Insider Trading : Wed 8/2/23

Notable purchases -- Several Directors add to SHYF; notable sales -- 10% owner active in CACC

Buyers:

• AKRO Director bought 55,000 shares at ~$42.69 - $43.27 worth ~$2.4 mln.
• BFH Director bought 2,400 shares at $41.69 - $41.88 worth ~$100K.
• CBSH Director bought 5,000 shares at ~$53.0007 worth ~$265K.
• CROX Director bought 1,435 shares at $104.53 worth ~$150K.
• SHYF Directors (4) bought a total of 21,845 shares at $14.49 - $14.53 worth ~$319K.
• TBBK Director bought 5,868 shares at $37.30 - $37.84 worth ~$221K.

Sellers:

• CACC 10% owner sold 21,244 shares at $544.35 - $556.60 worth ~$11.7 mln.
• RRC SVP-Principal Accounting Officer sold 50,000 shares at ~$31.089 worth ~$1.6 mln.

Unusual Options Activity, Fri 5/19/23

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:

• RRC May 30 calls (volume: 1540, open int: 170, implied vol: ~85%, prev day implied vol: 60%). Stock was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Mizuho; tgt raised to $35. Co is expected to report earnings late July.
• IMGN Jun 15 calls (volume: 3630, open int: 560, implied vol: ~75%, prev day implied vol: 53%).  1050 contracts traded in a single transaction. Co is scheduled to present at a ASCO on June 2. Co is expected to report earnings late July.
• NIO May 7.5 calls (volume: 18.8K, open int: 18.5K, implied vol: ~105%, prev day implied vol: 96%). 3K traded in a single transaction. Co and Autoliv to develop safety technology for future electric vehicles. Co is confirmed to report earnings June 9 before the open.
  

Bearish Put Activity:

• MDB May 290 puts are seeing interest with the underlying stock down 5% (volume: 1800, open int: 40, implied vol: ~87%, prev day implied vol: 56%). Co is confirmed to report earnings June 1 after the close.
• PCG May 16.5 puts (volume: 1650, open int: 0, implied vol: ~26%, prev day implied vol: 23%).  Co is expected to report earnings early August.
  

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 0.82, VIX: (16.80, +0.75, +4.7%).
June 16 is options expiration -- the last day to trade June equity options.

=Range Resources (RRC) reported Q2 earnings on Mon 30 July 2018 (a/h)

• Fort Worth, Texas-based independent oil and gas company 

Range Resources beats by $0.08, beats on revs 

• Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.20 per share, $0.08 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.12; revenues rose 31.9% year/year to $745 mln vs the $671.5 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
• Production averaged a record 2,200 Mmcfe per day, an increase of 13% compared 2Q17.
• Liquids production averaged 117,520 barrels per day, a 12% increase over the prior-year period, and contributed 46% of total product revenues before hedging.
• Cash from operations was $175 million, and non-GAAP cash flow was $237 million.

Earnings this week : July 30 - Aug 3, 18 (wk 31)

The earnings onslaught continues this week. More than 140 S&P 500 companies, including Apple Inc (AAPL), will report earnings:

Monday (July 30)

• Morning: USFD  SOGO CRCM  CAT SPG FDC STX L CNA ON AER
• Afternoon: RRC AKS  ILMN AVB SBAC KLAC VNO ARE UDR LOGI SCI ATHN RIG ALSN CHGG NTRI   APPF

Tuesday (July 31)

• Morning: LL SNE HMC PFE PG SNY CHTR AMT ECL SHPG FIS ETN JCI ADM APTV CMI WEC HRS SHOP FTS AME VMC INCY ERJ IPGP XYL MAS WCG RL ARNC SERV HUN
• Afternoon: AAPL BIDU JHG  BGFV CLS APC FISV OKE DVN IQ   SEND  TCS VRSK FE AKAM FANG CHRW ACGL EXR HOLX DOX NBIX H ULTI QGEN WGP WES TRQ CACC TX PAYC MOH DEI ZEN P MB COHR PZZA   ES BXP VRSK FE AKAM CHRW ACGL  HOLX DOX NBIX H ULTI WGP QGEN WES CACC TRQ TX DEI MOH PAYC ZEN NFX MDU ENLK ASH OLN WLL SMG COHR QLYS MDR TEX AMED NUVA ENLC RPAI STAG CAKE REXR CPS RRR GNW ROG SKT NBR MRCY SIMO P APAM MB EVTC LADR MATX MGRC QUOT MTSI HCLP QSII ARCB WNC YRD QUAD HY WIRE CRAY HURN NANO HBM LDL GLUU UIS BAND ENPH MOBL CAI HVT ZAGG FTR LNDC SOI  ZIXI AMSC

