What the Options Market Tells Us About Snap

Benzinga's options scanner has just identified more than 16 option transactions on Snap SNAP, with a cumulative value of $874,025. Concurrently, our algorithms picked up 3 puts, worth a total of 173,001.

Predicted Price Range

Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $15.0 to $115.0 for Snap during the past quarter.

Analyzing Volume & Open Interest

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Snap options trades today is 5538.38 with a total volume of 11,889.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Snap's big money trades within a strike price range of $15.0 to $115.0 over the last 30 days.

Snap Option Activity Analysis: Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Largest Options Trades Observed:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
SNAP CALL SWEEP BULLISH 02/16/24 $18.00 $115.2K 12.0K 3.1K
SNAP PUT SWEEP BEARISH 02/16/24 $16.00 $108.4K 3.1K 915
SNAP CALL SWEEP BULLISH 03/15/24 $18.00 $80.5K 6.8K 518
SNAP CALL SWEEP BULLISH 01/17/25 $17.00 $80.2K 10.2K 191
SNAP CALL SWEEP BULLISH 04/19/24 $19.00 $76.5K 4.8K 1.1K

About Snap

Snap, which refers to itself as a camera company, has one of the most popular social networking apps, Snapchat, in developed regions such as North America and Europe. Snap generates nearly all its revenue from advertising with 70% coming from North America. The firm is headquartered in Venice, California.

Present Market Standing of Snap

  • Trading volume stands at 2,803,054, with SNAP's price down by -0.47%, positioned at $17.01.
  • RSI indicators show the stock to be is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Earnings announcement expected in 25 days.

What Analysts Are Saying About Snap

A total of 3 professional analysts have given their take on this stock in the last 30 days, setting an average price target of $19.666666666666668.

  • In a positive move, an analyst from Guggenheim has upgraded their rating to Buy and adjusted the price target to $23.
  • Reflecting concerns, an analyst from BMO Capital lowers its rating to Outperform with a new price target of $22.
  • An analyst from Stifel persists with their Hold rating on Snap, maintaining a target price of $14.

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