The China-based tech name beat expectations for the fiscal third quarter
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd - ADR (NYSE:BABA) stock is up 12.8% at $141.92 at last glance, after the China-based tech name saw quarterly profits rise thanks to strong cloud and e-commerce growth, beating estimates. The company also announced a 13% year-over-year sales jump, and surpassed revenue expectations for the fiscal third quarter.
BABA yesterday snapped an eight-day win streak, but is now set to resume gains with its biggest single-day percentage gain since March 2023. Today's surge also places the stock at its highest level since November 2021, and well above all short- and long-term moving averages. In the last 12 months, Alibaba stock added 91%, and already sports a 69% year-to-date lead.
Options traders lean bullish on BABA. This is per the stocks' 50-day call/put volume ratio of 4.66 at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), which sits higher than 78% of readings from the past year.
Drilling down to today's options activity, 407,000 calls and 139,000 puts have crossed the tape so far, which is 5 times the volume typically seen at this point. The most popular contract is the February 140 call, where new positions are currently being opened.