Unusual Options Activity Thur 12/14/23

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:

• GS Dec 385 calls (volume: 8140, open int: 2, implied vol: ~35%, prev day implied vol: 28%). Underlying stock is higher by 6%. Co is confirmed to report earnings January 16 before the open.
  
• CG Jan24 45 calls (volume: 2640, open int: 0, implied vol: ~29%, prev day implied vol: 22%). Underlying stock is higher by 7%. Co is expected to report earnings early February.
• INFY Jan24 19 calls (volume: 1670, open int: 0, implied vol: ~27%, prev day implied vol: 22%). Underlying stock trading higher by 5%.

Bearish Put Activity:

• SEDG Dec 91 puts (volume: 2390, open int: 3, implied vol: ~127%, prev day implied vol: 61%). Underlying stock trading higher by 16%. Co is expected to report earnings mid-February.
• BHC Jan24 6 puts (volume: 9040, open int: 0, implied vol: ~77%, prev day implied vol: 67%). Co is expected to report earnings late February.
  

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 1.01, VIX: (12.36, +0.17, +1.4%).
December 15 is options expiration -- the last day to trade December equity options.

=SolarEdge (SEDG) reported earnings on Mon 2 Nov 20 (a/h)

 

SolarEdge Technologies beats by $0.36, misses on revs; guides Q4 revs below consensus 

Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $1.21 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.36 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.85; revenues fell 17.6% year/year to $338.1 mln vs the $342.36 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Co issues downside guidance for Q4, sees Q4 revs of $345-365 mln vs. $392.09 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

"Our third quarter results reflect significant growth in Europe, despite the current economic slowdown caused by the global pandemic...Our solar business outside the U.S. reached an all-time high and the U.S. market is showing signs of return to pre-pandemic installation levels. In our non-solar business, our e-Mobility team is gearing up to deliver to our customer the first significant batch of full powertrain solutions for assembly in electric vehicles in the fourth quarter."

Earnings this week : Nov 2 - 6, 20 (wk 45)

Monday (Nov 2)

• Morning: AMCX BCC BWXT CWH CDW CLX CNA DEA EL FE HLIO HSIC HZNP IAA INGR NSP XENT ITRI JLL LCII LDOS LL LITE MPC MGP MPLX MSGN NNN NI ON TEN USFD WM WING WM WING
• Afternoon: ADTN LNT AMC AWR ANET AIZ BKH BRKR CDLX CDK CRUS CNO FANG DEI ECPG ESPR EVER FN FMC FBM FRPT G HALO PEAK HURN ICHR IR INSP JCOM JAZZ KMPR KMT KFRC LEG DOOR MATX MED MIME MDLZ MOS NCMI NPTN NTR OGS OSPN ONTO OTTR OMI PYPL PAA PINC PUMP RMBS O SBAC SIMO SWKS SEDG SRC STE TREX VNOM VNO WMB WPX

Tuesday (Nov 3)

• Morning: AGCO ATH AVNS AVNT BHC BMCH CTLT ETN EMR ETRN EXC EXPD RACE FOXA FI IT GTES EAF GWPH HSC HUM NSIT JELD JCI LGIH LPX MCK OPCH RCM RHP SPR SYY TRI BLD VSH W WEC WBT WLK ZBRA
• Afternoon: Y BTG CC CORT WTRG ES FATE HTA HBM IOSP JBGS KAR MRCY MCY MYGN NEX ORA PRU SUPN TRHC TX

Wednesday (Nov 4)

• Morning: ASTE AVA CCJ FUN CLH COTY ENBL HAE HLNE HLT HEP IONS LANC MDGL OSB DNOW PSN PFGC PRGO RDWR SMG SBGI WEN
• Afternoon: ACAD AIMT ALB ALL UHAL AEE AWK ANSS APA AZPN EQH AXNX BLUE BRX WHD CF CHNG XEC CMP CXW CTVA CCRN CRY CSGS DAR DCP DK ELF ET PLUS EPR EXPE EXR FOE FNF FNV FTDR GNW GDDY GDOT HR HOLX HST H IAG INGN PODD JKHY KAMN KGC KRO LCI LC LHCG LNC LUMN CLI MTW MRO VAC MTCH MDU MELI MET MTG MRTX NUS OLN OSUR OUT ORCC PAAS PAYC PDCE PING PXD PLYA PRAH PRI PSA QTWO QGEN QRVO QCOM QLYS RDN RPD RGNX RLJ RGLD SGMO SGMS TSLX SJI STAA SLF SUN SYKE TTGT TRMB TWO TYL UNVR UPWK VAPO VRSK VOYA WTS WK WYNN ZNGA

