Unusual Options Activity Fri 12/1/23

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:

• ELF Dec 125 calls (volume: 1630, open int: 340, implied vol: ~102%, prev day implied vol: 87%). Shares moving higher in sympathy with strong Ulta Beauty earnings. Co is expected to report earnings late January.
• FLWS Jan24 10 calls are seeing interest with the underlying stock up 5% (volume: 5060, open int: 10, implied vol: ~50%, prev day implied vol: 41%). Co is expected to report earnings early February.
• BROS Dec 28 puts  are seeing interest with the underlying stock up 5% (volume: 3460, open int: 10, implied vol: ~44%, prev day implied vol: 42%). Co is expected to report earnings late February.
• CAT Dec 265 calls (volume: 4690, open int: 90, implied vol: ~25%, prev day implied vol: 24%). Co is expected to report earnings late January.
  

Bearish Put Activity:

• RPHM Dec 5 puts are seeing interest with the underlying stock up 4% (volume: 2200, open int: 110, implied vol: ~551%, prev day implied vol: 424%). 1780 contracts traded in a single transaction. Co is expected to report earnings early March.
• BMBL Feb24 12 puts (volume: 2840, open int: 2720, implied vol: ~49%, prev day implied vol: 46%). 2K traded in a single transaction. Co is expected to report earnings early March.
  

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 0.89, VIX: (12.73, -0.19, +1.0%).
December 15 is options expiration -- the last day to trade December equity options.

Insider Trading : Mon 9/11/23

Notable purchases -- CFO & President add to FLWS; notable sales -- GC active in NPWR

Buyers:

• AVGO Director bought 11,000 shares at $872.0256 worth ~$9.6 mln.
• CECO Director bought 12,000 shares at $13.67 - $13.91 worth ~$165K.
• CODI 10% owner bought 10,000 shares at $20.18 - $20.26 worth ~$202K.
• DKS Director bought 2,200 shares at $109.99 - $110.00 worth ~$242K.
• FLWS Chief Financial Officer / SVP and the President bought a total of 55,000 shares at $6.09 - $6.34 worth ~$342K. 
• FNKO 10% owner bought 110,190 shares at $6.9587 worth ~$767K.
• SOL Chairman / 10% owner bought 119,836 shares at $3.14 - $3.32  worth ~$383K.
• TDW Director bought 1486 shares at $67.317 worth ~$100K.

Sellers:

• BBW CAO, Gen. Counsel & Secretary sold 11,582 shares at $27.37 - $27.44 worth ~$317K.
• ICUI Chief Operating Officer sold 6,850 shares at $128.54 - $129.91 worth ~$884K.
• KAI Director sold 1,200 shares at $219.7923 worth ~$264K.
• MGPI Member of 10% holder group sold 13,000 shares at $113.340 - $116.56 worth ~$1.5 mln.
• NPWR General Counsel and Secretary sold 28,606 shares at $15.00 - $15.63 worth ~$435K.

--=1-800-FLOWERS (FLWS) reported earnings on Thur 2 Feb 23 (b/o)

 

1-800-FLOWERS beats by $0.30, reports revs in-line; guides FY23 revs in-line 

• Reports Q2 (Dec) earnings of $1.27 per share, $0.30 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.97; revenues fell 4.8% year/year to $897.9 mln vs the $894.83 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
• Co issues in-line guidance for FY23, sees FY23 revs of to decline in the mid-single digit range vs. decline of 4.5% yr/yr $2.11 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
  • Adjusted EBITDA is now expected to be in a range of $80-85 million

Earnings this week : Jan 30 - Feb 3, 23 (wk 5)

Monday (Jan 30)

• Morning:  BEN GEHC PHG SOFI
• Afternoon: AGNC ARE CADE ELS GGG HLIT HTLF HP JJSF NXPI PCH PFG SANM WHR WWD

Tuesday (Jan 31)

• Morning: AOS ALGM CAT CVLT GLW DOV AQUA XOM GM HUBB IMO IP KEX LII MAN MPC MCD MDC MCO MPLX MSCI NYCB NVR PNR PFE PSX PBI PII PHM ST SPOT SYY UBS UPS
• Afternoon:  AMD DOX AMGN APAM ASH BXP CP CB CACC EW EA HA IEX JNPR MTCH MRCY MDLZ NATI OI RNR SNAP SYK SMCI UNM VREX WDC

Wednesday (Feb 1)

