LOW options flow: unusual options activity in Lowes Companies Inc.
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET
Over the last week the tape recorded 69 unusual options prints in Lowes Companies Inc. (LOW), $8.6M of tracked premium, close to even between bullish and bearish premium. Bullish premium was $4.3M against $3.8M bearish; $3.8M went into calls and $4.8M into puts, a put call ratio of 1.29. The largest print was $2.6M of LOW 17 Sep 2027 $220 puts on 22 September 2026, executed at bid. The last session with prints, 25 September 2026, added 9 prints and $460K of premium. LOW closed at $189.28 on 25 September 2026, up 0.4%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Sep 2026 | LOW 17 Sep 2027 $220 puts | Trade | 750 | 24 | $2.6M | At bid | Bullish | Whale |
| 21 Sep 2026 | LOW 21 Jan 2028 $240 calls | Trade | 1,000 | 231 | $1.3M | At bid | Bearish | Whale |
| 23 Sep 2026 | LOW 17 Sep 2027 $240 calls | Trade | 500 | 131 | $465K | At bid | Bearish | High conviction |
| 21 Sep 2026 | LOW 21 Jan 2028 $220 puts | Sweep | 109 | 119 | $428K | At bid | Bullish | High conviction |
| 24 Sep 2026 | LOW 19 Mar 2027 $180 puts | Sweep | 374 | 127 | $426K | At ask | Bearish | Whale |
| 21 Sep 2026 | LOW 21 Jan 2028 $240 calls | Sweep | 180 | 231 | $231K | At bid | Bearish | High conviction |
| 24 Sep 2026 | LOW 17 Sep 2027 $195 puts | Trade | 81 | 28 | $194K | At ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 24 Sep 2026 | LOW 19 Mar 2027 $180 puts | Sweep | 167 | 127 | $190K | At bid | Bullish | High conviction |
| 23 Sep 2026 | LOW 21 Jan 2028 $200 calls | Sweep | 50 | 146 | $142K | Above ask | Bullish | High conviction |
| 22 Sep 2026 | LOW 15 Jan 2027 $260 puts | Trade | 15 | 517 | $100K | At ask | Bearish | |
| 24 Sep 2026 | LOW 19 Mar 2027 $180 puts | Sweep | 82 | 127 | $94K | At bid | Bullish | Notable |
| 23 Sep 2026 | LOW 16 Oct 2026 $185 puts | Sweep | 425 | 1,698 | $94K | At bid | Bullish | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep 2027 | 5 | $3.4M | 15% | +$2.0M |
| 21 Jan 2028 | 25 | $2.8M | 79% | -$1.1M |
| 19 Mar 2027 | 7 | $837K | 11% | -$80K |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 7 | $407K | 58% | +$116K |
| 15 Jan 2027 | 4 | $213K | 39% | -$158K |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 4 | $164K | 0% | -$164K |
The most premium, $3.4M, is aimed at the 17 Sep 2027 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 9 Oct 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 | LOW 21 Jan 2028 $170 puts | Sweep | 45 | 580 | $71K | Above ask | Bearish | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | LOW 16 Oct 2026 $190 calls | Sweep | 165 | 522 | $68K | At bid | Bearish | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | LOW 6 Nov 2026 $125 calls | Trade | 10 | 0 | $65K | At bid | Neutral | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | LOW 30 Oct 2026 $125 calls | Trade | 10 | 0 | $65K | At bid | Neutral | Notable |
| 25 Sep 2026 | LOW 25 Sep 2026 $210 puts | Trade | 23 | 0 | $50K | At midpoint | Neutral |
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Price
The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open LOW in Options Sentiment Screener.
Analysts
The most recent analyst targets on file, from 19 firms, have a median of $254, 34.2% 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 Lowes Companies Inc.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Industry
- Retail
- Headquarters
- Mooresville, North Carolina
- Website
- lowes.com
Lowe's Companies, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. The company sells its national brand-name merchandise and private brand products to homeowners, renters, and professional customers. As of January 28, 2022, Lowe's operated 1,971 home improvement and hardware stores.
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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
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