past month, 2 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $85.0.

• An analyst from Evercore ISI Group persists with their Outperform rating on Vertiv Hldgs, maintaining a target price of $80.
• An analyst from B of A Securities has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Vertiv Hldgs, which currently sits at a price target of $90.

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