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Cushman & Wakefield shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results.

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities.
Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.
Traders often look for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges away from its normal worth. Abnormal amounts of trading activity could push option prices to hyperbolic or underperforming levels. 
Here's the list of options activity happening in today's session: 
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Symbol</th>
<th>PUT/CALL</th>
<th>Trade Type</th>
<th>Sentiment</th>
<th>Exp. Date</th>
<th>Strike Price</th>
<th>Total Trade Price</th>
<th>Open Interest</th>
<th>Volume</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>LUV</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>05/02/25</td>
<td>$27.50</td>
<td>$43.5K</td>
<td>597</td>
<td>2.1K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>JBLU</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>01/16/26</td>
<td>$3.50</td>
<td>$38.8K</td>
<td>8.5K</td>
<td>1.4K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GEO</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/02/25</td>
<td>$32.50</td>
<td>$25.0K</td>
<td>39</td>
<td>1.0K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>KBR</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/16/25</td>
<td>$60.00</td>
<td>$28.0K</td>
<td>518</td>
<td>976</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ACHR</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>01/16/26</td>
<td>$15.00</td>
<td>$39.9K</td>
<td>15.9K</td>
<td>642</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GE</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>06/20/25</td>
<td>$220.00</td>
<td>$98.5K</td>
<td>357</td>
<td>537</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>CSX</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>09/19/25</td>
<td>$27.50</td>
<td>$40.0K</td>
<td>1.4K</td>
<td>500</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>CAT</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>09/19/25</td>
<td>$390.00</td>
<td>$95.7K</td>
<td>992</td>
<td>421</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>LUNR</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>01/16/26</td>
<td>$12.50</td>
<td>$37.0K</td>
<td>3.0K</td>
<td>359</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WCC</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/16/25</td>
<td>$170.00</td>
<td>$55.1K</td>
<td>80</td>
<td>345</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<h2>Explanation</h2>
These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table. 
• Regarding LUV (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/LUV#NYSE">LUV</a>), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on May 2, 2025. Parties traded 990 contract(s) at a $27.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $43.5K, with a price of $44.0 per contract. There were 597 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2128 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For JBLU (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/JBLU#NASDAQ">JBLU</a>), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 262 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 658 contract(s) at a $3.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 17 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.8K, with a price of $59.0 per contract. There were 8502 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1419 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For GEO (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GEO#NYSE">GEO</a>), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on May 2, 2025. This event was a transfer of 500 contract(s) at a $32.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 39 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.0K, with a price of $50.0 per contract. There were 39 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1008 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• Regarding KBR (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/KBR#NYSE">KBR</a>), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 17 day(s) on May 16, 2025. Parties traded 926 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 53 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.0K, with a price of $30.0 per contract. There were 518 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 976 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For ACHR (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ACHR#NYSE">ACHR</a>), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 262 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 487 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 30 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.9K, with a price of $82.0 per contract. There were 15954 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 642 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• Regarding GE (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GE#NYSE">GE</a>), we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 52 day(s) on June 20, 2025. Parties traded 48 contract(s) at a $220.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 9 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $98.5K, with a price of $2072.0 per contract. There were 357 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 537 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For CSX (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CSX#NASDAQ">CSX</a>), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 143 day(s) on September 19, 2025. This event was a transfer of 250 contract(s) at a $27.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $40.0K, with a price of $160.0 per contract. There were 1429 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 500 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• Regarding CAT (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CAT#NYSE">CAT</a>), we observe a call option trade with neutral sentiment. It expires in 143 day(s) on September 19, 2025. Parties traded 420 contract(s) at a $390.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $95.7K, with a price of $228.0 per contract. There were 992 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 421 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For LUNR (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/LUNR#NASDAQ">LUNR</a>), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 262 day(s) on January 16, 2026. This event was a transfer of 233 contract(s) at a $12.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $37.0K, with a price of $159.0 per contract. There were 3022 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 359 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• Regarding WCC (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WCC#NYSE">WCC</a>), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 17 day(s) on May 16, 2025. Parties traded 89 contract(s) at a $170.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 6 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $55.1K, with a price of $620.0 per contract. There were 80 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 345 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
Options Alert Terminology 
 - Call Contracts: The right to buy shares as indicated in the contract. 
 - Put Contracts: The right to sell shares as indicated in the contract. 
 - Expiration Date: When the contract expires. One must act on the contract by this date if one wants to use it. 
 - Premium/Option Price: The price of the contract. 
For more information, visit our <a href="https://pro.benzinga.com/blog/how-to-understand-option-alerts/">Guide to Understanding Options Alerts</a> or read <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/options">more news on unusual options activity</a>. 
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.

