Unusual Options Activity Fri 1/12/24

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:

• ALT Jan 11.5 calls are seeing interest with the underlying stock up 4% (volume: 2100, open int: 1000, implied vol: ~236%, prev day implied vol: 158%). Co is expected to report earnings mid-February.
• TSM Jan 103 calls (volume: 16.1K, open int: 500, implied vol: ~45%, prev day implied vol: 27%). 1200 contracts traded in a single transaction. Co is confirmed to report earnings January 18 before the open.
• WW Feb 6.5 calls are seeing interest with the underlying stock down 5% (volume: 8570, open int: 20, implied vol: ~107%, prev day implied vol: 96%). NY Times reported that there is no evidence that weight loss drugs cause suicidal thoughts. Co is expected to report earnings late February.
• ARDX Feb 11 calls (volume: 2960, open int: 10, implied vol: ~78%, prev day implied vol: 74%). Co is expected to report earnings early March.
  

Bearish Put Activity:

• QCOM Jan 141 puts (volume: 1620, open int: 10, implied vol: ~47%, prev day implied vol: 31%). Co is confirmed to report earnings January 31 after the close.
• IOT Feb 31 puts (volume: 3230, open int: 0, implied vol: ~54%, prev day implied vol: 50%). Co is expected to report earnings late February.
  

Sentiment: The CBOE Put/Call ratio is currently: 1.04, VIX: (12.70, +0.26, +2.1%).
January 19 is options expiration -- the last day to trade January equity options.

===WW (WW) reported earnings on Thur 2 Nov 23 (a/h)

 

WW beats by $0.41, misses on revs; reaffirms FY23 revs guidance

• Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.54 per share, $0.41 better than the FactSet Consensus of $0.13; revenues fell 14.0% year/year to $214.87 mln vs the $221.62 mln FactSet Consensus.
  • End of Period Subscribers of 4.0 million.
  • End of Period Subscribers in Q3 2023 were up 6.0% versus the prior year period, driven by the Digital business and the inclusion of 45 thousand Clinical Subscribers. Q3 2023 End of Period Digital Subscribers increased 7.8% versus the prior year period. Q3 2023 End of Period Workshops + Digital Subscribers decreased 7.3% versus the prior year period.
• Co reaffirms guidance for FY23, sees FY23 revs of $890-$910 mln vs. $900.84 mln FactSet Consensus.
  • Operating income is now expected to be in the range of $31.0 million to $43.0 million, compared to the previously provided range of $39.0 million to $51.0 million, due to increased anticipated restructuring charges. Adjusted operating income, which excludes the net impact of restructuring charges and acquisition transaction costs, is still expected to be towards the high end of the previously provided range of $80.0 million to $85.0 million.

Earnings this week : Oct 30 - Nov 3, 23 (wk 44)

Monday (Oct 30)

• Morning:  CHKP CNA JKS MCD ON RVTY SJW SOFI WDC XPO
• Afternoon: ADUS AGNC AMKR ACGL ANET AXNX BCC BRX CSWC CHGG CRK CACC CWK DENN PLOW EQC FMC FWRD HLIT PEAK HTLF IRT INST KMPR KFRC LSCC LEG MATX MPWR OGS OTTR PDM PINS PCH PSMT PSA LUNG QGEN RMBS SPG THC RIG TREX VFC VRNS VNO WELL WOLF WK ZI

Tuesday (Oct 31)

• Morning: AGCO ALLE AME AMGN BUD ARES TECH BP CCJ CAT CVLT DORM DEA ETN ECL NPO EPD ETRN BEN GEHC GPN GPK GPRE HRMY HAYW HNI HUBB INCY NSP IGT IPGP JBLU LDOS LGIH LXP MAC MBUU MPC MPLX MSCI NBIX PRFT PFE PJT PEG PACK RGEN ST SSTK SIRI SFM STVN SYY TNC COCO BLD UFPI WEC XYL ZBRA
• Afternoon:  AEIS AMD APAM AIZ BLKB CZR CHK CGNX DEI EQH EQR FSLR FRSH HUN LFUS LTHM LUMN MTCH MTH MTG NE OI OKE PAYC PECO PRO SAFE SKY SON TX UNM VOYA XHR YUMC

