Haemonetics Stock Jumps 17%: What Options Flow and Insider Filings Say Now

HAE: puts took 56% of options premium; 162 institutions added shares. Here's what the data says.

Haemonetics Corporation (HAE) rose 17.5% to $119.47 in the latest session, on volume 4.3× its daily average. The latest catalyst in the headlines: Barrington Adjusts Price Target on Haemonetics to $140 From $118, Keeps Outperform Rating (MT Newswires).

Headlines tell you what happened. The money tells you what traders and insiders are doing about it. Below, we run HAE through the GTA Terminal (the options-flow, insider, institutional and congressional trackers our Pro members use) to see what's happening beneath the surface.

What the options market is saying

Options traders exchanged 352 calls and 312 puts on HAE, a put/call volume ratio of 0.89. In dollar terms, about $148K of premium went into calls versus $190K into puts (44% call-side): a fairly balanced market without a decisive directional tilt.

Open interest, the positions still on the books, shows a put/call ratio of 0.53 (3,698 call contracts vs. 1,972 puts outstanding), so the existing book is tilted toward calls.

The heaviest activity clustered in the Nov 20 expiration, where $82K of premium changed hands (55% in calls).

For the nearest expiration (Oct 16), max pain, the strike where the most option holders would lose money, sits at $115, 3.7% below the current price.

HAE options premium by strike, all expirations (GTA Options Flow)

Biggest contracts by premium

Contract	Volume	Open int.	Last	Premium
$130 Put · Jan 21, 2028	14	1	$26.70	$37K
$140 Call · Mar 19, 2027	40	10	$7.00	$28K
$125 Put · Mar 19, 2027	17	0	$16.40	$28K
$120 Put · Nov 20	26	0	$9.30	$24K
$125 Put · Jan 15, 2027	15	0	$13.70	$21K
$120 Put · Oct 16	73	29	$2.60	$19K

Options data: Nasdaq option chains, end-of-day volume and open interest for the session of Oct 8, 2026. Premium = volume × last price × 100.

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Institutions and superinvestors

Institutions hold 120.1% of HAE's shares across 384 funds and money managers. In the latest 13F quarter, 162 holders added to their positions (9.99M shares) while 173 trimmed (8.01M shares). 53 opened brand-new positions and 45 sold out completely.

Largest holders

Holder	Shares	Change	% of shares	Value
Blackrock, Inc.	5.91M	289,279	13.13%	$701.4M
Vanguard Group Inc	4.76M	-73,511	10.58%	$565.1M
Neuberger Berman Group Llc	4.18M	618,525	9.29%	$496.1M
Vanguard Portfolio Management Llc	2.55M	-12,922	5.66%	$302.2M
Aqr Capital Management Llc	2.27M	-1.09M	5.04%	$269.0M
Ariel Investments, Llc	2.06M	2.06M	4.58%	$244.6M

Source: SEC 13F filings via Nasdaq; superinvestor portfolios from each fund's latest 13F.

Price action and key levels

HAE is +17.4% over the past month, +54.4% over three months and +107.1% over six. It trades 16.8% above its 50-day average of $101.61, and sits 98% of the way through its 52-week range ($48.17 to $121.00). Wall Street's average one-year price target of $118.00 implies -1.2% from here.

HAE daily close, past six months

The bottom line

Signal	Reading	Lean
Options flow	44% of premium in calls · P/C 0.89	Neutral
Institutions (13F)	1.25 shares added per share sold	Bullish
Trend	Above 50-day avg · 3-mo +54.4%	Bullish

Of the 3 GTA signals above, 2 lean bullish and 0 lean bearish, so the data on HAE lean bullish right now. Signals like these shift quickly around earnings, news and expirations, which is why our members track them live rather than once a week.

This article was produced by the GTA Research Desk from GTA Terminal data as of Oct 11, 2026 2:15 AM ET. It is for information and education only and is not investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Global Traders Academy may hold positions in the securities mentioned.