Options

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JBLU

LUNR

10 Industrials Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities.
Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.
Traders often look for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges away from its normal worth. Abnormal amounts of trading activity could push option prices to hyperbolic or underperforming levels. 
Below are some instances of options activity happening in the Consumer Discretionary sector: 
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Symbol</th>
<th>PUT/CALL</th>
<th>Trade Type</th>
<th>Sentiment</th>
<th>Exp. Date</th>
<th>Strike Price</th>
<th>Total Trade Price</th>
<th>Open Interest</th>
<th>Volume</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>TSLA</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>05/02/25</td>
<td>$285.00</td>
<td>$25.2K</td>
<td>14.2K</td>
<td>67.8K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>F</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>05/02/25</td>
<td>$10.00</td>
<td>$28.0K</td>
<td>44.0K</td>
<td>14.3K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GM</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>05/02/25</td>
<td>$47.50</td>
<td>$28.2K</td>
<td>1.0K</td>
<td>2.6K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AMZN</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/09/25</td>
<td>$190.00</td>
<td>$112.0K</td>
<td>3.4K</td>
<td>2.6K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>JD</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>06/20/25</td>
<td>$31.00</td>
<td>$382.5K</td>
<td>9.5K</td>
<td>2.5K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WING</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/16/25</td>
<td>$220.00</td>
<td>$2.0 million</td>
<td>132</td>
<td>2.1K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>EAT</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/16/25</td>
<td>$140.00</td>
<td>$39.4K</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>2.1K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NKE</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>05/02/25</td>
<td>$60.00</td>
<td>$445.5K</td>
<td>2.4K</td>
<td>1.6K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SBUX</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>01/16/26</td>
<td>$80.00</td>
<td>$35.1K</td>
<td>3.7K</td>
<td>549</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>RCL</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>05/02/25</td>
<td>$220.00</td>
<td>$49.0K</td>
<td>466</td>
<td>429</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<h2>Explanation</h2>
These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table. 
• Regarding TSLA (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TSLA#NASDAQ">TSLA</a>), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on May 2, 2025. Parties traded 30 contract(s) at a $285.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.2K, with a price of $843.0 per contract. There were 14251 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 67860 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• Regarding F (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/F#NYSE">F</a>), we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on May 2, 2025. Parties traded 1000 contract(s) at a $10.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.0K, with a price of $28.0 per contract. There were 44069 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 14333 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For GM (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GM#NYSE">GM</a>), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 3 day(s) on May 2, 2025. This event was a transfer of 300 contract(s) at a $47.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.2K, with a price of $94.0 per contract. There were 1030 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2646 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For AMZN (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AMZN#NASDAQ">AMZN</a>), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 10 day(s) on May 9, 2025. This event was a transfer of 200 contract(s) at a $190.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $112.0K, with a price of $560.0 per contract. There were 3447 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2641 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For JD (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/JD#NASDAQ">JD</a>), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 52 day(s) on June 20, 2025. This event was a transfer of 2500 contract(s) at a $31.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $382.5K, with a price of $153.0 per contract. There were 9578 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2500 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• Regarding WING (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WING#NASDAQ">WING</a>), we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 17 day(s) on May 16, 2025. Parties traded 2000 contract(s) at a $220.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $2.0 million, with a price of $1000.0 per contract. There were 132 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2163 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For EAT (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/EAT#NYSE">EAT</a>), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 17 day(s) on May 16, 2025. This event was a transfer of 68 contract(s) at a $140.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $39.4K, with a price of $580.0 per contract. There were 23 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2138 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For NKE (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NKE#NYSE">NKE</a>), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on May 2, 2025. This event was a transfer of 1500 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $445.5K, with a price of $297.0 per contract. There were 2444 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1630 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• Regarding SBUX (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SBUX#NASDAQ">SBUX</a>), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 262 day(s) on January 16, 2026. Parties traded 46 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.1K, with a price of $765.0 per contract. There were 3791 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 549 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For RCL (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RCL#NYSE">RCL</a>), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 3 day(s) on May 2, 2025. This event was a transfer of 219 contract(s) at a $220.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 16 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $49.0K, with a price of $224.0 per contract. There were 466 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 429 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
Options Alert Terminology 
 - Call Contracts: The right to buy shares as indicated in the contract. 
 - Put Contracts: The right to sell shares as indicated in the contract. 
 - Expiration Date: When the contract expires. One must act on the contract by this date if one wants to use it. 
 - Premium/Option Price: The price of the contract. 
For more information, visit our <a href="https://pro.benzinga.com/blog/how-to-understand-option-alerts/">Guide to Understanding Options Alerts</a> or read <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/options">more news on unusual options activity</a>. 
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.

