The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
NYSEOptions traders are pricing in the most defensive posture seen on BNY in weeks. The put-call ratio hit 1.45 on August 19 — a 3.88 sigma deviation above its 20-day mean. That's an extreme reading, and it arrived as short sellers were already adding exposure. The PCR of 1.45 is the highest since July 27. The 20-day mean sits at 1.31, with a standard deviation of…
BNY cost-to-borrow surges 114% in one week to 0.46%, though remains near historic lows; short interest at 1.06% of float with minimal recent pressure.
Options traders are pricing in the most defensive posture seen on BNY in weeks. The put-call ratio hit 1.45 on August 19 — a 3.88 sigma deviation above its 20-day mean. That's an extreme reading, and it arrived as…
BNY closed the week at $158.89 — up nearly 11% over the past month — with a wave of post-earnings target increases narrowing the gap to consensus but leaving a few bulls still unsatisfied with how the stock trades…
Snapshot as of 20 Sept 2026
BNY heads into Tuesday's pre-market Q2 release with one notable shift since earlier previews: options positioning has grown meaningfully less defensive. The put/call ratio has dropped to 1.19, now running about one…
BNY has spent the past week quietly unwinding the defensive options posture that defined the stock all spring — a meaningful shift just three weeks out from Q2 earnings on July 15. The change in options positioning is…
BNY enters its July 15 Q2 earnings print in a quietly interesting position — shorts are trimming, borrow remains cheap, yet the options market is more put-heavy than it has been all year. The most notable tension right…
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