Thursday (Nov. 5)

• Morning: AAON ACIW WMS AEIS AGIO BABA ALNY AMRN ABC AZN AAWW AZUL BLL GOLD BCE BDX TECH BMY GOOS CNQ CPRI CAH CNP CEVA ECOM CHH CI CNK CWEN CCOI COMM CGEN CORE CRON XRAY DISCA DISH D DUK DNB SATS EPAM EVRG EVOP FOCS GM GEL GTN HBI HFC HII IIVI INCY IBP NTLA ICPT IDCC IRM KELYA KIM KL LAMR LNTH LAUR TREE LXP MAC MLCO MDP MIDD MUR MYL EYE NYT NXST NLSN NOMD NWN NRG NS ODP OGE PZZA PH PGTI PLUG PPL PBH REGN RGEN REZI SAGE SPNS STNG SEAS SRE SERV FOUR STWD SRCL STOR STRA SVMK TEVA SHYF THS TGI USPH VGR VER VCEL VSTO VG VMC WNC WCC WRK WWW YETI ZNTL ZTS
• Afternoon: DDD XLRN ADT ATGE ALRM ALTR AYX AMCR AMH AIG COLD AMN ANGI AINV APPN ARNA AGO ATRC AVLR ACLS AAXN BGS BIDU BLDP BNFT BIGC BILL BMRN BKNG EPAY BFAM BHF CABO CZR CARG CDAY CHUY NET COLL ED CNDT CLR CSOD CYRX CUBE CWK DLPH DLX DRH DGII DBX DXC EDIT EA EBS ENDP ENV EOG EVBG EXEL FRT FGEN FLT FLO FLS GKOS GBT GLUU GPRO LOPE GRPN GH HLF TWNK HUBS ICFI ICUI IGMS INFN INSG IAC NVTA IQ IRTC IRWD JJSF LSI LGF.A LYV LTHM LMNX MTSI MAIN MANT MMI MXL MTD MCHP MITK MNST NTRA NFG NSA NKTR NNI NVRO NEWR NWSA LASR NMIH NLOK NVAX OTEX OEC PK PCTY PTON PBA PFSI PRDO PETQ PLNT PS PRAA PRA PGNY PBYI PRPL KWR RMAX RP RRGB RDFN REG RGA RSG RBA ROKU SAIL SRPT SWX SQ STAG STMP RUN SHO SWCH SYNA TMUS TTWO TNDM TDS TDC TTD TPIC TSE TRIP TRUE UBER UPLD USM ECOL VSAT VIAV SPCE VRTU WSC XPO YELP ZG ZIOP

Friday (Nov. 6)

• Morning: GOLF AES AMRX CWT LNG CQP CVS UFS ELAN ENB ESNT GCP HSY HRC HMSY TILE MGA MBUU MAR MD MOG.A DOC PRIM SABR SSP TU UI VTR VIAC VIRT ZBH SWCH TMUS TNDM TDC TPIC TRIP UBER USM VSAT SPCE WSC YELP ZIOP

US Foods (NYSE:USFD) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) on November 2; Humana (NYSE:HUM), Wayfair (W), Ferrari (NYSE:RACE), Prudential (NYSE:PRU), Sysco (NYSE:SYY) and Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) on November 3; Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC), Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) and MetLife (NYSE:MET) on November 4; Alibaba (NYSE:BABA), Booking Holdings (NASDAQ:BKNG), General Motors (NYSE:GM), Uber (NYSE:UBER), Bristol- Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY), Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE), Peloton Interactive (PTON) and AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) on November 5 and CVS Health (NYSE:CVS), Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and ViacomCBS (NASDAQ:VIAC) on November 6.