Wednesday (Nov 1)

• Morning:  ALIT APLS APO ASTE AVNS AVA AXTA BLCO BRY EAT BLDR GOOS CDW CERE CHEF CLH CMCO CNDT CVS DRH DBRG DIN DFIN DRVN DTM DTE DNB DD ETR ESAB EL EXTR FWRG FDP FTDR FYBR GRMN GNRC GSK HUM IDXX IQV JHG KMT KHC LIVN MLM MTRN NMRK NI NCLH PSN PERI PUMP RDWR SMG SITE SHC SPR SXC SUN SPWR TEL TKR TT TRMB TTMI UTHR VRSK W WING YUM
• Afternoon:  EGHT AFL ABNB ALB ALKT ALL ATUS AFG AIG AWK AMWL ANSS ACA ATRC CAR AVT ACLS AXS BALY BMRN BKH BXP BFAM BWXT CHRW CRC CPE CWH CWST CDAY CF CAKE CHRD CWAN CTSH CFLT CORT CLB CCRN CSGS CW DASH DXC ELF EIX EA ECPG ERII ET ETSY EXAS EXEL FARO FSLY FORM FCPT GKOS THG HLF HST HPP NARI INFA IR NGVT IIPR FROG JOBY KW LMAT LMND LNC MGY MTW MRO VAC MCK MLNK MET MSTR MIR MKSI MOD MDLZ MUSA NFG NSA NVRO NMIH NOG NUS NTR KAR PBPB  PLMR PGRE PK PYPL PRCT PCOR PRU PTC QTWO QRVO QCOM QDEL QNST RDN RPD RYN RRX RELY RNR REZI RVLV RLJ ROKU RSI SRPT SDGR SIGI SCI SIMO SITM SEDG STAA SRI RGR SUM SMCI TNDM TENB TS TYL VSTO HCC WTS WERN WES WMB WSC ZETA ZG

Thursday (Nov 2)

• Morning: FLWS ACIW GOLF ADT WMS AGIO ATI ALGT ALGM ALE ALNY AMR AEP APG APTV AHH ARW AUPH ATHM AVNT BALL BHC BAX BCE BDC BCRX BWA BR CARS COR LNG CWEN COP CROX CMI CYBR DLX XRAY LPG DUK DT LLY ENTG NVRI EPAM ESNT EXC FSS RACE FOXA GEL ROCK GIL HAE DINO HEP HWM HII H IDA INMD NSIT ICE IDCC ITCI IONS IRM ITRI ITT JLL KRTX K KTB KYMR LAMR LANC LNTH DRS MAR MDU MGPI MRNA TAP MUR NTCT DNOW NRG OGE OMCL OGN PCRX PZZA PARA PH PBF MD PTON PENN PGTI PNW PBI PTLO PPL PBH PRMW PWR RCM REGN ROK SPGI SABR SNDR SEE SHAK SHOP SITC SWI SO SRC SBUX SRCL STRA TFX TPX CI THRY TRN UNIT UPBD VIRT WEN WCC WLK ZTS
• Afternoon:  TXG ABCL ACAD ACCO LNT ALTR AMH COLD AMN APPN AAPL TEAM BAND BILL BL SQ BKNG BOOT CABO IMOS CHUY CRUS NET COHU CODI ED BAP CUBE CYTK DH DOCN BOOM DKNG DBX LOCO EOG EVH EXPI EXPE FRT FIGS FIVN FND FTNT FOXF FNKO GDDY LOPE GDYN HLIO HTGC HMN HURN ICFI PODD IAS IRTC KN KTOS LYV MTZ MERC MCW MODV MC MNST MSI MP LASR OHI OPEN OEC OUT PLTR PCTY PEN PRDO PXD PLYA KWR QLYS RMAX RDFN REG RGA RPT RYAN SBAC SEM TSLX SWKS SM SWN SPT SPXC STEM SYK SG SNDX TMST TRUP UDMY OLED VTR VIAV VIR VTLE  WW YELP

Friday (Nov 3)  

• Morning:  AMCX AXL ATMU BLMN CAH CBOE CHD CNK CRBG D FLR FLGT IT GTES EAF HR TILE KOP MOG.A NWN OMI DOC PAA PRVA PRLB SSP SRE TDS SLCA USM WPC
• Afternoon:  MCHP