• Morning:  MO ABC ATKR BSX EAT GIB CMCO DT EPD EVR FTV HUM JCI NVS ODFL OTIS PTON SMG SLAB SR TMUS TMO TGI WM WRK
• Afternoon:  EGHT AFL ALGN ALGT ALL AFG AVT BHE BDN CHRW CCS CHX CLB CTVA DXC ELF ENVA GL THG HOLX KRC KLIC LSTR LFUS MXL MCK MTH META MET MTG MAA MUSA NTGR PTC QRVO RYN RRX SLM SITM TTEK TBI UGI VSTO

Thursday (Feb 2)

• Morning: FLWS ABB WMS APD ATI AME APTV ARW ABG AVY BALL BCE BDX BERY TECH BMY BR BIP BC GOOS CAH CMS CNHI COP DLX DGII LLY EL RACE FCFS GWW HBI HOG HSY HON ITW ICE JHG LANC LAZ LEA MTSI MMP MRK NJR PH PENN PBH DGX RCI SBH SNDR SIRI SNA SWK TW TT WNC WEC
• Afternoon:  TWOU ATGE GOOG AMZN AAPL TEAM BZH BILL BYD CPT CRUS CLX CTSH COLM CNMD DECK DLB EXPO F GEN GILD GPRO HIG HUBG KMPR LESL LPLA MANH MEOH MCHP MSTR MTX MWA NFG OHI OTEX PCTY PFSI POST QCOM RGA SIGI SKX SKYW SBUX SNCY SYNA X VIAV WWE

Friday (Feb 3)  

• Morning:  AON ARCB AVTR BEP CBOE CHD CI EAF LYB MOG.A PIPR REGN SAIA SNY TWST WT ZBH

1-800-FLOWERS (FLWS) reported earnings on Thur 3 Nov 22 (b/o)

 ** charts after earnings **

1-800-FLOWERS beats by $0.03, beats on revs; sees FY23 revenue declining by mid-single digits

• Reports Q1 (Sep) loss of $0.52 per share, $0.03 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.55); revenues fell 2.0% year/year to $303.6 mln vs the $295.77 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
• Gross profit margin for the quarter was 33.4%, a decline of 720 basis points, compared with 40.6% in the prior year period, primarily reflecting significantly increased costs for labor, shipping and commodities in the current year period.
• FY23 Outlook: Total revenues to decline in the mid-single digit range on a percentage basis as compared with the prior year; Adjusted EBITDA to be in a range of $75 million to $80 million; and Free Cash Flow to exceed $75 million.

Earnings this week : Oct 31 - Nov 4, 22 (wk 44)

Monday (Oct 31)

• Morning:  CNA GPN HWM NSP JELD ON PEG SAIA XPO
• Afternoon: ACHC ADUS AFL AWK AMKR ANET CAR AXNX NTB BCC CHE CINF CIVI CNO PLOW FLS GT HLIT HTLF HLF HOLX IMAX KMT KFRC LSCC LEG VAC NXPI OGS OTTR PSMT RMBS RRX RHP SBAC SON SYK TREX VRNS VNO WMB

Tuesday (Nov 1)

• Morning: ABMD AJRD AGCO AME ARCB ARNC AVA TECH BCOR BPMC BP CTLT CNP CIGI CVLT DEA ETN ECL ECVT LLY NPO EPD ETRN ESPR FOXA BEN IT HLNE HSC HAYW HSIC IDXX INCY ICPT IPGP KKR LCII LEA LDOS LGIH LPX MPC TAP MPLX MYGN NBIX NEM PFE PSX PBI PINC PACK RGEN SAFE STNG SEE SPG SIRI SOFI SUN SYY TRI BLD TRTN UBER WAB WAT WEC XYL ZBRA
• Afternoon:  AEIS AMD ABNB AYX AIG ANDE APAM AMK AIZ ATCO ATRC BTG BAND BLKB BFAM BRX CZR CWH CDLX CAKE CHGG CHK CRUS CLX CRK CNDT CACC DENN DVN EIX EA ET EXEL EXR FMC FCPT FRPT FRSH HRB THG PEAK HURN INSP INST IRTC JRVR KAI KAR LFUS LTHM MGY MTCH MCK MRCY MSTR MIR MDLZ NMIH OI OKE OSPN PAYC PUMP PRO PRU PSA RNR REZI SPNE SCI SIMO TSLX SKY SNCY SMCI UNVR UNM VRSK VRAY VOYA WU YUMC ZETA ZI

Wednesday (Nov 2)

