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Options Activity for Honeywell (HON)
Posted on 02/03/2010

HON options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 465 put and 3,513 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded Put/Call ratio is 0.13.

Put/Call ratio is often used to measure investor sentiment, the ratio serves as a predictor of investor behavior. A high Put/Call ratio suggests that the investor sentiment is bearish and that investors expect the underlying stock to decrease in value. In contrast, a low Put/Call ratio suggests that the investor sentiment is bullish and that the underlying stock is expected to increase in value.

Honeywell (HON) closed yesterday at $39.52 and opened today at $39.36. HON is trading at $39.18, down $0.37 (-0.86%) in today's trading session. The daily low is $38.93 and the high is $39.54. The trading volume of 2,678,938 is below the average volume of 5,168,890 shares. HON is trading below the 50 day moving average and higher than the 200 day moving average. Honeywell has earnings per share of $2.85. To date, the stock's 52 week low is $23.06 and 52 week high is $43.21. The stock has a P/E ratio of 13.88 and a dividend yield of 3.07%.

by Leo Goldman