Pilgrims Pride Options Trading: A Deep Dive into Market Sentiment - Pilgrims Pride (NASDAQ:PPC)

Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bullish stance on Pilgrims Pride.

Looking at options history for Pilgrims Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) we detected 12 trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 58% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 33% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 3 are puts, for a total amount of $92,736 and 9, calls, for a total amount of $790,404.

Expected Price Movements

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $42.0 to $45.0 for Pilgrims Pride over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.

This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Pilgrims Pride'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 Pilgrims Pride's whale activity within a strike price range from $42.0 to $45.0 in the last 30 days.

Pilgrims Pride Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Ask	Bid	Price	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
PPC	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	11/15/24	$3.1	$2.95	$3.05	$45.00	$152.1K	645	1.0K
PPC	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	11/15/24	$3.8	$3.6	$3.7	$44.00	$118.4K	299	1.5K
PPC	CALL	SWEEP	BEARISH	11/15/24	$3.3	$3.2	$3.2	$44.00	$109.4K	299	0
PPC	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	11/15/24	$3.5	$3.1	$3.4	$44.00	$98.9K	299	1.0K
PPC	CALL	TRADE	NEUTRAL	11/15/24	$3.2	$3.0	$3.1	$45.00	$77.1K	645	512

About Pilgrims Pride

Pilgrim's Pride is the second-largest poultry producer in the US (58% of 2023 sales), the UK (30% including other European sales), and Mexico (12%). Its UK and European arm also includes pork operations from the 2019 acquisition of Tulip. Pilgrim's sells to chain restaurants, food processors, food distributors, and retail chains. most of its US and Mexican sales come from fresh chicken, while prepared chicken and pork constitute most of its UK and European sales. JBS owns more than 80% of Pilgrim's Pride's outstanding shares, though it failed to acquire the remaining stake in 2021 after a special board committee deemed JBS' offer undervalued Pilgrim's Pride.

Where Is Pilgrims Pride Standing Right Now?

Currently trading with a volume of 1,163,966, the PPC's price is down by 0.0%, now at $47.86.
RSI readings suggest the stock is currently is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
Anticipated earnings release is in 20 days.

What Analysts Are Saying About Pilgrims Pride

2 market experts have recently issued ratings for this stock, with a consensus target price of $44.0.

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