=WW (WW) reported earnings on Tue 6 Aug 2019 (a/h)

WW beats by $0.13, misses on revs; guides FY19 EPS above consensus, revs in-line

Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.78 per share, $0.13 better thanthe S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.65; revenues fell 9.9% year/year to $369.02 mln vs the $376.11 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Co issues guidancefor FY19, sees EPS of $1.55-1.70 vs. $1.52 S&P Capital IQ Consensus; sees FY19 revs of at least $1.40 bln vs. $1.40 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Earnings this week : Aug 5 - 9, 19 (wk 32)

Monday (Aug 5)

• Morning: ATRO CARS CYOU KMPR L TA TSN 
• Afternoon: APLE CAR BKD CBT CZR CBPO COHU CXW  EVER  PLOW DCO FRPT HIIQ PODD ITRI KLAC RAMP MAR O SHAK SWAV SNCR TTWO THC WWD

Tuesday (Aug 6)

• Morning:  AFI BHC BDX APRN CAR  CRCM CHK CHH DF DISCA DUK ERI ENR HSIC JLL LGIH MNK MGP MOS  EYE PAYS PLUG SEAS SSTK TEN  FLOW VRTV VG WBT WLK ZTS
• Afternoon: ACLS ADT AFG AINV AIZ AKCA AMN ANDE APEI ARLO AVD AXGN BECN BNFT BOLD BTG CARG CGBD CMP CPE CPSI CTRE CUB DCP DHT DIS DVN DXPE EDIT ENLC ENTA EVH EVRI FANG FATE FLT FTR GBT GCP GH GTES  GWPH HALO HCKT HCR HST HTZ HUBS ICHR INSG INSP IOSP JAZZ KAR KRNT LC LOPE LRN LTHM MAXR MBI MCHP MMI MODN MTCH NDLS NEWR NP NUS NVTA OAS OHI OSUR PAA PAGP PBPB PE PEN PLNT PLT PLYA POWL PTCT PXD PZZA QUOT RRR RTRX SAIL SCOR SEDG SSTI STAY SUPN SWN SWX TGH TROX TWO TXMD VOYA VREX WK WMC WTR WTTR WW WYNN Y ZAGG ZGNX

Wednesday (Aug 7)

• Morning: AMAG ANIP ATHM ATKR AVA BCOR BV CNP CNR CORE CPRI CSTE CVS CYBR DNR DOC ETM EVOP FUN GOLF GTN HL HZNP ICPT INGN INXN IONS JELD KELY.A LAMR LL LXP MDCA MFA MIDD NRG NVMI NXST NYT ODP OMI QEP SBGI SGRY SINA SND SPB SRC SSW STWD TELL TEVA VER VGR WAAS WB WD WEN WWW
• Afternoon: AAOI, AGO, AGS, AIG, ALB, AMPH, ANGI, AOSL, APYX, ARNA, ASRT, ATO, AVLR, AZPN, BKNG, BREW, CABO, CAI, CCMP, CDE, CECO, CLI, COLL, CPA, CPRX, CSGS, CTL, CVNA, CWH, DAR, DDD, DOX, DVAX, EB, ECPG, ENS, ENV, ET, EVRG, FG, FLO, FNV, FOSL, FOXA, FRGI, FSCT, FSM, FTDR, FTK, G, GBDC, GDOT, GKOS, GLPI, GTE, HHC, IAC, IAG, ICUI, IIPR, IMMU, INFN, IVR, JACK, KIDS, KRO, LHCG, LYFT, MATX, MELI, MFC, MNST, MRAM, MRO, NTES, NTRA, NUAN, NVEE, OPK, ORA, PAAS, PDCE, PEGA, PETQ, PRA, PRI, PRSC, PTLA, QHC, QRTEA, QTWO, RCII, RDUS, REZI, RGLD, RGNX, RLJ, ROKU, RUN, RYAM, RYN, SENS, SFLY, SGMO, SJI, SONO, SRPT, STMP, SUN, SWCH, SWKS, SWM, TCX, TLND, TPIC, TRIP, TTGT, TVTY, TWNK, UHAL, UPLD, UPWK, VERI, WMGI, ZG, ZVO 