=SolarEdge (SEDG) reported earnings on Mon 6 May 2019 (a/h)

SolarEdge Technologies beats by $0.07, beats on revs; guides Q2 revs above consensus

• Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $0.64 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.07 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.57; revenues rose 29.5% year/year to $271.9 mln vs the $266.11 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
  • Non-GAAP gross margin was 32.8%, up from 30.9% in the prior quarter and down from 38.4% year over year.
• Co issues upside guidance for Q2, sees Q2 revs of $310-320 mln vs. $281.36 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
  • Gross margin expected to be within the range of 32% to 34%.

Earnings this week : May 6 - 10, 19 (wk 19)

 

Monday (May 6)

• Premarket: AMG, BHC, CAMT, CEVA, DK, DSKE, KOS, NSSC, PETS, SPNS, SYY, TSN    

• After-Hours: AEIS, AIG, AIZ, ANDE, APU, AVID, AWR, BE, BHF, BKD, CBT, CDEV, CENT, COHU, CPE, DCO, DCP, EGOV, ENSG, EVBG, EVER, FBM, FMC, FN, FRAC, FRGI, FRPT, FRTA, GLPI, GLUU, HBM, HHC, HIIQ, HPR, HTZ, IAG, IFF, INVH, IPAR, ITRI, IVC, KLAC, KMT, KRC, KRG, LCI, LMNX, MASI, MOS, MTSC, MWA, NCMI, NGHC, NLS, OFIX, ORA, OTTR, OXY, PAHC, PLOW, PXD, QGEN, RARE, RBC, RCII, RE, RNG, RP, RTEC, SEDG, SHO, SKT, SNHY, STRL, SYKE, TACO, TCMD, TXMD, UGI, VECO, XENT

Tuesday (May 7)

• Premarket: ADNT, AES, AGN, AKRX, AMAG, ARMK, ARRY, ATH, ATKR, AVNS, BCC, BGCP, BLD, BR, BUD, CJ, CLVS, CNHI, CNK, CRL, CROX, CTLT, CWEN, DEA, DF, DNR, DPLO, DXPE, EGRX, EMR, ENR, EXPD, FI, GSKY, GTE, GTX, HAE, HSIC, ICL, IMOS, IPI, JEC, JELD, JLL, KEYW, KL, LCII, LGIH, LITE, LPX, MDCA, MFA, MLCO, MNK, MYL, NHI, NOVT, NWN, OCN, OMI, PINC, PNM, PRIM, REGN, RHP, SEAS, SERV, SND, SRE, TA, TDG, USAC, USFD, VAC, VCEL, VGR, VPG, WBT, WOW

• After hours: ACLS, ADT, APEI, ATO, ATSG, AVD, AVLR, BECN, BOLD, CERS, CGBD, CHUY, COLD, CRAY, CRZO, CSOD, CTRE, CWK, DDD, DIOD, DVA, EA, EDIT, ENTA, ESE, EVH, EVRI, FANG, FARM, FATE, FG, FLT, FTSI, GHDX, GTES, HALO, HCKT, HCLP, HUBS, ICHR, IMMR, INGN, INSP, IOSP, IRTC, JAZZ, JCOM, KAR, KGC, LADR, LC, LOPE, LTHM, LYFT, MMI, MODN, MTCH, MTSI, MYGN, NCR, NVTA, OAS, OHI, OPK, OSPN, PAA, PAGP, PBPB, PEGA, PEN, PLT, PLYA, POWL, PRI, PRMW, PUMP, PZZA, QRVO, QTWO, QUOT, RGR, RNR, RTRX, S, SEMG, SGMS, SUPN, SWX, TRIP, TWO, TWOU, VOYA, VREX, WING, WMC, WMGI, WTTR, WU, Y, ZAGG

Wednesday (May 8)

