Investors with significant funds have taken a bearish position in ON Semiconductor , a development that retail traders should be aware of.

This was brought to our attention today through our monitoring of publicly accessible options data at Benzinga. The exact nature of these investors remains a mystery, but such a major move in ON usually indicates foreknowledge of upcoming events.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner identified 11 options transactions for ON Semiconductor. This is an unusual occurrence. The sentiment among these large-scale traders is mixed, with 27% being bullish and 45% bearish. Of all the options we discovered, 10 are puts, valued at $481,025, and there was a single call, worth $113,582.

Predicted Price Range

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $32.0 to $40.0 for ON Semiconductor over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for ON Semiconductor'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 ON Semiconductor's whale trades within a strike price range from $32.0 to $40.0 in the last 30 days.

ON Semiconductor Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Significant Options Trades Detected:

About ON Semiconductor

Onsemi is a supplier of power semiconductors and sensors focused on the automotive and industrial markets. Onsemi is the second-largest power chipmaker in the world and the largest supplier of image sensors to the automotive market. While the firm used to be highly vertically integrated, it now pursues a hybrid manufacturing strategy for flexible capacity. Onsemi is pivoting to focus on emerging applications like electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, and renewable energy.

In light of the recent options history for ON Semiconductor, it's now appropriate to focus on the company itself. We aim to explore its current performance.

Current Position of ON Semiconductor

Trading volume stands at 6,500,036, with ON's price down by -4.06%, positioned at $34.12.

RSI indicators show the stock to be may be oversold.

Earnings announcement expected in 24 days.

Expert Opinions on ON Semiconductor

In the last month, 1 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $62.0.

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* Maintaining their stance, an analyst from Mizuho continues to hold a Outperform rating for ON Semiconductor, targeting a price of $62.

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