Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on CVS Health. Our analysis of options history for CVS Health CVS revealed 8 unusual trades.
Delving into the details, we found 25% of traders were bullish, while 62% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 6 were puts, with a value of $282,069, and 2 were calls, valued at $56,340.
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 $50.0 to $65.0 for CVS Health over the last 3 months.
Insights into Volume & Open Interest
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 CVS Health'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 CVS Health's whale trades within a strike price range from $50.0 to $65.0 in the last 30 days.
CVS Health Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days
Noteworthy Options Activity:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVS | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 02/28/25 | $0.84 | $0.6 | $0.84 | $64.00 | $100.9K | 703 | 102 |
| CVS | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 06/20/25 | $5.6 | $5.25 | $5.6 | $65.00 | $43.6K | 2.7K | 0 |
| CVS | PUT | TRADE | BULLISH | 06/20/25 | $7.1 | $5.6 | $5.7 | $65.00 | $35.9K | 2.7K | 0 |
| CVS | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 03/21/25 | $0.57 | $0.5 | $0.57 | $60.00 | $35.2K | 6.8K | 6 |
| CVS | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 06/20/25 | $4.0 | $3.85 | $3.95 | $62.50 | $34.3K | 873 | 265 |
About CVS Health
CVS Health offers a diverse set of healthcare services. Its roots are in its retail pharmacy operations, where it operates over 9,000 stores primarily in the us. CVS is also a large pharmacy benefit manager (acquired through Caremark), processing about 2 billion adjusted claims annually. It also operates a top-tier health insurer (acquired through Aetna) where it serves about 26 million medical members. The company's recent acquisition of Oak Street adds primary care services to the mix, which could have significant synergies with all its existing business lines.
Following our analysis of the options activities associated with CVS Health, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.
CVS Health's Current Market Status
- With a volume of 4,301,321, the price of CVS is down -1.51% at $64.11.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 68 days.
What The Experts Say On CVS Health
In the last month, 5 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $75.6.
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