Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on Newmont ( NEM ). Our analysis of options history for Newmont ( NEM ) revealed 11 unusual trades.

Delving into the details, we found 27% of traders were bullish, while 63% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 3 were puts, with a value of $112,602, and 8 were calls, valued at $283,766.

Predicted Price Range

Analyzing the Volume and Open Interest in these contracts, it seems that the big players have been eyeing a price window from $27.5 to $55.0 for Newmont ( NEM ) during the past quarter.

Volume & Open Interest Trends

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 Newmont's ( NEM ) 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 Newmont's ( NEM ) whale activity within a strike price range from $27.5 to $55.0 in the last 30 days.

Newmont Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Noteworthy Options Activity:

About Newmont

Newmont ( NEM ) is the world's largest gold miner. It bought Goldcorp in 2019, combined its Nevada mines in a joint venture with competitor Barrick later that year, and also purchased competitor Newcrest in November 2023. Its portfolio includes 17 wholly or majority owned mines and interests in two joint ventures in the Americas, Africa, Australia and Papua New Guinea. The company is expected to produce roughly 5.5 million ounces of gold in 2024 from its core mines and 6.8 million in total. It is likely to sell a number of its higher cost, smaller mines accounting for 20% of forecast sales in 2024. Newmont ( NEM ) also produces material amounts of copper, silver, zinc, and lead as byproducts. It had about two decades of gold reserves along with significant byproduct reserves at the end of December 2023.

Newmont's Current Market Status

Currently trading with a volume of 5,286,285, the NEM's price is up by 3.9%, now at $43.21.

RSI readings suggest the stock is currently may be overbought.

Anticipated earnings release is in 21 days.

What Analysts Are Saying About Newmont

In the last month, 1 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $50.0.

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* Consistent in their evaluation, an analyst from Scotiabank keeps a Sector Perform rating on Newmont ( NEM ) with a target price of $50.

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