{
  "id": 5677030,
  "title": "Unusual Options Activity in Campbell’s Stock Is a Big Warning on Bearish Investor Sentiment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/unusual-options-activity-in-campbells-stock-is-a-big-warning-on",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-03T17:30:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Finance",
    "slug": "yahoo-finance",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/options/articles/unusual-options-activity-campbell-stock-173003355.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Campbell Soup Company (CPB) reported its Q4 2026 results on Thursday before the markets opened, but shares were down more than 10%, signaling bearish investor sentiment. The stock has fallen over 25% year-to-date, 34% in the past 52 weeks, and 54% over the past five years, making it down 67% from its July 2016 all-time high of $67.89. After Nvidia's earnings pop, options traders targeted $260, focusing on CPB's options activity.\n\nOptions volume for CPB was unusually high at 48,701, six times the 30-day average. Puts outnumbered calls 35,585 to 14,116, with three options meeting the criteria for unusual activity. Institutions have exploited this bearish sentiment, with one institution benefiting by implementing a 1x2 Put Ratio Spread strategy.\n\nThe trade involved buying 5,000 $22.50 puts for $185,000 and selling 10,000 $21 puts for $50,000, resulting in a net debit of $135,000. If the stock price at expiration is $21, the trade generates a maximum profit of $615,000, a 455.6% return or 10,393.4% annualized. However, the maximum loss is unlimited, occurring if the share price exceeds $22.50 at expiration, making the trade a bearish bet with a breakeven share price of $19.77.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}