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TSLA

WING

10 Consumer Discretionary Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities.
Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.
Traders will search for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges heavily from its normal worth. High amounts of trading activity could push option prices to exaggerated or underestimated levels. 
Here's the list of options activity happening in today's session: 
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Symbol</th>
<th>PUT/CALL</th>
<th>Trade Type</th>
<th>Sentiment</th>
<th>Exp. Date</th>
<th>Strike Price</th>
<th>Total Trade Price</th>
<th>Open Interest</th>
<th>Volume</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>NVDA</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>05/02/25</td>
<td>$108.00</td>
<td>$54.4K</td>
<td>11.5K</td>
<td>44.9K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MARA</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>03/20/26</td>
<td>$13.00</td>
<td>$56.0K</td>
<td>1.2K</td>
<td>9.3K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AAPL</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/02/25</td>
<td>$210.00</td>
<td>$25.4K</td>
<td>9.9K</td>
<td>6.9K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AMD</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>05/02/25</td>
<td>$96.00</td>
<td>$412.0K</td>
<td>3.7K</td>
<td>4.9K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PLTR</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>05/09/25</td>
<td>$130.00</td>
<td>$38.0K</td>
<td>5.8K</td>
<td>2.7K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SMCI</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/02/25</td>
<td>$36.00</td>
<td>$28.2K</td>
<td>4.7K</td>
<td>2.4K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SMTC</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>06/20/25</td>
<td>$28.00</td>
<td>$215.4K</td>
<td>979</td>
<td>1.6K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AVGO</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>05/02/25</td>
<td>$190.00</td>
<td>$28.2K</td>
<td>4.9K</td>
<td>871</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MSFT</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>06/20/25</td>
<td>$420.00</td>
<td>$38.3K</td>
<td>14.4K</td>
<td>716</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>CSCO</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>01/16/26</td>
<td>$65.00</td>
<td>$46.4K</td>
<td>17.5K</td>
<td>518</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<h2>Explanation</h2>
These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table. 
• Regarding NVDA (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NVDA#NASDAQ">NVDA</a>), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on May 2, 2025. Parties traded 288 contract(s) at a $108.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $54.4K, with a price of $189.0 per contract. There were 11526 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 44971 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For MARA (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MARA#NASDAQ">MARA</a>), we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 325 day(s) on March 20, 2026. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $13.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $56.0K, with a price of $560.0 per contract. There were 1261 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 9310 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For AAPL (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AAPL#NASDAQ">AAPL</a>), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on May 2, 2025. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $210.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.4K, with a price of $510.0 per contract. There were 9903 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 6925 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For AMD (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AMD#NASDAQ">AMD</a>), we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 3 day(s) on May 2, 2025. This event was a transfer of 2000 contract(s) at a $96.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $412.0K, with a price of $206.0 per contract. There were 3768 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4916 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For PLTR (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/PLTR#NASDAQ">PLTR</a>), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 10 day(s) on May 9, 2025. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $130.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 12 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.0K, with a price of $380.0 per contract. There were 5813 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2763 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For SMCI (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SMCI#NASDAQ">SMCI</a>), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on May 2, 2025. This event was a transfer of 188 contract(s) at a $36.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.2K, with a price of $150.0 per contract. There were 4702 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2437 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For SMTC (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SMTC#NASDAQ">SMTC</a>), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 52 day(s) on June 20, 2025. This event was a transfer of 399 contract(s) at a $28.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $215.4K, with a price of $540.0 per contract. There were 979 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1600 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For AVGO (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AVGO#NASDAQ">AVGO</a>), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be neutral, expiring in 3 day(s) on May 2, 2025. This event was a transfer of 56 contract(s) at a $190.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.2K, with a price of $505.0 per contract. There were 4922 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 871 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• Regarding MSFT (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MSFT#NASDAQ">MSFT</a>), we observe a call option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 52 day(s) on June 20, 2025. Parties traded 60 contract(s) at a $420.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 3 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $38.3K, with a price of $639.0 per contract. There were 14400 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 716 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• Regarding CSCO (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CSCO#NASDAQ">CSCO</a>), we observe a call option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 262 day(s) on January 16, 2026. Parties traded 211 contract(s) at a $65.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.4K, with a price of $220.0 per contract. There were 17574 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 518 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
Options Alert Terminology 
 - Call Contracts: The right to buy shares as indicated in the contract. 
 - Put Contracts: The right to sell shares as indicated in the contract. 
 - Expiration Date: When the contract expires. One must act on the contract by this date if one wants to use it. 
 - Premium/Option Price: The price of the contract. 
For more information, visit our <a href="https://pro.benzinga.com/blog/how-to-understand-option-alerts/">Guide to Understanding Options Alerts</a> or read <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/options">more news on unusual options activity</a>. 
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.