Thursday (Aug 8)

• Morning: ACIW, AMC, AMRC, AZUL, BAM, BPMP, CAH, CBB, CCOI, CDLX, CEVA, CNNE, COMM, COT, CRON, CSWI, CVIA, DESP, EBIX, ECOM, EGRX, EPAM, ESPR, FOCS, FOLD, FVRR, GOGO, GTS, GTT, HIMX, HMHC, IBP, KDP, KHC, KOP, KTB, LAUR, LITE, LKSD, LNG, MGA, MMS, MPAA, MUR, NBEV, NCLH, NGL, NHI, NICE, NOMD, NS, OGE, PCRX, PNW, PQG, PRGO, PRTY, PTE, RDNT, REV, RLGY, SATS, SNH, SUP, TAST, THR, TTI, TW, USPH, VIAB, VIRT, VSTO
• Afternoon: AAXN AIMT AIRG AL ALRM ALTR AMBC APPN AQN ASYS ATVI AVT AXA C CBS CHUY CISN CNDT COLD CUTR CYRX DBX DXC ELY EPAY EQH ESE FGEN FLNT FNKO FSLY FTCH HBM IIIV JAG MAIN MDP MDRX MESA MTW NKTR NNBR NNI NVGS NVRO NWSA OMER OSTK PBYI PCTY PRA PRAA PUMP QDEL QNST RBA ROAD RVLV SEMG SIEN SPPI SSR SSRM SYMC SYNA TERP TPC TRHC TRUE TSE TTD UBER UNIT VRAY VRTU VSAT VSLR WAIR WPM WPRT WTRH XON YELP

Friday (Aug 9) 
Morning: 

• CBM CLNY DPLO ERF HPT SSP TRCO USCR YRCW

Mon Aug 5 a/h

Thur  Aug 8 a/h

=Long trade : Weight Watchers (WW) (7/19)

Weight Watchers' stock jumps after J.P. Morgan backs off from bearish stance
Shares of Weight Watchers International Inc. WW, +4.76% surged 3.5% in premarket trading Thursday, after J.P. Morgan analyst Christina Brathwaite said she was no longer bearish on the weight management and wellness company, citing her belief that subscriber trends have stabilized. Brathwaite raised her rating to neutral, after being at underweight since Feb. 19, and lifted her stock price target to $22 from $17. "We believe that steps taken to redirect the marketing message to dieting have worked to stabilize recruitment trends," Brathwaite wrote in a note to clients. "We believe investors are beginning to look past the expected ~50% earnings decline this year and instead focus on the potential growth opportunity in 2020 following the launch of a new diet program at the end of this year." The stock has rallied 18.2% over the past three months, but was still down 43.4% year to date, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.29% has gained 15.1% this year.

=WW (WW) reported earnings on Thur 2 May 2019 (a/h)

WW beats by $0.10, reports revs in-line; raises FY19 EPS above consensus, reaffirms FY19 revs guidance

• Reports Q1 (Mar) loss of $0.16 per share, $0.10 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of ($0.26); revenues fell 11.0% year/year to $363 mln vs the $365.91 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus. End of Period Subscribers in Q1 2019 4.6 million, up 1% year-over-year; Total Paid Weeks in Q1 2019 up 4% year-over-year
• Co issues guidance for FY19, sees EPS of $1.35-1.55 from $1.25-1.50 vs. $1.34 S&P Capital IQ Consensus; sees FY19 revs of $1.4 bln vs. $1.4 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Earnings this week : April 29 - May 3, 2019 (wk 18)

Japan's Nikkei will be closed throughout the week (six sessions) for Golden Week, which will be highlighted by the start of an imperial transition.