Wednesday (Aug 1)

• Morning: DBD  EPD ADP D HUM EXC PEG RACE ICL S IDXX QSR ETR TAP IT GRMN SPR BG NI CDK HBI CZR CRTO SODA   GLPI ARCC NNN GIB LFUS LIVN UTHR HPP AN CHK NSP UNVR ENR CIM SITE AVA GNRC HEP FUN CLH VG UFS MDCO SUM BDC BPMC CG  TMHC AMC DM FLOW SAIA RDC KLIC WD NSIT MTOR BCOR PBI MDC SSTK STRA DIN EGL CPLA RDWR SSYS KFRC ARII CSWI THR NVMI AMRN GPRE KEYW GLDD EMES  

• Afternoon: TSLA TMUS MET ESRX NTR ALL SQ WMB TS MRO WYNN APA AWK ESS LNC YUMC DVA NLY XPO FMC FTNT MAA CF QRVO EXAS X TDOC ZNGA FEYE CRUS PS   PRU PSA ALL CXO SQ WMB TS    O  LNC YUMC XPO NLY DVA  AFG UGI FRT TRMB PKI VOYA DXCM MAC HLF TRIP WPX EXAS PRAH WTR AR X PK EXEL VVC CONE THG MASI GMED HUBS ARRS STMP RYN CMPR LSI PPC VVV AGO SGMS  APU MTDR CHDN PGRE AMGP SIGI CNO TTEK HGV  HI SM KW FEYE WTS LHCG  MUSA CLVS TROX KLIC TTMI IRTC CLI AXGN INOV NPO HUBG INN APTI PS FIT KRG LPSN

Thursday (Aug 2)

• Morning: BABA DWDP BDX AET CNQ DUK CTSH ICE CI ZTS REGN KDP YUM K TEVA RCL PH GGP GPN ABC MGM CLX CBRE MMP MSCI WRK DISH W

 ICE EXC BCE  WLTW ABC GPN  WLK CHD BLL HFC CDW TFX HCP HII NRG W ALNY WEX ENBL PF TDY INGR APO SEE EPAM ARW UBNT MZOR SCG PWR SHLX MIXT SYNH AGIO IDA INXN SNDR FND MD ALE SR GIL PAH CNX ROLL AMCX MFA VAC GEO SFM ICPT THS XHR CRS CCOI LCII ITGR RGEN ARES CBM EXLS HSC SBH AAON PNK PBH GOLF AROC IBP AAWW PCRX DNOW CJ BSIG GOV EEX MGPI GLOG CNXM CBZ ACOR CEIX NEWM NCI PRFT

• Afternoon: EOG ATVI AIG ED CBS ANET CERN MSI FLT CA BMRN TTWO SSNC SYMC GDDY ATUS DATA POST WING ACIA   CC 

 ACLS AGS AIG AIV ALEX AMH AMN ANET APPN ATH ATUS ATVI BFAM BGS BL BMRN BNFT BOJA BRKR BRS CARB CATM CBPX    CCS CERN CERS CNXN COHU CPSI CPT CRC CTRL CWST DATA DRH EBS ECOL ED EEP ELY ENSG EOG ERI ERII ESL EVC FCE.A FLR FLT FTAI GHDX GHL GKOS GPRO GSBD GTE HAYN HR HTA HTGC ICFI IMMR KTOS LNT LOCO MAIN MDCA MDRX MED MSI MTX MTZ NE NFG NUS NVRO OEC OR OTEX PACB PBA PDFS PMT PODD POST RARE REG RMAX RMD RP RTEC RYAM SEDG SEM SEP SHAK SPXC SRCL SRG SSNC SSTI STAR STRL SWIR SWN TDC TRUP TSE TSRO TTOO TTWO TVTY TWOU USX VICI VREX WAIR WEB WING WU XLRN Y

Friday (Aug 3)

• Morning: ABR AEE ASIX ATRO AXL BCPC BERY BPL CNP DISH EAF  ENB ESNT GTT HMSY HUD ITT  KHC LYB MGI  NBL   CBOE PNW RLGY  SSP  TDS  TRTN TWI  VER WPC   VRAY  GRPN USM