USB options flow: unusual options activity in US Bancorp \de\

Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET

Over the last week the tape recorded 10 unusual options prints in US Bancorp \de\ (USB), $1.3M of tracked premium, close to even between bullish and bearish premium. Bullish premium was $584K against $674K bearish; $1.2M went into calls and $174K into puts, a put call ratio of 0.15. The largest print was $573K of USB 18 Dec 2026 $62.50 calls on 21 September 2026, executed at bid. The last session with prints, 25 September 2026, added 3 prints and $94K of premium. USB closed at $59.33 on 25 September 2026, up 1.6%.

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

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, $573K, is aimed at the 18 Dec 2026 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 2 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

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

Price

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

Analysts

The most recent analyst targets on file, from 16 firms, have a median of $69, 16.3% above the last close. The last 90 days brought 3 upgrades.

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 US Bancorp \de\

Exchange

NYSE

Sector

Financials

Industry

Banking

Headquarters

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Website

usbank.com

U.S. Bancorp provides various financial services to individuals, businesses, institutional organizations, governmental entities and other financial institutions. It operates in Corporate and Commercial Banking, Consumer and Business Banking, Wealth Management and Investment Services, Payment Services, and Treasury and Corporate Support segments. As of December 31, 2021, the company provided its products and services through a network of 2,230 banking offices.

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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