• Morning:  ACIW ALKS ATI APO ASTE AVNS AVDX AVNT BDC EAT BR BIP CHRW GOOS CDW FUN CVE CRL CLH CVS DIN DFIN DT EDIT EMR ENOV ENTG ETR EL EXPI RACE FDP FYBR GNRC THRM HZNP HUM INGN JLL LIVN LL MLM MTRN MLCO NNN NYT DNOW ODP OMCL PARA PSN RDWR RITM ROK SABR SMG SBGI SITE SHC SHOO TEL TT TRMB TUP UTHR VSH VMC XHR YUM ZBH
• Afternoon:  TXG ACAD ALB ALGT ALL ATUS AFG AMPL ANSS APA ACA ACLS BKH BKNG BCOV CRC CPE CDAY CF CTSH CFLT CLR CXW CCRN CW ELF ESTE EBAY ECPG EPR EQIX EQH ETSY ES EVTC EVGO EVOP EVH FARO FSLY FSR FLT FTNT GFL GKOS HTGC HST TWNK HUBS HBM HPP ICLR NARI INFN IR NGVT IIPR FROG KMPR KW LHCG LSI LNC LUMN MBI  MRO MRVI MATX MET MTG MGM MKSI MC NRDS  NSA NVRO NE NUS NTR OHI ONL ORA PLMR PK PYCR PDCE PDM PAA POWI PCOR PTRA PTC QRVO QCOM QLYS QDEL RDN RPD RYN O RGNX RCII RVLV RLJ HOOD ROKU RPT RSI SRPT SIGI SITM STAA SRI RGR SUM SLF SU RUN TNDM SKT RIG TTMI TPC UDMY RARE VCYT VMEO VSTO HCC WCN WTS WERN WES WSC WK WWE YELL ZG

Thursday (Nov 3)

• Morning: FLWS GOLF ADT WMS AER AGIO APD ALIT AIMC ABC APG APTV ARW AAWW ATHM BALL BALY GOLD BHC BCE BKI BRKR CSII CARS LNG CQP CIM IMOS CI CCOI COMM COP CROX CMI CYBR DDOG DCPH DLX DEN DSEY DNB ESMT EPAM EXC FSS FIS FOCS FTDR ROCK GIL GOGO GTN GPRE HLMN HII H IDA INGR NSIT IBP NTLA ICE IDCC ITCI IRM IRWD ITRI ITT ISEE JCI K KTB KYMR LANC LNTH TREE LXP MAC MTSI MAR MDU MFA MGPI MRNA MODV MUR NKLA NVMI OGE OGN PCRX PZZA BTU MD PTON PENN DOC PNW PTLO PBH PWR REGN QSR RCL SPNS SRE SHAK SWI SPR SRCL STOR STRA TNK TPX TX TEVA THRY USPH UNIT VIRT VNT W WCC WLK WOW ZTS
• Afternoon:  ADPT ATGE AES AL ATSG ALKT MDRX AOSL ALTR AEE AMH COLD AMGN AMN APPN TEAM AVB BIGC BILL BL SQ BE MNRL CABO CMBM CDNA CVNA CE CHUY NET CDXS CGNX COIN COLL CODI ED CRSR CTVA CTRA CYRX CWK CUTR CYTK DH DRH BOOM DASH DOUG DEI DBX DXC LOCO NVST EOG EXAS EXPE FATE FRT FND FOXF FRG FNKO GDDY GPRO GDYN GH HRT HMN ICFI ILMN PODD IOVA KTOS LPI LGF.A LYV MTZ MAXR MAX MED MELI MTD MCHP MNTV MNST MSI MP NFG NKTR LASR NDLS LPRO OTEX OPEN OEC OUT PCTY PYPL PBA PEN PECO PLYA PRAA PGNY LUNG KWR QNST RMAX REG RGA RKT SGMO SDGR SEM SWKS SM SPT SPXC SBUX STEM STEP SYNA TMST TPIC TRUP TWLO OLED UPLD VTR VIAV VIR SPCE WBD WPM WW YELP

Friday (Nov 4)  

• Morning:  ACMR ADNT AMCX AXL AMRX ABR BEP CAH CBOE CNK DBRG D DKNG DUK ENB ESNT EVRG FLR FUBO GTES EAF HSY HUN IMGN TILE KOP LAMR MGA MBUU MOG.A PNM PPL PRLB QRTEA SYNH TU WPC

This week's biggest % winners & losers : Jan 24 - 28, 2022 (wk 4)

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: EOLS (6.93 +30.02%), MDRX (20.07 +17.09%), GLPG (66.21 +15.81%)
• Materials: TRQ (17.71 +14.6%)
• Consumer Discretionary: KSS (59.74 +27.53%), LRN (33.89 +26.17%), GRPN (26.66 +24.5%), BBBY (15.53 +19.83%), DESP (11.12 +18.55%), ARCO (6.31 +12.79%)
• Information Technology: GLW (41.36 +17.97%), FICO (488.85 +14.48%), CLS (12.19 +14.2%)
• Financials: FRBK (4.4 +15.49%)
• Energy: EXTN (5.06 +68.67%), TDW (15.13 +21.41%), AR (19.38 +14.17%), STNG (13.35 +13.23%), HAL (31.13 +13.04%), NINE (1.22 +12.14%)

