Looking At General Mills's Recent Unusual Options Activity

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on General Mills.

Looking at options history for General Mills GIS we detected 50 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 78% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 22% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $70,000 and 48, calls, for a total amount of $1,708,231.

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $55.0 to $70.0 for General Mills 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 General Mills'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 General Mills's whale activity within a strike price range from $55.0 to $70.0 in the last 30 days.

General Mills Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
GIS CALL SWEEP BEARISH 06/21/24 $67.50 $116.2K 119 264
GIS CALL SWEEP BULLISH 04/19/24 $62.50 $64.9K 70 2.2K
GIS CALL SWEEP BULLISH 04/19/24 $70.00 $64.6K 151 823
GIS CALL SWEEP BEARISH 04/19/24 $55.00 $59.5K 0 1.7K
GIS CALL SWEEP NEUTRAL 04/19/24 $55.00 $52.0K 0 1.8K

Where Is General Mills Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 3,825,547, the price of GIS is down -0.31% at $65.89.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 1 days.

What The Experts Say On General Mills:

  • Wells Fargo has decided to maintain their Equal-Weight rating on General Mills, which currently sits at a price target of $70.
  • Piper Sandler has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on General Mills, which currently sits at a price target of $77.
  • Deutsche Bank has decided to maintain their Hold rating on General Mills, which currently sits at a price target of $77.
  • JP Morgan has decided to maintain their Neutral rating on General Mills, which currently sits at a price target of $71.
  • TD Cowen downgraded its action to Market Perform with a price target of $70

Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.

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