Ulta Beauty Unusual Options Activity For March 01

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Ulta Beauty ULTA.

And retail traders should know.

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

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with ULTA, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 10 options trades for Ulta Beauty.

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 options we uncovered, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $655,298, and there was 1 call, for a total amount of $27,300.

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 $340.0 to $575.0 for Ulta Beauty over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Ulta Beauty options trades today is 153.5 with a total volume of 427.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Ulta Beauty's big money trades within a strike price range of $340.0 to $575.0 over the last 30 days.

Ulta Beauty 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
ULTA PUT TRADE BULLISH 06/16/23 $440.00 $233.0K 336 200
ULTA PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 09/15/23 $575.00 $132.9K 29 24
ULTA PUT TRADE BEARISH 06/16/23 $520.00 $75.0K 325 2
ULTA PUT SWEEP BULLISH 09/15/23 $575.00 $53.9K 29 0
ULTA PUT TRADE BULLISH 09/15/23 $360.00 $40.2K 222 60

Where Is Ulta Beauty Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 217,658, the price of ULTA is down -0.84% at $514.46.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 8 days.

What The Experts Say On Ulta Beauty:

  • Cowen & Co. has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Ulta Beauty, which currently sits at a price target of $570.
  • Raymond James has decided to maintain their Strong Buy rating on Ulta Beauty, which currently sits at a price target of $600.
  • Oppenheimer has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on Ulta Beauty, which currently sits at a price target of $600.

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.

If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for Ulta Beauty, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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