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RBC Capital analyst Michael Carroll maintains Prologis (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/PLD#NYSE">PLD</a>) with a Sector Perform and lowers the price target from $128 to $117.

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RBC Capital Maintains Sector Perform on Prologis, Lowers Price Target to $117

RBC Capital analyst Arun Viswanathan maintains LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/LYB#NYSE">LYB</a>) with a Sector Perform and lowers the price target from $62 to $61.

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RBC Capital analyst Elvira Scotto maintains Kinder Morgan (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/KMI#NYSE">KMI</a>) with a Sector Perform and raises the price target from $27 to $28.

RBC Capital Maintains Sector Perform on Kinder Morgan, Raises Price Target to $28

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Roth MKM analyst Sean McGowan maintains Groupon (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GRPN#NASDAQ">GRPN</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $21 to $24.

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Roth MKM Maintains Buy on Groupon, Raises Price Target to $24

RBC Capital analyst Michael Carroll maintains First Industrial Realty (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FR#NYSE">FR</a>) with a Outperform and lowers the price target from $62 to $58.

RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on First Industrial Realty, Lowers Price Target to $58

RBC Capital analyst Matthew Hedberg reiterates F5 (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FFIV#NASDAQ">FFIV</a>) with a Sector Perform and maintains $290 price target.

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RBC Capital Reiterates Sector Perform on F5, Maintains $290 Price Target

RBC Capital analyst Michael Carroll maintains EastGroup Properties (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/EGP#NYSE">EGP</a>) with a Sector Perform and lowers the price target from $189 to $183.

RBC Capital Maintains Sector Perform on EastGroup Properties, Lowers Price Target to $183

