ServiceNow Sees $68 Million in Bearish Call Option Block Trades
$ServiceNow (NOW.US)$ saw a combined $67.84 million bearish block trades on call options expiring in August at a time when technical indicators are flagging an early warning signal that the stock is overbought.
At exactly 10:54:23 a.m. in New York Friday, four block trades were posted with bearish leanings, according to data compiled by moomoo. Two of the trades were for call options giving the holders the right to buy ServiceNow shares by Aug. 16 at $700. That's below the stock's current price of $743.94. Those two trades had the same size of 2,300 contracts, with a premium of $14.27 million for each of the block.
The other two block trades had a strike price of $620, each covering 1,570 call options also expiring on Aug. 16. The trades carried a premium of $19.65 million each.
The bearish block trades were posted at a time when eight of the 15 technical indicators tracked by moomoo are flashing early warning signals that indicate ServiceNow could be overbought, and the recent uptrend could reverse.
But while technical signals are now bearish, the stock still managed to attract a net inflow of $134.9 million as of 12:05 p.m. in New York, driven by demand from big money. The stock gained 1.2% around midday, outpacing the $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$'s 0.2% rise.
More than 93% of the 30 analysts who track the stock have a buy rating, while 6.67% have a hold recommendation. None of them have a sell rating. The average target price for ServiceNow is more than $860, implying an upside potential of over $100 upside potential for the stock.
Bernstein analysts Peter Weed maintained his buy rating on the stock on May 31, citing ServiceNow's growth prospects. He noted that ServiceNow is well-placed to benefit from companies' reallocation of budgets towards those that capitalize on artificial intelligence and productivity enhancements, according to a TipRanks report.
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