Monday (April 29)

• Afternoon: AKS APTS ARE BRKS BRX CACC CGNX CHE CHGG CLR CNI CNO CR ELVT EPR EQC ETH GHL GOOG HLIT HTLF INST JBT JJSF KAI LEG LNTH LOGI MEDP MGM MKSI MOH MUSA NBIX NXPI OGS OII OMF PCH PI RGA RIG SANM SBAC SSB SSD SXI TBI THC TNET TRTX TXRH VRNS WDC WRI WWD YUMC

Tuesday (April 30)

• Morning: AMRC AOS APRN ARCC ARNC AROC BHGE LSE:BP. CCEP CDK CEQP CHTR CMI CNX CNXM COP CRI CRTO CVLT DBD EAT ECA ECL EEFT EIGI EME EQM ETM ETN EXLS FDC FDP FIS FLWS GDI GE GEO GLDD GLT GLW GM GWR HCA HMST HUBB HUN I INCY IPGP IPHS IR KKR LDOS LH LL LLY LOVE LPT MA MCD MCRN MDSO MGP MLM MRK NEO NLSN NYCB OSK PCAR PFE PSX PSXP R RFP SABR SC SCL SF SHOP SMP SPG STX TECH THRM TNC TRS TRTN TTS VIVO WCG WDR WELL WH WRK ZBRA
• Tuesday: AAPL ACGL ACHC ADSW AKAM AMD AMED AMGN APAM ARLO ASH ATR AX BFAM BLKB BVN BXP CAI CAMP CB CBL CENX CHRW CMP COHR CRY CWST CXO CYH DENN DVN EIX ENLC ENPH EQR EXAS EXR FEYE FICO FISV FLEX FOE FTR GNW GRPN HCSG HUBG HURN HVT HY IPHI JKHY KBR LDL LKSD LSCC MC MDC MDLZ MDU MGRC MRCY MSTR MX MXIM NANO NATI NBR NEXA NUS OFC OKE OLN OSIS PAYC QTS QUAD REXR ROG RPAI RRD RRR SOI SSNC STAG SYX TCO TDOC TENB TEX TNDM TWLO UDR UNM USNA VNOM VRSK VRTX WES WIRE WNC ZEN

Wednesday (May 1)

• Morning: AAWW ADP AER ALNY AMCX AME AMRN ASC BDC BKI BMCH BTU CCJ CDW CG CIM CLH CLX CME CSTE CVS DIN DOC EAF EL ENBL EPD ESI ETR EXTR FTS GCI GIB GRMN HEP HLT HRS HUM IDXX IIVI IQV JCI KFRC LFUS LIVN LLL LXRX MGPI MMP MTOR NI NNN NRZ NSIT NVMI ORBC PBF PBFX PBI PNW RCL RDN RDWR SAIA SBH SEE SFS SITE SLCA SMG SO SPR SR ST STRA SXT TAP TKR TMHC TPB TRVG UFS UTHR WD WLTW WYND YUM

• Afternoon: ACAD AEGN AEL AFG AGI ALL AM ANSS APA AR AUY AWK AYX BLDP BNFT BWXT CACI CAKE CAR CASA CCRN CDAY CDE CF CHEF CLI CMPR CONE CPS CREE CRUS CSGS CZR DLB DOOR DXCM EB EQIX ES ESV EVTC EXEL EZPW FARO FIT FIVN FORM FOXF GIL H HABT HCC HCP HGV HI HIG HOLX HR HST ICLR INN INOV KAMN KW LMAT LNC LPI LSI MAA MANT MED MET MFC MITK MRO MTDR MXL MYRG NE NGVT NLY NPO NUVA O OI OTEX PDCE PDFS PDM PE PGRE PPC PRAH PRU PS PSA QCOM QLYS RGLD RPT RYI RYN SIGI SM SQ SRI SSW STAY SU SWM THG TRMB TTEK TTMI TUSK TYL VICI VNDA VVV WHD WK WLL WMB WPX WTI XPO ZNGA

Thursday (May 2)

• Morning: AAON ABC ABMD ACCO ACOR AGCO AGIO ALE APO APTV ARES ARW AVA AVP AYR BCE BERY BID BLL BSIG CBM CCOI CHD CI COT CRAI DAN DISC.A DLPH DNKN DNOW DWDP EEX EXC FLR FLOW FMS FSS GEL GNRC GPN HBI HFC HII HPP HRI IBP ICE IDA IDCC INGR IRWD ITGR JHG K KEX KIM LAMR MAC MD MGLN MNTA MPW MSCI MSGN MTRN MUR NEWM NRG NTCT NTLA NVCR OGE ONDK PCRX PEG PENN PGTI PH PPL PRFT PWR RDS.A RLGY SAGE SFM SNDR SPAR SPGI SRC SSYS STAR STFC STNG STOR TEVA TFX THS TOWR TPX TX UAA UNT USPH VMC W WCC WEX WLH WLK WLKP WP XHR XYL YETI ZEUS ZTS
• Afternoon: ACA ACIA AIV ALEX AMH AMKR AMN ANET ANIK AOSL APPF APPN ARCB ATGE ATUS ATVI BAND BGS BKH BL BLDR BRKR BZH CARB CATM CBLK CBPX CBS CC CCS CNXN CPSI CPT CRC CSLT CTSH CUB CYRX DATA DEI EBS ECOL ED EOG EPAY ERI ERII EXPE FLS FND FNKO FRT FSLR FTAI FTNT G GDDY GILD GMED GPOR GSHD HAYN HLF HTGC ICFI KLIC KWR LGND LNT LOCO LPLA LPSN LYV MATW MDRX MELI MERC MNST MPWR MRC MSI MTX MTZ NFG NP NPTN NSA OEC OLED PBA PCTY PLNT PMT PODD POST PTCT PVG RBBN REG RMAX RMD RPD SEM SHAK SHLX SIMO SPXC SRCL SWKS TDC TDS TMST TRUP TS TSE TSLX TTOO UCTT UIS UPLD USM USX VIAV VRAY WAIR WSC WTR WTS WW WYNN X XOG ZIXI

Friday (May 3)

• Morning: AMT ASIX AXL BCPC BIP CBOE D DISH ESNT FCAU GLOG HMSY IMGN ITT KOP NBL NJR NWL OPI ROCK RUTH SGMS TRP TWI VIRT WPC XRAY

Earnings this week : Apr 22 - 26, 19 (wk 17)

777 companies reporting, 155 companies in the S&P 500 index.

Monday (April 22)

Markets closed in Europe, Canada, Hong Kong and Australia for Easter Monday holiday

Europe:

• STOXX Europe 600: closed
• Germany's DAX: closed
• U.K.'s FTSE 100: closed
• France's CAC 40: closed
• Italy's FTSE MIB: closed
• Spain's IBEX 35: closed

Asia: Hang Seng  CLOSED  Shanghai  open  Nikkei open

• Morning: AVX BOH CBU GWW HAL HNI KMB LECO LII NVR ONB STLD TCF
• Afternoon:  ACC ALSN BEDU BRO CDNS CE CMRE EGP ELS HLX HSTM IBTX MINI NBTB RMBS RRC SFNC WAL WHR ZION

Tuesday (April 23)

• Morning:  ABCB ABG ARCH ASTE ATI AXE BANC CIT CNC DGX EDU FBC FCF FELE FITB FNB GPK HAS HOG IRDM JBLU KO LMT MTG NEE NTRS NUE PG PHM PII PPBI SHW SNV STT TECK TRU TWTR UMBF UTX VZ WAT WSO
• Afternoon:  AMTD BXMT CHFC CP CSGP CSL EBAY EW FCPT FE FMBI FR HA HIW HXL IRBT KALU LRN LTXB MANH MMSI MTH NAVI NBHC NWE RHI RNST SITC SIX SNAP SPN SYK TER TRMK TSS TXN UCBI VMI WRB

Wednesday (April 24)

• Morning:  ANTM APD APH AVY AXTA BA BCO BIIB BKU BOKF BSX CAT CSTM CVE DPZ DTE EVR FBP FCFS FLIR FSV GATX GD GNTX IART KNX LAD MCO MHO MKTX NDAQ NOC NSC NVS OC PB RES ROL SAP SIRI SLAB SLGN STM SWK SXC T TDY TEL TMO TROW TUP UMC
• Afternoon:  AGNC AGR AKR ALGN ALGT AMP ARI ASGN AVB AXS AXTI AZPN BCOV BDN BHE CHDN CINF CLB CLGX CMG CNMD COR CTXS CUBI CUZ CVBF DRE ECHO EIG ESRT ESS FB FBHS FFIV FNF FWRD GGG HP ISBC KN KRA LRCX LSTR MEOH MSA MSFT NOW NTGR OIS ORLY PKG PTC PYPL QEP RJF ROIC SAM SAVE SCI SEIC STL SUI SWI TILE TRN TSLA UFPI V VAR WCN WPG WRE XLNX

