Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on ServiceNow ( NOW ). Our analysis of options history for ServiceNow ( NOW ) revealed 25 unusual trades.
Delving into the details, we found 36% of traders were bullish, while 52% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 20 were puts, with a value of $771,984, and 5 were calls, valued at $353,470.
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $400.0 to $1220.0 for ServiceNow ( NOW ) over the last 3 months.
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for ServiceNow ( NOW ) options trades today is 110.48 with a total volume of 236.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for ServiceNow's ( NOW ) big money trades within a strike price range of $400.0 to $1220.0 over the last 30 days.
Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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NOW | CALL | SWEEP | BEARISH | 25 | 20 | ||||||
NOW | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 304 | 1 | ||||||
NOW | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 0 | 186 | ||||||
NOW | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 0 | 0 | ||||||
NOW | PUT | SWEEP | NEUTRAL | 216 | 5 |
ServiceNow Inc ( NOW ) provides software solutions to structure and automate various business processes via a SaaS delivery model. The company primarily focuses on the IT function for enterprise customers. ServiceNow ( NOW ) began with IT service management, expanded within the IT function, and more recently directed its workflow automation logic to functional areas beyond IT, notably customer service, HR service delivery, and security operations. ServiceNow ( NOW ) also offers an application development platform as a service.
Having examined the options trading patterns of ServiceNow ( NOW ), our attention now turns directly to the company. This shift allows us to delve into its present market position and performance
With a volume of 252,212, the price of NOW is down -5.78% at $679.97.
RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
Next earnings are expected to be released in 16 days.
A total of 5 professional analysts have given their take on this stock in the last 30 days, setting an average price target of $1072.0.
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* An analyst from Truist Securities has decided to maintain their Hold rating on ServiceNow ( NOW ), which currently sits at a price target of $950.
* An analyst from UBS persists with their Buy rating on ServiceNow ( NOW ), maintaining a target price of $1000.
* Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Mizuho continues to hold a Outperform rating for ServiceNow ( NOW ), targeting a price of $1100.
* An analyst from Baird persists with their Outperform rating on ServiceNow ( NOW ), maintaining a target price of $1010.
* Reflecting concerns, an analyst from Citizens Capital Markets lowers its rating to Market Outperform with a new price target of $1300.
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