This week's top % losers

• Healthcare: EPZM (1.06 -49.03%), TYME (0.32 -40.9%), TGTX (9.12 -32.79%), OPK (2.88 -32.19%), NVRO (62 -27.79%), SPPI (0.69 -27.35%), TRHC (10.18 -27.23%), AXDX (2.81 -26.95%), BEAT (1.91 -26.82%), QTNT (1.53 -20.57%)
• Consumer Discretionary: FLWS (15.82 -25.52%), NIO (20.51 -25.01%), TAL (2.57 -23.05%)
• Information Technology: TER (109.15 -23.88%)
• Financials: LC (16.57 -20.76%)
• Energy: ETRN (7.99 -22.73%)

1-800-FLOWERS (FLWS) reported earnings on Thur 27 Jan 22 (b/o)

  ** charts after earnings **

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Missed estimates for Q2 EPS and revs. Adj. EBITDA fell 19% yr/yr in the quarter; significant cost increases for shipping, labor, and digital marking weighed on net income. Lowered its outlook for FY22, citing ongoing cost headwinds and consumer concerns regarding rising price inflation. Co also anticipates that free cash flow for the year will decline significantly yr/yr; co intends to invest in inventory to support its growth plans and address macro headwinds. At 52-week lows.

Earnings this week : Jan 24 - 28, 22 (wk 4)

Monday (Jan 24)

• Morning:  BOH CBU HAL PHG
• Afternoon: BRO CR ELS HOPE IBM IBTX LOGI SSB STLD WSFS ZION

Tuesday (Jan 25)

• Morning: MMM AXP ADM AUB BANC CVLT ERIC GATX GE IVZ JNJ LKFN LMT NEE NEP PCAR PII RTX UMC VZ XRX
• Afternoon:  AGYS BXP CADE CNI COF FFIV FCF HA MRTN MSFT NAVI NXGN RNR RNST SLGN LRN TXN TRMK UMBF VBTX WSBC

Wednesday (Jan 26)

• Morning:  ABT APH ANTM T ADP BA GLW FBP FBC FCX GD HES KMB KNX MKTX MNRO NDAQ NYCB NSC OSK PGR PB ROL RES SF TEL
• Afternoon:  AMP AZPN AVT AXS CACI CALX CLS CNS CNMD CCI CVBF DRE EW FLEX HXL INTC ISBC LRCX LSTR LVS LC LEVI MTH CASH MEOH MKSI PKG PLXS PTC XM RJF RLI SLM STX SEIC NOW SIMO SLG TER TSLA URI VRTX WHR WOLF XLNX

Thursday (Jan 27)

• Morning: FLWS AOS ALK ADS MO AIT BLL BX BC CNX CMCO CMCSA CFR DHR DOV DOW EXP EWBC EXTR HCA IP JBLU KEX MTSI HZO MMC MA MKC MCD MSCI MUR NTCT NOC NUE OSIS BPOP ROK RCI SAP SHW SFNC LUV STM TROW TDY TXT TSCO VLO VLY XEL
• Afternoon:  ABCB AAPL AJG TEAM AX BZH BOOT CP CATY CE EMN ETD FICO FHI FFBC FIBK GBCI HTH JNPR KLAC MITK MDLZ NATI OLN RMD RHI HOOD SYK X V WRB WAL WDC

Friday (Jan 28)  

• Morning:  ALV BMI BAH CAT CHTR CVX CHD CL GNTX LYB MOG.A PSX PFS SBSI SYF VFC WY WETF

Earnings spotlight: Monday, January 24 Philips (NYSE:PHG), Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) and IBM (NYSE:IBM).

Earnings spotlight: Tuesday, January 25 Verizon (NYSE:VZ), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), American Express (NYSE:AXP), Microsoft (MSFT), Capital One (NYSE:COF), F5 Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV ) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN).

Earnings spotlight: Wednesday, January 26 AT&T (NYSE:T), Boeing (NYSE:BA), Abbott Labs (NYSE:ABT), Intel (INTC), Tesla (TSLA) and Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX).

Earnings spotlight: Thursday, January 27 Tesla (TSLA), Intel (INTC), Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Dow (NYSE:DOW), McDonald's (MCD), Mastercard (NYSE:MA), Altria (NYSE:MO), Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV), Apple (AAPL), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ), Visa (NYSE:V) and Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC).

Earnings spotlight: Friday, January 28 Chevron (NYSE:CVX), Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX), Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR), Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) and Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL).