COR options flow: unusual options activity in Cencora, Inc.
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET
Over the last week the tape recorded 7 unusual options prints in Cencora, Inc. (COR), $728K of tracked premium, leaning bearish. Bullish premium was $267K against $461K bearish; $320K went into calls and $408K into puts, a put call ratio of 1.27. The largest print was $245K of COR 18 Dec 2026 $310 puts on 22 September 2026, swept at ask. The last session with prints, 25 September 2026, added 3 prints and $343K of premium. COR closed at $306.92 on 25 September 2026, down 1.0%.
This week's unusual flow
Prints from 22 September 2026 to 25 September 2026, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Sep 2026 | COR 18 Dec 2026 $310 puts | Sweep | 170 | 1,514 | $245K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | COR 18 Dec 2026 $310 calls | Sweep | 100 | 345 | $180K | Above ask | Bullish | High conviction |
| 25 Sep 2026 | COR 18 Dec 2026 $300 puts | Sweep | 100 | 12 | $136K | At ask | Bearish | High conviction |
| 23 Sep 2026 | COR 18 Dec 2026 $310 calls | Sweep | 38 | 295 | $80K | At bid | Bearish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | COR 18 Dec 2026 $310 calls | Sweep | 16 | 295 | $34K | Above ask | Bullish | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | COR 18 Dec 2026 $310 calls | Sweep | 16 | 345 | $27K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
| 22 Sep 2026 | COR 20 Nov 2026 $310 puts | Trade | 22 | 141 | $27K | At bid | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Dec 2026 | 6 | $701K | 46% | -$220K |
| 20 Nov 2026 | 1 | $27K | 0% | +$27K |
The most premium, $701K, is aimed at the 18 Dec 2026 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 20 Nov 2026.
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 | COR 18 Dec 2026 $310 calls | Sweep | 100 | 345 | $180K | Above ask | Bullish | High conviction |
| 25 Sep 2026 | COR 18 Dec 2026 $300 puts | Sweep | 100 | 12 | $136K | At ask | Bearish | High conviction |
| 25 Sep 2026 | COR 18 Dec 2026 $310 calls | Sweep | 16 | 345 | $27K | At ask | Bullish | Notable |
Every print in COR with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open COR in Options Sentiment Screener.
Price
The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open COR in Options Sentiment Screener.
Analysts
The most recent analyst targets on file, from 10 firms, have a median of $350, 14.0% 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 Cencora, Inc.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Health Care
- Industry
- Wholesale
- Headquarters
- Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania
- Website
- www.cencora.com
Cencora, Inc. sources and distributes pharmaceutical products. The company was formerly known as AmerisourceBergen Corporation and changed its name to Cencora, Inc. in August 2023. Cencora, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
In the same sector
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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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