• Premarket: ACM, ANDX, ATHM, ATRO, BCOR, BG, BV, CBB, CBRE, CEIX, CFX, CHK, CHSP, CORE, COTY, FOLD, FTDR, FUN, GCP, GOLD, GOLF, GTN, GTT, HMC, HZNP, ICPT, LXP, MCHP, MCK, MIDD, MPC, MPLX, MRNA, MSG, MYE, NCS, NXST, NYT, ODP, PFGC, PLUG, PTLA, RDUS, SBGI, SGRY, SPB, STWD, SUM, TAST, TGI, TRI, VER, VG, WAAS, WEN, YRCW
• After hours: AAOI, AGS, AIMT, AKCA, ALB, ANGI, APLE, APYX, ARNA, ASRT, AXGN, BIO, BREW, CCMP, CECO, CNDT, COLL, CPA, CTL, CVNA, CW, CWH, CXW, DAR, DIS, DRH, DVAX, ECPG, EGAN, ELF, ENV, ETSY, EVRG, EZPW, FLNT, FNV, FOSL, FOXA, FTK, GBDC, GDOT, GKOS, GPRE, HLI, IAC, IMMU, INFN, INSG, IVR, KIDS, KINS, KRO, KTOS, LASR, LHCG, MATX, MBI, MRAM, MTRX, NKTR, NNI, NUAN, NVEE, OSUR, PAAS, PETQ, PK, PRGO, PRSC, PSDO, PSEC, QDEL, RDFN, RLJ, ROKU, RUN, RWT, RXN, RYAM, SAIL, SCOR, SGMO, SIEN, SJI, SLF, SMI, SRPT, STMP, SUN, SVMK, SWAV, SWCH, TCX, TLND, TPC, TPIC, TRHC, TTGT, TVTY, TWNK, UPWK, VERI, WIFI, WPM, WTRH, XEC, ZGNX

Thursday (May 9)

• Premarket: ACIW, AEE, AMC, AMRX, ANIP, BAM, BDX, BPMC, BPMP, CAH, CHH, CNNE, CNP, CNQ, COMM, CPG, CRCM, CVIA, DESP, DSX, DUK, EBIX, ECOM, ELAN, ENDP, EPAM, EPC, EYE, FOCS, GOGO, GTS, HAIN, HIMX, HL, HMHC, HSC, INAP, INXN, IONS, KDP, LAUR, LNG, MBUU, MCFT, MGA, MMS, NCLH, NMRK, NOMD, NS, OMER, OSTK, OXFD, PBH, PQG, PRTY, RCM, RDNT, REZI, RGEN, SNH, SQNS, SUP, SYNH, TEN, TGNA, TLRA, TPR, TTD, TTI, TU, TW, UNVR, USCR, VNTR, VRTV, VSH, VSTO, WRLD, WWW

• After hours: AAXN, AGO, AIRG, AL, ALRM, ALTR, AMBC, AMBR, AQ, AQN, ASYS, BKNG, CABO, CARG, CDLX, CISN, CTRL, CUTR, DBX, DHT, EFX, ELY, EQH, FLY, FSCT, GH, GPRO, GSBD, ICUI, JAG, MAIN, MAXR, MESA, MTD, MTW, NDLS, NNBR, NTR, NTRA, NVRO, NWSA, PBYI, PRAA, QNST, QRTEA, RBA, ROAD, SCSC, SENS, SNCR, SONO, SPPI, SPWR, SSRM, SSTI, SWIR, SYMC, SYNA, TGH, TIVO, TROX, TRUE, TRXC, UEPS, UNIT, VFF, VSLR, WPRT, XLRN, XON, YELP, ZAYO, ZG, ZVO

Friday (May 10)

• Premarket: AQUA, BPL, CLNY, ENB, ERF, HPT, JD, MAR, PEGI, PTE, SSP, TRCO, VIAB
• After hours: CBPO

Notable earnings reports: Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN), Hertz Global (NYSE:HTZ) and Bausch Health (NYSE:BHC) on May 6; Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA), Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT), Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD) and Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) on May 7; Disney (DIS), Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU), Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY), Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA) and Madison Square Garden (NYSE:MSG) on May 8; GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO), Booking Holdings (NASDAQ:BKNG), Keurig Dr Pepper (NYSE:KDP) and Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) on May 9; Viacom (NASDAQ:VIAB), JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) and Linde (NYSE:LIN) on May 10.

=SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG) reported earnings on Tue 14 Feb 2017 (a/h)

SolarEdge Technologies beats by $0.03, misses on revs; guides Q3 revs above consensus  :

• Reports Q2 (Dec) earnings of $0.32 per share, $0.03 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.29; revenues fell 10.7% year/year to $111.5 mln vs the $114.91 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
  • GAAP gross margin reached 35.0% (Guidance 30-32%)
• Co issues upside guidance for Q3, sees Q3 revs of $110-120 mln vs. $109.31 mln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
  • Sees Gross Margin in the range of 31-33%.

Great trade : Solaredge Technologies (SEDG) (12/15)