PNC options flow: unusual options activity in PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET

Over the last week the tape recorded 18 unusual options prints in PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (PNC), $787K of tracked premium, leaning bearish. Bullish premium was $272K against $424K bearish; $150K went into calls and $637K into puts, a put call ratio of 4.24. The largest print was $97K of PNC 16 Oct 2026 $242.50 puts on 23 September 2026, swept at ask. The last session with prints, 24 September 2026, added 6 prints and $205K of premium. PNC closed at $225.64 on 25 September 2026, up 1.0%.

This week's unusual flow

Prints from 21 September 2026 to 24 September 2026, 4 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

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

The most premium, $304K, is aimed at the 16 Oct 2026 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 25 Sep 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, 24 September 2026

Every print in PNC with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open PNC in Options Sentiment Screener.

Price

The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open PNC in Options Sentiment Screener.

Analysts

The most recent analyst targets on file, from 16 firms, have a median of $280, 24.1% 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 PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Exchange

NYSE

Sector

Financials

Industry

Banking

Headquarters

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Website

pnc.com

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. operates as a diversified financial services company in the United States. Retail Banking segment offers brokerage, insurance, and investment and cash management services. Corporate & Institutional Banking segment provides secured and unsecured loans, letters of credit, and equipment leases. Asset Management Group segment offers investment and retirement planning, customized investment management, credit and cash. solutions, private banking, and trust management and administration solutions.

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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