Unusual Options Activity

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:

• CVBF May 12.5 calls (volume: 3090, open int: 0, implied vol: ~183%, prev day implied vol: 108%). Co is expected to report earnings late July.
• ONON May 30 calls (volume: 1660, open int: 150, implied vol: ~82%, prev day implied vol: 76%). Co is confirmed to report earnings May 16 before the open.
• CVS May 71 calls (volume: 3250, open int: 590, implied vol: ~42%, prev day implied vol: 41%). 1200 contracts traded in a single transaction. Co is expected to report earnings early August.

Bearish Put Activity:

• HOG May 35 puts (volume: 2080, open int: 0, implied vol: ~69%, prev day implied vol: 54%). Co is expected to report earnings late July.
• LPSN May 6 puts are seeing interest with the underlying stock up 17% (volume: 2580, open int: 0, implied vol: ~155%, prev day implied vol: 141%). Starboard delivers open letter to LPSN stockholders. Co is confirmed to report earnings Tuesday before the open.

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 0.91, VIX: (17.38, -2.71, -13.5%).
May 19 is options expiration -- the last day to trade May equity options.

LivePerson (LPSN) reported earnings on Tue 4 Aug 20 (a/h)

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LivePerson beats by $0.24, beats on revs; guides Q3 revs above consensus; guides FY20 revs above consensus

Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.14 per share, $0.24 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.10); revenues rose 29.1% year/year to $91.6 mln vs the $83.92 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Co issues upside guidance for Q3, sees Q3 revs of $92.0 mln to $93.0 mln vs. $89.39 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Co raises guidance for FY20, sees FY20 revs of $357 mln to $361 mln from $340 mln to $355 mln vs. $347.45 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

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

Monday (Aug 3)

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Tuesday (Aug 4)

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Thursday (Aug 6)

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Friday (Aug 7)

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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: Feb 10 - 14, 20 (wk 7)

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: IMGN (6.8 +49.45%), INO (4.15 +30.09%), ABEO (3.17 +26.29%), NVAX (7.68 +21.71%), DXCM (283.91 +18.19%)
• Materials: CC (19.37 +37.96%)
• Industrials: CAR (41.3 +18.44%)
• Information Technology: VECO (18.08 +27.5%), DQ (72.56 +25.65%), CASA (4.49 +20.7%), COMM (14.52 +18.05%)
• Energy: EXTN (6.37 +25.15%), CLNE (2.87 +20.08%)

This week's top % losers

• Healthcare: AKRX (1.36 -20.93%), MRNA (19 -18.24%), TBPH (25.08 -18.17%), DCPH (55.54 -17.07%)
• Materials: PVG (7.41 -24.39%)
• Industrials: R (40.12 -19.84%), NSP (73.51 -15.59%)
• Consumer Discretionary: BBBY (11.18 -26.98%), CARG (25.05 -24.87%), CAL (14.27 -19.7%), GT (11.1 -17.35%), TUP (5.5 -15.51%), TLYS (7.41 -15.31%)
• Information Technology: LPSN (33.96 -21.81%)
• Financials: QD (2.25 -18.48%)
• Energy: CEIX (7.04 -25.03%), CNX (6.08 -17.95%), CVIA (1.66 -16.16%)

LivePerson (LPSN) reported earnings on Thur 13 Feb 20 (a/h)

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LivePerson reports GAAP loss of $0.43/share, reports revs in-line; guides Q1 revs below consensus; guides FY20 revs in-line

Reports Q4 (Dec) GAAP loss of $0.43 per share, does not compare to the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.08); revenues rose 20.4% year/year to $79.1 mln vs the $78.9 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2019 was $1.2 mln or $0.02 per share, as compared to $5.3 mln or $0.08 per share in 4Q18.

Co issues downside guidance for Q1, sees Q1 revs of $77.5-$78.5 mln vs. $80.44 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus. Sees Adj. EBITDA of ($8.2)-($6.7) mln.

Co issues in-line guidance for FY20, sees FY20 revs of $350-$355 mln vs. $351.94 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus. Sees Adj. EBITDA of ($3.0)-$3.0 mln.

LivePerson (LPSN) reported earnings on Tue 20 Feb 2018 (a/h)

Sector: Technology
Industry: Software—Application
Founded in 1995
Headquartered in New York, New York
http://www.liveperson.com

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LivePerson misses by $0.01, beats on revs; guides Q1 EPS in-line, revs above consensus; guides FY18 EPS below consensus, revs above consensus 

• Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.00, excluding non-recurring items, $0.01 worse than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.01; revenues rose 2.3% year/year to $57.4 mln vs the $56.52 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
• LivePerson signed 101 deals in the quarter, which includes the addition of 41 new customer contracts. Trailing-twelve-month average revenue per enterprise and mid-market customer set a new record of greater than $220,000 in the fourth quarter, up from approximately $200,000 in the prior year.
• Co issues guidance for Q1, sees EPS of $0.00-0.01, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $0.01 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees Q1 revs of $56.75-57.75 mln vs. $55.46 mln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
• Co issues guidance for FY18, sees EPS of $0.07-0.10, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $0.11 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees FY18 revs of $237-243 mln vs. $233.99 mln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
• Co also announced the hiring of Alex Spinelli as the Company's Global CTO. Spinelli is joining LivePerson from Amazon.com (AMZN).