Unusual Options Activity Thur 12/7/23

The following options are exhibiting notable trading, potentially indicating changing sentiment toward the underlying stocks, and/or potentially representing positioning for increased volatility.

Bullish Call Activity:

• HPQ Dec 29.5 calls (volume: 16.3K, open int: 40, implied vol: ~35%, prev day implied vol: 22%). Co is expected to report earnings late February,
• DDOG Dec 117 calls (volume: 4120, open int: 230, implied vol: ~49%, prev day implied vol: 44%). Stifel upgraded to Buy. Co is expected to report earnings mid-February,
• INGN Jan24 7.5 calls (volume: 2670, open int: 0, implied vol: ~35%, prev day implied vol: 31%). Co is expected to report earnings late February.
  

Bearish Put Activity:

• COIN Dec 130 puts (volume: 3140, open int: 9760, implied vol: ~100%, prev day implied vol: 88%). Co is expected to report earnings late February.
• TSM Dec 96 puts (volume: 2220, open int: 4030, implied vol: ~42%, prev day implied vol: 31%). 1750 contracts traded in a single transaction. Co is expected to report earnings mid-January.
  

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 0.89, VIX: (13.01, +0.04, +0.3%).
December 15 is options expiration -- the last day to trade December equity options.

=Datadog (DDOG) reported earnings on Tue 8 Aug 23 (b/o)

 

Datadog beats by $0.08, beats on revs; guides Q3 EPS above consensus, revs below consensus; guides FY23 EPS above consensus, revs below consensus

• Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.36 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.08 better than the FactSet Consensus of $0.28; revenues rose 25.4% year/year to $509.46 mln vs the $501.55 mln FactSet Consensus.
• Co issues mixed guidance for Q3, sees EPS of $0.33-0.35, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $0.29 FactSet Consensus; sees Q3 revs of $521-525 mln vs. $536.20 mln FactSet Consensus.
• Co issues mixed guidance for FY23, sees EPS of $1.30-1.34, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $1.18 FactSet Consensus; sees FY23 revs of $2.05-2.06 bln vs. $2.10 bln FactSet Consensus.

Earnings this week : Aug 7 - 11, 23 (wk 32)

Monday (Aug 7)

• Morning:  ACRS ADTN  RCUS BNTX DK ELAN FRPT GENI GOGO HSIC KKR THS TSN VTRS
• Afternoon: ACVA   ACM AYX AEL ARWR BRBR BYND CBT WHD CSWC CE CHGG COMP CXW CTRA WTRG EVCM FGEN FIVN FSK HLIO HPK HIMS ICUI INGN IFF JRVR JELD KMPR KD LCID MTW MNKD MRVI MED MRC NSA OKE PLTR PARA PAY PWSC PRAA PRI PRIM RNG RXST SWAV SWKS SRC TDC VECO

Tuesday (Aug 8)

• Morning: MASS AHCO ADT ALE ARMK ATKR GOLD BSY TECH BLUE BR CPRI CLBT CRNC CHH DDOG DUK DEA EHTH LLY EMBC EXK ENR NPO EVBG EXPD FOXA GLBE GFS HAE HR HLMN HNI HZNP INGR IRWD J SWIM LCII LI MAC MPW NYT NXST NOVT NVAX OLPX OGN PAYO PRGO PLTK RDNT QSR SEE SEAS MCRB SMRT SQSP STER TGLS TWKS TPG TDG UAA UPS WMG WOW ZTS
• Afternoon:  ME TWOU EGHT ACCO AGTI AKAM BIRD AMC AMPL ANGI ARRY AXON AZEK AZTA BW BBAI BL BLNK BHF BMBL CDRE CDNA CELH CPNG CRCT CTOS CUTR DAR DHT APPS DIOD BOOM DOCS DUOL BROS EBS EDR ESE EXFY FATE FNF FLT FLYW FNV GO HALO HCAT HL HRT HNST TWNK HBM IAC ICHR IOSP PODD IPAR NVTA IOVA IRBT JXN JAMF KLIC LZ LGND LNW LPSN LAZR LYFT MQ MASI DOOR MTTR MRTX MODN NHI LPRO OSCR PETQ PRA PUBM QGEN QDEL RXT RPD RLAY RVNC RVMD RIVN STR SLF SMCI SUPN TTWO TALO TTGT TOST MODG TWLO USPH UPST VVX VCYT VTLE VZIO VTEX VUZI WES ZIP

Wednesday (Aug 9)

• Morning:  DIBS DDD ATMU AVNS BLDP BERY BCO CAE CEVA CRL DCPH EBIX EVRI FA GEO GDRX INSW IONS JACK KRNT LFST LL NOMD ODP OGE OLK PENN REYN RBLX SHCR SSYS SLVM TBLA SKIN VVV VERX VSH WRBY WEN WE XMTR
• Afternoon:  ALRM AOSL APP AVTA AVID BBDC CACI CERT CLNE CDE CPA CYRX LAW ENS G HROW ILMN INFN JAZZ LGF.A RAMP MGNI MFC OEC ONL PAAS PAR PLUG PTRA PRPL QNST RPAY SONO SOVO STKL TASK TTEK TTD VRRM VSAT DIS WYNN XENE

Thursday (Aug 10)

• Morning: AQN BABA AIT AZUL CYBR HBI HIMX HLLY IMCR KELYA DNUT NABL EYE PRMW RL SIX USFD UTZ WKME WWW YETI
• Afternoon:  ATGE ARLO RCEL FLO INDI NWSA ONTO SVV VTYX VIAV WPM YMAB

Friday (Aug 11)  

• Morning:  SPB

Unusual Options Activity, Wed 6/7/23

The following options are exhibiting notable trading, potentially indicating changing sentiment toward the underlying stocks, and/or potentially representing positioning for increased volatility.

Bullish Call Activity:

• CMA Jun 45 calls (volume: 3030, open int: 230, implied vol: ~82%, prev day implied vol: 65%). 2210 contracts traded in a single transaction. Co is confirmed to report earnings July 21 before the open.
• MDB Jun 390 calls are seeing interest with the underlying stock down 4% (volume: 1690, open int: 410, implied vol: ~66%, prev day implied vol: 52%). Co is expected to report earnings late August.
• AI Jun 40 calls are seeing interest with the underlying stock down 6% (volume: 9460, open int: 25.3K, implied vol: ~134%, prev day implied vol: 123%). Co is expected to report earnings late August.
  

Bearish Put Activity:

• GME Jun 20 puts are seeing interest with the underlying stock up 4% ahead of earnings tonight after the close (volume: 4430, open int: 2020, implied vol: ~260%, prev day implied vol: 186%).
• DDOG Jun 97 puts are seeing interest with the underlying stock down 6% (volume: 4020, open int: 90, implied vol: ~55%, prev day implied vol: 48%). Co is presenting at a William Blair conference today. Co is expected to report earnings early August.
  

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 0.93, VIX: (14.06, +0.10, +0.7%).
June 16 is options expiration -- the last day to trade June equity options.

Datadog (DDOG) reported earnings on Thur 6 Aug 20 (a/h)

** charts after earnings **

 

CEO Olivier Pomel on CNBC on Jan 6,2021

Datadog beats by $0.04, beats on revs; guides Q3 EPS above consensus, revs above consensus; guides FY20 EPS above consensus, revs above consensus

Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.05 per share, $0.04 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.01; revenues rose 68.2% year/year to $140.01 mln vs the $135.41 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Co issues upside guidance for Q3, sees EPS of $0.00 to $0.01 vs. ($0.01) S&P Capital IQ Consensus; sees Q3 revs of $143 mln to $145 mln vs. $140.22 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Co issues upside guidance for FY20, sees EPS of $0.11 to $0.13 vs. $0.05 S&P Capital IQ Consensus; sees FY20 revs of $566 mln to $572 mln vs. $563.63 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Earnings this week : August 3 - 7, 20 (wk 32)

Monday (Aug 3)

• Morning: CLX CMS CNA EME GPN LGND CLI MPC MCK MCY MPLX NNN NBL TKR TSN
• Afternoon: AIG BRKR BWXT CWST CHGG CRUS FANG DLB PLOW EMN FIVN FBM FRPT HHC H ICHR IR INVH ITRI KMPR KMT KLACRMBS RRC O RBC REG RNG SBAC SEDG STE SYKE TTWO THC TXRH TREX VVV VNOM SPCE WMB

Tuesday (Aug 4)

• Morning: ACM ATI AMRN AMCX AME ARMKBMCH BP CNK CYBR DEA EPC ESI EMR AQUA EXC EXPD FIS FI IT THRM HEES HAE HLNE HSIC IAA INCY INGR IPHI XENT IGT IPGP JELD KKR LCII LEA LDOS TREE LGIH MNK PRIM RCM RL RHP SPNS BLD TDG USCR USFD VSH VMC WEC WBT WRK ZBH
• Afternoon: ACHC ATVI ALSN ALL ANET BYND BMRN BOOT CDLX CDNA CDK CNO COHR CMP CORT DK DVN ENTA ENPH ETH EVER EVTC EXR FOE FNF FMC FOXA GTES GLUU LOPE GDOT PEAK ICFI IOSP INGN INSP NVTA JAZZ KTOS LC LPSN LMNX MTCH MODN MNST NKLA NPTN NEWR NUVA ONTO OMI ORCC PAYC PAA PLNT PPD PUMP PRU RGA TSLX TRHC TRUP TWLO UPWK VRSK DIS WU WW WYNN

Wednesday (Aug 5)

• Morning: AEIS GOLF ALE ABC ARES ASTE ATH AVA BCOR BWA BV CPRI CDW FUN CRL CLH CVS DISCA ERJ ENBL ENR EVRG EVOP EXTR FVRR GCP GEL ROCK HSC HEP HMC HZNP HUM INMD IONS KAR LL MTG MIDD MRNA NYT NXST NLSN NI DNOW ODP PSN PRGO REGN REYN SRE SBGI SR STWD STOR SSYS TCP TEVA TRI VCEL VST WD W WEN WWW
• Afternoon: ACAD DDD ADT ADTN ATSG ALRM ALB DOX UHAL AEL AWK ANSS ARNA ATO BTG BLDP BNFT BFAM CCMP CWH CVNA CTL CDAY CF CHX CHNG XEC COLL CPA CXW CTVA CCRN CSGS CUB DAR DCP ELF ECPG ENDP ET PLUS EPR WTRG ETSY RE FSLY FATE FRT FISV FOXF FNV FTDR GBT GMED GDDY HR HI TWNK HUBS IAG IMMU INFN INSG JACK KBR KRO LHCG LNC LYV MFC MRO MATX MBI MET MWA NTRA NVRO LASR MNIH NUS NUAN OLN OHI OSUR OR OUT PAAS PK PE PDCE PVG PRI PGNY PTCT PSA QTWO KWR RYN RCII RMD ROKU RGLD SGMO SRPT SILK SONO SJI SQ STAA SUN SPWR SYNA TTGT TRMB TWO VAR VSLR VOYA HCC WELL WDC ZIXI ZGNX ZNGA

Thursday (Aug 6)

• Morning: AAON ABMD ACIW ADNT WMS AES ALNY AEP AMRX AAWW BLL BHC BDX BMY CNQ CAH ECOM LNG CHH CWEN CCOI CFX COMM CORE CRON XRAY EPAM EXLS FLI GTN HL HLT HIMX IBP NTLA IDCC IRM IRWD JLL KELYA KTB LAMR LAUR LXP MMS MYL EYE NICE NOMD NCLH OGE PCRX PZZA PH PENN DOC PNW PLUG PBH PWR QSR STNG SEE SERV SRCL SYNH TRGP TEN MEET SHYF THS USPH VGR VER VIAC VSTO VG WLK WIX YETI ZTS
• Afternoon: AL XLRN LNT ALTR AYX AMH COLD AMN AINV APPN AGO AVT AAXN AXNX BECN BL BKNG EPAY BHF CABO CBT CZR CATM CARG CHUY NET ED CNDT CUBE CWK DDOG DRH DBX DXC EDIT ENV EOG EB EVBG EXEL FGEN FSLR FLO FTNT GPRO GRPN GH GWPH HTA HLF ILMN PODD IRTC LSI LFG.A LTHM LVGO MAIN MTW MMI MHK MSI NFG NSA NKTR NNI NWSA NDLS NLOK OTEX PCT PLYA POST PRAA PRAH PBYI RPD ROLL RMAX RGNX RSG RBA STMP SLF SVMK SWCH TMUS TLND TDC REAL TTD TPIC TRIP TRUE TWST UBER OLED UPLD ECOL VSAT WCM WWD YELP ZG ZIOP

Friday (Aug 7)

• Morning: CSIQ CNNE ROAD HMSY TILE KIM MGA NJR NWN SABR VTR VIRT

Earnings spotlight: 

• McKesson (NYSE:MCK), Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC), Tyson Food (NYSE:TSN), AIG(NYSE:AIG), Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) and Dish Network (NASDAQ:DISH) on August 3; 
• BP (NYSE:BP), US Foods (NYSE:USFD), Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC), Prudential (NYSE:PRU), Disney (NYSE:DIS), Allstate (NYSE:ALL), Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) and Fox Corporation (NASDAQ:FOXA) on August 4; 
• Honda (NYSE:HMC), CVS Health (NYSE:CVS), Humana (NYSE:HUM), Wayfair (NYSE:W), Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN), MetLife (NYSE:MET) and Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) on August 5; 
• Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH), Bristol-Myers (NYSE:BMY), ViacomCBS (NASDAQ:VIAC), Mylan (NASDAQ:MYL), Yeti (NYSE:YETI), T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS), Con Edison (NYSE:ED) and Uber (NYSE:UBER) on August 6; 
• Magna International (NYSE:MGA), Domtar (NYSE:UFS) and Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) on August 7.

This week's biggest % winners & losers : Nov 11 - 15, 19 (wk 46)

The following are this week's top percentage gainers and losers, categorized by sectors (over $300 mln market cap and 100K average daily volume).

This week's top % gainers

• Healthcare: CLVS (6.38 +77.96%), AMRN (24.02 +43.23%), COLL (18.12 +40.97%), SGRY (11.77 +35.6%), QGEN (40.56 +32.59%), DXCM (208.37 +32.47%), EPZM (15.36 +29.62%)
• Industrials: BE (6.53 +95.51%), TGI (28.49 +29.79%), MAXR (11.5 +28.49%)
• Consumer Discretionary: LK (27.02  +45.58%), ROKU (157.30  +29.00%), IGT (15.59 +15.06%), DDS (76.87  +10.59%),  FTCH (9.67 +7.44%)
• Information Technology: LASR (20.62 +46.24%), SYNA (60.37 +34.04%), COMM (14.95 +32.18%), DXC (37.23 +31.23%), CARB (22.95 +28.86%), DDOG (40.63  +23.83%), PING (19.24  +13.11)
• Financials: TRUP (32.35 +36.21%), LTS (3.48 +32.82%)
• Energy:  TNK (2.39  +26.46%)

This week's top % losers

• Healthcare: ANAB (11.1 -71.29%)
• Industrials: AFI (3.73 -41.26%), NSP (72.9 -32.29%)
• Consumer Discretionary: PRTY (1.89 -66.61%), MOD (7.54 -34.94%), EXPE (95.67 -30.57%), SDC (8.60  -25.80%)
• Information Technology: RBBN (2.75 -38.82%), PLT (26.22 -35.39%), IIVI (29.44  -17.67%)
• Energy: EXTN (7.56 -41.89%), GLOG (9.64 -31.58%)

Datadog (DDOG) reported earnings on Tue 12 Nov 19 (a/h)

** charts before earnings **

 

** charts after earnings **

 

Datadog beats by $0.14, beats on revs; guides Q4 EPS above consensus, revs above consensus

Reports Q3 (Sep) net of breakeven, excluding non-recurring items, $0.14 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.14); revenues rose 87.7% year/year to $95.9 mln vs the $84.67 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus. 

As of September 30, we had 727 customers with ARR of $100,000 or more, an increase of 93% from 377 as of September 30, 2018.

Co issues upside guidance for Q4, sees EPS of ($0.02-0.01), excluding non-recurring items, vs. ($0.05) S&P Capital IQ Consensus; sees Q4 revs of $101-103 mln vs. $92.26 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Earnings this week : Nov 11 - 15, 19 (wk 46)

Monday (Nov 11)

• Morning: FOLD CRR QRTEA
• Afternoon: APYX DXC FGEN FLNT FNV FTK GO HBM ICUI TDW TERP TME UGI

Tuesday (Nov 12)

• Morning: AAP ACM AEIS BPMP CBS CNNE CRON CVET DF DHI DPLO DSKE EBIX EDIT EGRX EPC ERJ GTT IAA IIVI INFN KEM MPAA OSTK PSN RDNT ROK SAGE SE TSN XON
• Afternoon: ADPT ADT APEI BREW CBPX CDLX CPRX DDOG DOX HALO HCAT HIIQ HTHT HUYA KWR MCRN MTSI OMER PTE RUN SCSC SDC SENS SSTI SWKS TLRY TVTY TWOU VRAY VREX YY

Wednesday (Nov 13)

• Morning: BEST CAE CMCM ENR FVRR GOOS LK MTOR SPB SSYS TSEM VIPS
• Afternoon: BZH CHNG CBPO CSCO CPA HI HOLI NTAP PSNL PRSP TGP TNK TTEK TCOM

Thursday (Nov 14)

• Morning: BAM CHC CTRA GDS IGT NBEV NICE RUBY SINA TUFN VIAB WMT WB WIX ZEAL
• Afternoon: AMAT AXNX DLB FTCH FSM GLOB HP KLIC NVDA VFF WPM

Friday (Nov 15) 

• Morning: JCP JD