HII options flow: unusual options activity in Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET
Over the last session the tape recorded 3 unusual options prints in Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII), $299K of tracked premium, leaning firmly bearish. Bullish premium was $0 against $299K bearish; $106K went into calls and $193K into puts, a put call ratio of 1.83. The largest print was $193K of HII 19 Mar 2027 $280 puts on 25 September 2026, executed at ask. HII closed at $264.02 on 25 September 2026, down 0.7%.
This week's unusual flow
Prints from 25 September 2026 to 25 September 2026, 1 session. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | HII 19 Mar 2027 $280 puts | Trade | 60 | 8 | $193K | At ask | Bearish | High conviction |
| 25 Sep 2026 | HII 18 Dec 2026 $330 calls | Sweep | 235 | 286 | $58K | At bid | Bearish | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | HII 19 Mar 2027 $260 calls | Sweep | 17 | 9 | $48K | At bid | Bearish | Notable |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2027 | 2 | $241K | 20% | -$241K |
| 18 Dec 2026 | 1 | $58K | 100% | -$58K |
The most premium, $241K, is aimed at the 19 Mar 2027 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 18 Dec 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.
Every print in HII with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open HII in Options Sentiment Screener.
Price
The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open HII in Options Sentiment Screener.
Analysts
The most recent analyst targets on file, from 4 firms, have a median of $350, 32.6% 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 Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Shipbuilding, Railroad Equipment
- Headquarters
- Newport News, Virginia
- Website
- huntingtoningalls.com
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. engages in designing, building, overhauling, and repairing military ships in the United States. The company is involved in the design and construction of non-nuclear ships, such as amphibious assault ships; expeditionary warfare ships; surface combatants; and national security cutters for the U.S. Navy and the Coast Guard. It also provides nuclear-powered ships such as aircraft carriers and submarines.
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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
The live tape for HII with every print's execution detail, one tap filters for calls, puts, sweeps and 0DTE, saved screeners and, for Realtime subscribers, push alerts and no delay. The same screen is in the iOS and Android apps.
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