Options Traders Enjoyed the Taste of Toast Stock’s Rally

Bull notes started coming in immediately after our call recommendation

Schaeffer’s Weekend Trader subscribers are already seeing profits in March. In fact, they saw a 100% gain in just one week with our Toast Inc (NYSE:TOST) April 20 call recommendation. Below, we will further explore how our traders knew this would be a winning play.

At the time of our recommendation on Friday, Feb. 25, the shares were trading above the $20 region, which was half their initial public offering (IPO) price of $40 back in 2021. Toast stock had also gapped to multi-month highs after its quarterly earnings report, and the $20.71 region was close to twice its mid-November closing low.

Analysts were still mostly pessimistic on TOST, with 12 of the 22 in coverage sporting a tepid “hold” or worse rating. Sentiment had improved in the two months prior, however, indicating a continued shift from pessimism could generate tailwinds for Toast stock.
 
Short interest was also up 22% since mid-November — despite shares rallying roughly 50% in that timeframe. The 33.41 million shares sold short made up 9% of the equity’s available float, suggesting there was also opportunity for a short squeeze to push it higher.

 

Brokerage firms started taking on a more bullish stance immediately after we initiated our long position. In fact, Jefferies raised its price target on TOST to $24 from $21 on Monday, Feb. 26. Then yesterday, Evercore initiated coverage with an “outperform” rating and $22 price target, sending the shares to their highest level since July 19.

 

Short interest began rapidly unwinding, too, down 6.3% in the last reporting period and now making up just over 8% of TOST’S available float. While the security is down 3.4% to trade at $23.54 at last check, it’s no sweat off our investors’ backs, who doubled their money yesterday when they closed their positions.

 

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