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:

• SPWR Apr 13 calls (volume: 3020, open int: 260, implied vol: ~125%, prev day implied vol: 71%). Co is expected to report earnings early May.
• RUN Apr 18.5 calls (volume: 1880, open int: 270, implied vol: ~135%, prev day implied vol: 88%). Co is confirmed to report earnings May 3 after the close.
• ACI May 21 calls (volume: 1770, open int: 460, implied vol: ~20%, prev day implied vol: 17%). Co is confirmed to report earnings April 11 before the open.
  

Bearish Put Activity:

• LNC May 17.5 puts (volume: 13.2K, open int: 120, implied vol: ~89%, prev day implied vol: 82%). We noted activity in the Jul 22.5 puts earlier this week (see 4/4 13:20 OPTNX). Co is confirmed to report earnings May 9 after the close.
  

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 1.00, VIX: (18.67, +0.98, +1.0%).
April 21 is options expiration -- the last day to trade April equity options.

=Sunrun Inc. (RUN) reported earnings on Thur 9 Aug 2018 (a/h)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Sunrun Inc. (RUN) on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $7.4 million.

On a per-share basis, the San Francisco-based company said it had net income of 6 cents.

The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 35 cents per share.

The solar energy products distributor posted revenue of $170.5 million in the period.

Sunrun shares have more than doubled since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $14.34, more than doubling in the last 12 months.

=Sunrun (RUN) reported earnings on Thur 10 Nov 2016 (a/h)

Sunrun beats by $0.48, misses on revs :

• Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.16 per share, $0.48 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.32); revenues rose 35.6% year/year to $112 mln vs the $132.61 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
  • Total deployments of 80 MW, an increase of 43% year-over-year
  • Net Present Value created of $76 million, an increase of 53% year-over-year
  • Creation Cost per watt improved by $0.38, or 10% from Q3 2015
  • Cumulative MW deployed of 801 MW
• Outlook: In Q4, we expect to deploy approximately 80 MW. As such, for full year 2016, we are raising deployment guidance from 270 to 280 MW to approximately 285 MW.