TRU-SENTIMENT · DeltaNeutral
MTZ Trading Analysis - 10/23/2026 02:27 PM — TRU-SENTIMENT
Options chain · Stock chart · Baseline chart
MTZ (MasTec Inc.) at $171.42. True Sentiment Balanced, delta 40-60 call 50% / put 50%, call $53,740 vs put $54,440. RSI 18.3.
- Symbol
- MTZ
- Price
- $171.42
- Article bias (separate from True Sentiment)
- neutral
- Conviction
- medium
- Published
- 2026-10-23 14:27:00 ET
- Author
- DeltaNeutral staff
TRUE SENTIMENT ANALYSIS (DELTA 40-60 OPTIONS)
True Sentiment Analysis: Delta 40–60 OptionsOptions sentiment is Balanced. Calls account for $53,740 of dollar volume, or 49.70%; puts account for $54,440, or 50.30%. The $700 difference in favor of puts is small relative to the $108,180 total, so this sample does not show a strong directional conviction.
The filtered sample contains 16 options out of 650 reviewed (a 2.50% filter ratio). Call and put trade counts are equal at 8 each, while contract counts are 35 calls versus 22 puts. Taken together, the selected delta-range flow suggests near-term expectations are broadly balanced, not a decisive endorsement of either direction.
This is a notable contrast with the strongly bearish price and technical trend. Balanced options flow does not negate the downtrend, but it means the options data does not independently confirm continued selling pressure.
Key Statistics: MTZ
Fundamental Snapshot
Valuation
| P/E (trailing) | 29.50 |
| EPS (trailing 12 mo) | $6.35 |
| Market cap | $13.73B |
| Shares outstanding | 80.2M |
Dividend
| Dividend yield | 0.00% |
| Ex-dividend date | 1982-08-04 |
Risk & range
| Beta | 1.85 |
| 52-week low | $178.07 |
| 52-week high | $441.43 |
| Historical volatility | 47.9% |
Ownership & trading
| Institutional ownership | 45.7% |
| Average daily volume | 1.4M sh |
Reported figures; no analyst estimates.
📈 Analysis
MTZ Trading Analysis
Data note: The embedded market data is dated October 22–23, 2026. The news feed is not included, and those dates are in the future relative to the current date. I cannot verify recent headlines for that period, so I will not invent them. The analysis below distinguishes that limitation from observations based on the supplied data.
News Headlines & Context
No verified MTZ headlines were provided. Without a news feed or verifiable reports for the stated future dates, specific headlines, earnings announcements, or catalysts cannot be responsibly listed. The supplied data does not identify an upcoming earnings date or other corporate event.
That absence matters: the sharp price decline in the data cannot be attributed to any particular news event here. The technical weakness is clear in the supplied prices and indicators, while the options reading is balanced rather than confirming a strong directional view.
Fundamental Analysis
The available fundamentals are limited. Several requested measures—including revenue growth, profit margins, ROE, debt-to-equity, free cash flow, forward P/E, PEG, analyst consensus, and target price—are reported as unavailable. They cannot be assessed from this dataset.
| Metric | Provided value | What can be concluded |
|---|---|---|
| Trailing EPS | $6.35 | Reported trailing earnings per share; no earnings history is included to establish a trend. |
| Trailing P/E | 29.50 | Valuation multiple is provided, but there is no peer or sector data for comparison. |
| Forward P/E / PEG | Unavailable | Forward valuation and growth-adjusted valuation cannot be evaluated. |
| Revenue growth / margins | Unavailable | YoY growth and gross, operating, and net margins cannot be assessed. |
| ROE / debt-to-equity / free cash flow | Unavailable | Returns, leverage, and cash-generation strength cannot be assessed. |
| Market capitalization | $13.73 billion | Reported company size; it does not by itself establish valuation attractiveness. |
| Institutional ownership | 45.71% | Ownership percentage is supplied, but no change or accumulation trend is provided. |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | No current dividend yield is reported. |
At $171.12, the stock is below its supplied trailing-earnings valuation context only in the sense that the price has fallen; the provided P/E alone does not establish that it is cheap or expensive. Fundamentals are therefore inconclusive and do not resolve the bearish technical picture. There is also an internal data inconsistency: the stated 52-week low is $178.07, above the supplied October 22 close of $171.12.
Current Market Position
The October 22 daily close was $171.12, down from $179.68 on October 21, a one-day decline of about 4.77%. Across the supplied daily history, the close fell from $240.41 on September 11 to $171.12 on October 22, a decline of approximately 28.82%. The supplied 30-day range is $169.56–$241.75, placing the close just $1.56 above the range low.
The October 22 daily bar opened at $175.85, reached $178.09, and made a low of $169.56 before closing at $171.12. The minute-bar sample ends at $171.42, while the daily record closes at $171.12; this small discrepancy should be kept in mind when interpreting the final intraday print.
The provided first five minute bars on October 21 show a decline from $193.47 to $187.18, including a high-volume bar at 9:40 a.m. The final five bars shown for October 22 moved from $170.58 to a final displayed close of $171.42. That late-session recovery was modest and followed trading as low as $169.56; the supplied bars are only selected excerpts, not a complete intraday series.
Technical Indicators
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