It is messy.
One tweet sends stock prices plummeting lower.
Another revives the hopes and dreams of beleaguered traders, and they go into a buying frenzy.
Scott Bessent gives a closed-door talk that is on the wires with a word-for-word replay almost instantly and the market rebounds.
Peter Navarro escapes from the broom closet Elon Musk shoved him into and prices collapse once again.
Most market participants are not big fans of messy markets.
Corporate executives hate the lack of clarity and cloud of uncertainty that make it impossible to fit the future into a spreadsheet.
Trading algorithms develop hiccups.
The massive increase in career risk freezes mutual funds and endowment managers in place.
Holding cash and sprinting down the halls at 50 Hudson Yards screaming &#8220;Prudent Man, Prudent Man&#8221; just might preserve that cushy job and allow the mortgage and private Pre-K tuition bills to be paid again next month.
Buying shares of a beaten-up tech stock just before an announcement of new tariffs on semiconductors could lead to a third-floor walkup on Clinton Street and Wallace Elementary School.
Mediocre performance for inaction is a much better deal than training for the Metro North to the Midtown ferry.
There is, however, one group that thrives in messy.
Activist investors, those now-gentlemanly investors that were known in days of old as corporate raiders and takeover artists, love messy.
Messy creates distortion and distortion creates opportunity.
Activists have been embracing the mess so far in 2025.
The Shareholders Advisory Group at Barclays just released its first quarter look at activism and it&#8217;s pretty clear that activists like what they see.
Despite economic storm clouds gathering on the horizon and unpredictable market volatility, the activists aren&#8217;t just staying in the game. They are doubling down.
Barclays&#8217; data shows that global campaign activity has roared ahead with 70 campaigns in Q1, jumping 17% year-over-year. More tellingly, that&#8217;s running 25% above the four-year quarterly average.
Particularly noteworthy for value-oriented investors: companies under $5 billion market cap are being targeted at an accelerated rate, representing 66% of campaigns in Q1. This tells me that activists are finding more inefficiencies and potential value in the small and mid-cap space.
Of course this is exactly where traditional value investors should be looking anyway.
An interesting small activist holding is in the portfolio of ValueAct Holdings out of San Francisco.
Over the past 25 years the firm has built up a strong track record of wins and winning board seats at target companies.
The firm has had big winners with tech companies like Microsoft (Ticker: MSFT), Adobe (Ticker: ADBE) and Salesforce (Ticker: CRM).
The firm currently owns over 4 million shares, or a little over 12% of Insight Enterprises (Ticker: NSIT). It currently has one board seat at the Information Technology company.
Insight Enterprises is a Fortune 500 global technology company founded in 1988 by brothers Tim and Eric Crown as Hard Drives International, initially selling computer storage products. The company later changed its name to Insight Enterprises in 1991, went public in 1995, and has since evolved into a comprehensive IT solutions provider with offices in 19 countries.
The business should see strong tailwinds from major trends including big data, AI, cloud computing and cyber security.
The stock has had a strong run during the time ValueAct has been involved but has had a pretty sharp decline since the start of Tariff Wars 2025 edition.
Many of Insight&#8217;s customers are governments and government agencies or in industries including healthcare and education that are seeing negative impacts from the administration policies.
The stock is currently 20% of ValueAct&#8217;s portfolio and at some point it may make sense for them to gently suggest that Insight look for a potential offer from a larger IT firm.
This could unlock some of the value of the company and give the activist an exit strategy.
Barington Capital Group is a small but scrappy activist investment firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 2000 by James A. Mitarotonda, a former investment banker turned shareholder gadfly, Barington has built a reputation as a focused value-oriented investor that targets underperforming small- and mid-cap companies, usually with a consumer or industrial tilt.
Barington is not in the business of financial engineering or short-term flips. They&#8217;re more like value investors with an activist toolkit that is focused on long-term turnaround stories where unlocking operational or strategic inefficiencies can create a meaningful rerating.
Its current target is Matthews International (Ticker: MATW).
Matthews has a puzzling combination of businesses that include factory automation and tombstones, caskets, and cremation equipment.
It sold its packaging and branding business for $50 million earlier this year as the proxy fight heated up.
Barington lost the first round as the company was able to hold off the activist&#8217;s attempt to gain three board seats.
The company is potentially worth at least twice the current stock price, so I doubt Barington slinks away in defeat.
Like Arnold and MacArthur, they will be back.
There will be more volatility and general messiness.
It will create opportunity for activists and those who track the activists.

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Goldman Sachs analyst Matthew Sykes maintains Revvity (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RVTY#NYSE">RVTY</a>) with a Buy and lowers the price target from $140 to $125.

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Goldman Sachs Maintains Buy on Revvity, Lowers Price Target to $125

<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/25/03/44569369/trump-family-tightens-grip-on-defi-platform-world-liberty-financial">World Liberty Financial</a> (WLFI), a cryptocurrency venture run by the Trump family, secured over $550 million from investors worldwide, but concerns about conflicts between presidential power and private business interests remain.
What Happened: WLFI is 60% owned by a Trump family entity and has aggressively courted investors with deals that multiple industry executives described as ethically questionable, according to an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-crypto-world-liberty-financial.html">investigation</a> published on Tuesday by The New York Times. 
The company approached at least five crypto startups offering &#8220;partnerships&#8221; that required them to purchase between $10 million and $30 million of World Liberty&#8217;s coins in exchange for smaller investments from Trump&#8217;s firm.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a black spot on our industry,&#8221; said Andre Cronje, founder of SonicLabs, which rejected World Liberty&#8217;s pitch. 
Anyone accepting such deals would &#8220;obviously think they&#8217;re going to make money because it&#8217;s the officially endorsed Trump project.&#8221;
Several startups declined these arrangements, considering them &#8220;dishonest&#8221; according to Dominik Schiener, founder of the IOTA Foundation.
World Liberty successfully secured deals with other firms, including Ondo Finance, a Peter Thiel-backed startup that later donated $1 million to Trump&#8217;s inauguration.
The company&#8217;s spokesman, David Wachsman, defended these arrangements as &#8220;standard industry practices&#8221; that establish &#8220;skin in the game for all parties,&#8221; while denying they constituted &#8220;one-sided payment for services rendered.&#8221;
Why It Matters: World Liberty&#8217;s rise coincides with Trump&#8217;s reversal on cryptocurrency. 
After previously dismissing digital assets as having value &#8220;<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/etfs/specialty-etfs/25/02/43537016/donald-trump-once-said-bitcoin-was-based-on-thin-air-now-his-media-company-is-launching-btc-etf">based on thin air</a>,&#8221; Trump has filled his administration with industry supporters, disbanded a crypto crimes task force, and announced a <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/25/03/44221339/why-did-trumps-strategic-crypto-reserve-not-include-xrp">federal cryptocurrency stockpile</a> that temporarily boosted the value of World Liberty&#8217;s holdings by $33 million.
The company has attracted numerous foreign investors from Singapore, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates, creating a legal avenue for overseas entities to potentially curry favor with the president. 
One significant investor is Justin Sun, a Chinese billionaire facing SEC fraud charges whose case was recently suspended as the agency explores &#8220;a potential resolution.&#8221;
Eric Trump, who runs the family business with his brother Donald Trump Jr., called World Liberty &#8220;one of the more successful things we&#8217;ve ever done.&#8221;
The Trump family received 22.5 billion units of the company&#8217;s cryptocurrency — worth approximately $1.1 billion on paper.
The company&#8217;s daily operations are managed by three partners with mixed track records: Zachary Folkman, who once ran a company called Date Hotter Girls; Chase Herro, who previously promoted a cryptocurrency that imploded; and Zach Witkoff, son of Trump&#8217;s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.
A Trump spokeswoman told the New York Times there are &#8220;no conflicts of interest&#8221; because the president&#8217;s assets are &#8220;in a trust managed by his children,&#8221; though this trust directly benefits President Trump.
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RBC Capital analyst Logan Reich maintains Domino's Pizza (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/DPZ#NASDAQ">DPZ</a>) with a Outperform and raises the price target from $500 to $550.

RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on Domino's Pizza, Raises Price Target to $550

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Box, Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BOX#NYSE">BOX</a>), the leading Intelligent Content Management (ICM) platform, and IBM (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/IBM#NYSE">IBM</a>) today announced they are partnering to help organizations accelerate the adoption of enterprise-level AI for content-driven workflows using IBM watsonx and Box AI. Additionally, Box is using IBMwatsonx.governance internally for life-cycle management of AI models to monitor, govern and provide guardrails for various regulations.

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RBC Capital analyst Gregory Renza maintains CG Oncology (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CGON#NASDAQ">CGON</a>) with a Outperform and raises the price target from $66 to $68.

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RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on CG Oncology, Raises Price Target to $68

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/HLT#NYSE">HLT</a>) shares are rising on Tuesday.
The company reported <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/25/04/b45061121/hilton-reports-first-quarter-results" rel="noreferrer noopener">first-quarter adjusted earnings</a> per share of $1.72, beating the street view of $1.61. Quarterly sales of $2.69 billion missed the analyst <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/earnings" rel="noreferrer noopener">consensus estimate of $2.72 billion</a>.
Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter was $795 million, compared with $750 million a year ago.
Adjusted EBITDA margin expanded to 73.7% from 70.4% in the year-ago period.
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System-wide comparable RevPAR increased 2.5%, on a currency-neutral basis, for the first quarter compared to the same period in 2024.
Quarterly net income margin expanded to 11.1% from 10.4%.
In the first quarter of 2025, the company opened 186 hotels, totaling 20,100 rooms, resulting in 14,000 net room additions.
&#8220;We continued to grow our pipeline of lifestyle properties during the quarter, adding the Tempo by Hilton brand in the U.K., marking the brand&#8217;s first hotel outside of the U.S., the first Tapestry Collection by Hilton and Curio Collection by Hilton hotels in Athens, Greece and Canopy by Hilton in Utah, representing the brand&#8217;s first ski destination,&#8221; the company said.
As of March 31, the firm had $11.2 billion of debt outstanding, excluding the deduction for deferred financing costs and discount.
Total cash and equivalents were $807 million as of March 31, 2025, including $76 million of restricted cash and cash equivalents.
The firm repurchased 3.7 million shares of Hilton common stock during the first quarter, bringing total capital return, including dividends, to $927 million for the quarter and $1,157 million year to date through April.
In April 2025, the company&#8217;s board of directors authorized a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share of common stock to be paid on June 27.
Outlook: Hilton Worldwide raised its full-year 2025 adjusted EPS guidance to $7.76–$7.94, up from the previous range of $7.71–$7.82.
The updated full-year outlook compares with the $7.93 analyst estimate.
For the second quarter, Hilton expects adjusted EPS between $1.97 and $2.02, below the $2.11 estimate.
Price Action: HLT shares are trading lower by 1.30% to $224.27 at the last check on Tuesday.
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