Samsara is brushing off upbeat first-quarter results
Software stock Samsara Inc ( NYSE:IOT) is down 5% to trade at $44.81 this morning, after the software company's disappointing current-quarter revenue guidance overshadowed better-than-expected first-quarter results. The internet-of-things company expects revenue between $371 million and $373 million, which represents 24% year-over-year growth, a slowdown from last quarter's 31%.
Samsara stock out of the gate traded as low as $41.60, before paring those losses and reclaiming a confluence of moving averages as support. Before today's drop, IOT had been consolidating under $48 since mid May. Now, the shares' year-to-date breakeven level is holding, a key pivot point to watch going forward.
So far today, IOT has seen 6,874 calls and 14,000 puts exchanged, which is already 3.2 times the overall options volume it typically sees in an entire session. The weekly 6/13 40-strike put is the most popular, with new positions opening there.
Options traders were more bearish than usual ahead of today, too. Samsara stock's 50-day put/call volume ratio of 1.82 at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) ranks higher than 86% of readings from the past year.