A options flow: unusual options activity in Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET
Over the last week the tape recorded 21 unusual options prints in Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A), $1.3M of tracked premium, leaning bullish. Bullish premium was $685K against $359K bearish; $1.0M went into calls and $250K into puts, a put call ratio of 0.25. The largest print was $267K of A 16 Oct 2026 $165 calls on 21 September 2026, swept at ask. The last session with prints, 25 September 2026, added 4 prints and $134K of premium. A closed at $172.79 on 25 September 2026, unchanged.
This week's unusual flow
Prints from 21 September 2026 to 25 September 2026, 5 sessions. Delayed tier: every print is shown twenty minutes after it executed, and the page is rebuilt after each session.
Net premium is bullish minus bearish premium. The put call ratio is put premium divided by call premium, weighted by money rather than by contract count. Sweeps is the share of prints executed across several exchanges at once. Read the guide: Reading the Pulse.
Largest prints of the week
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Sep 2026 | A 16 Oct 2026 $165 calls | Sweep | 652 | 481 | $267K | At ask | Bullish | High conviction |
| 21 Sep 2026 | A 16 Oct 2026 $155 puts | Sweep | 481 | 61 | $130K | At ask | Neutral | Notable |
| 24 Sep 2026 | A 20 Nov 2026 $190 calls | Sweep | 336 | 8 | $104K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
| 21 Sep 2026 | A 16 Oct 2026 $165 calls | Sweep | 265 | 481 | $101K | At ask | Bullish | High conviction |
| 22 Sep 2026 | A 16 Oct 2026 $160 puts | Trade | 200 | 127 | $64K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 21 Sep 2026 | A 16 Oct 2026 $165 calls | Sweep | 156 | 481 | $61K | At bid | Bearish | |
| 24 Sep 2026 | A 15 Jan 2027 $190 calls | Sweep | 86 | 1,577 | $53K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
| 24 Sep 2026 | A 16 Oct 2026 $155 calls | Sweep | 31 | 151 | $52K | At bid | Bearish | |
| 25 Sep 2026 | A 15 Jan 2027 $150 calls | Trade | 18 | 600 | $49K | At bid | Bearish | |
| 21 Sep 2026 | A 16 Oct 2026 $165 calls | Sweep | 112 | 481 | $41K | At bid | Bearish | |
| 21 Sep 2026 | A 20 Nov 2026 $180 calls | Sweep | 176 | 38 | $38K | At ask | Bullish | High conviction |
| 24 Sep 2026 | A 17 Sep 2027 $210 calls | Trade | 23 | 16 | $32K | At ask | Bullish |
Size above open interest means the trade opened a position larger than everything that existed in the contract the night before. Above ask and below bid are the most aggressive executions. Read the guide: Size versus open interest.
Where the money is aimed
| Expiry | Prints | Premium | Calls share | Net premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2026 | 8 | $746K | 70% | +$179K |
| 20 Nov 2026 | 5 | $231K | 100% | +$82K |
| 15 Jan 2027 | 4 | $159K | 100% | -$26K |
| 18 Dec 2026 | 2 | $56K | 52% | +$29K |
| 17 Sep 2027 | 1 | $32K | 100% | +$32K |
| 21 Jan 2028 | 1 | $31K | 100% | +$31K |
The most premium, $746K, is aimed at the 16 Oct 2026 expiry.
A print in a contract expiring this week is a view about the next few days, often about a known event; a print months out is a different kind of statement. Read the guide: 0DTE options flow.
The last session, 25 September 2026
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | A 15 Jan 2027 $150 calls | Trade | 18 | 600 | $49K | At bid | Bearish | |
| 25 Sep 2026 | A 15 Jan 2027 $150 calls | Trade | 11 | 600 | $31K | At bid | Bearish | |
| 25 Sep 2026 | A 20 Nov 2026 $145 calls | Trade | 10 | 90 | $29K | At bid | Neutral | |
| 25 Sep 2026 | A 15 Jan 2027 $190 calls | Sweep | 40 | 1,682 | $26K | At ask | Neutral |
Every print in A with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open A in Options Sentiment Screener.
Price
The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open A in Options Sentiment Screener.
Analysts
The most recent analyst targets on file, from 15 firms, have a median of $180, 4.2% above the last close.
Calls bought at a strike above the average target are a bet that the analysts are too cautious; puts far below the price in a name they like are protection or a strong disagreement. Read the guide: Reading one ticker's flow.
About Agilent Technologies, Inc.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Health Care
- Industry
- Measuring And Control Equipment
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, California
- Website
- agilent.com
Agilent Technologies, Inc. provides application focused solutions to the life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets. The Life Sciences and Applied Markets segment offers liquid chromatography systems and components. The Diagnostics and Genomics segment provides arrays for DNA mutation detection, genotyping, gene copy number determination, identification of gene rearrangements, DNA methylation profiling, gene expression profiling, next generation sequencing, and genetic data management.
In the same sector
Flow pages for other Health Care names in the S&P 500:
LLY Eli Lilly & Co.JNJ Johnson & JohnsonABBV AbbVie Inc.MRK Merck & Co. Inc.UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc.TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.AMGN Amgen Inc.GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Learn
- What unusual options activity means
- Reading one ticker's flow
- Sweeps, blocks and where a trade printed
- Size versus open interest
- Bullish or bearish, how a print's sentiment is inferred
- The conviction score and whale prints
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