Thursday (April 25)

• Morning:  AAN AB ABBV ADS AEP ALKS ALLE ALXN ASPS AUO BAX BC BMY BWA CBZ CFR CLF CLS CMCS.A CMS CNSL COLB COWN CRR CRS CTS CWT DHI DLX ENTG EQT FAF FCN FCX GLOP GNC GPI GRA GRC HBAN HEES HES HSY HZO IBKC IP IRM ITW IVZ LANC LAZ LKQ LUV MAS MDCO MMC MMM MO NCI NEM NOK NTB NVT ODFL ORI PAG PATK PDS PRLB PTEN ROK ROP RS RTN SAH SHOO SSTK TAL TPH TSCO TZOO UBSI UPS VC VLO VLY WAB WEC WM WNS WST WWE XEL XRX YNDX
• Afternoon:  AEM AFL AJG ALK AMZN ASB ATEN ATRC AVT BABY BEAT BGG BJRI BMRN BOOM BYD CERN CIR COF COLM CUBE CVA CXP CY DFS DLR EHC EMN ENVA F FET FFBC FHB FII FIX FTI FTV GCAP GRUB HTA HTH IEX ILMN INT INTC JNPR KNL LMAT LOGM MAT MHK MOBL NOV NR OMCL PEB PFG PFPT PKI POWI PRO RSG SBCF SBUX SFLY SGEN SIVB SKYW SPSC SWN TMUS UHS VCRA VLRS VRSN VVI WERN  (finviz charts)

Friday (April 26) :

• Morning:  AAL ADM AIMC AIT ALV AN AON ARD AZN B BEN BLMN CIGI CL COG CVX GT GVA HELE HRC IMAX IMO IPG LEA LYB MOG.A PFS POR SBSI SNE SNY TREE TYPE VRTS VTR WBC WETF WY XOM ZBH
• Afternoon: 

What's in a name?: Weight Watchers (NASDAQ:WTW) begins trading under its new ticker symbol WW on April 22. The company has also rebranded its corporate identity to WW to fall in line with its transition to a global wellness company. Shares of Weight Watchers have been in a downward skid, down 51% YTD and 71% lower over the last 52 weeks.

Notable earnings reports: Halliburton (NYSE:HAL), Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) on April 22; Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), Snap (NYSE:SNAP), eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), Coca-Cola (KO), Verizon (VZ), Procter & Gamble (PG), Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) and United Technologies (UTX) on April 23; Tesla (TSLA), Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Microsoft (MSFT), Visa (V), Caterpillar (CAT), AT&T (NYSE:T), Chipotle (NYSE:CMG), PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Boeing (BA) on April 24; Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), Ford (NYSE:F), Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), UPS (NYSE:UPS), AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) and Altria (NYSE:M)) on April 25; Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), Chevron (NYSE:CVX), Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) and IMAX (NYSE:IMAX) on April 26.

Some implied moves for earnings this week (777 companies reporting):

$IRBT 12.9%
$AMZN 4.3%
$FB 6.0%
$TWTR 10.4%
$MSFT 3.6%
$TSLA 9.0%
$PYPL 5.6%
$V 3.1%
$CMG 7.7%
$ALGN 9.5%
$LRCX 6.6%
$XLNX 8.2%
$FFIV 5.9%
$ORLY 6.5%
$SAM 9.4%
$CTXS 6.3%
$MMM 3.5%
$ABBV 4.5%
$INTC 4.5%
$INTC 4.5%
$SBUX 4.1%
$GRUB 14.6%
$F 4.7%
$ILMN 6.0%
$GWW 6.7%
$WHR 7.2%
$LMT 3.3%
$HOG 6.4%
$SHW 4.3%
$SNAP 15.5%
$EBAY 5.7%
$EW 6.4%
$AMTD 3.6%
$SYK 6.2%
$BA 4.6%
$CAT 5.0%
$DPZ 8.7%
$BIIB 5.2%
$GD 3.7%
$SWK 5.6%
$ANTM 7.0%
$BSX 4.9%

=WW (WTW) reported earnings on Tue 26 Feb 19 (a/h)

• Weight Watchers (NASDAQ:WTW) begins trading under its new ticker symbol WW on April 22. The company has also rebranded its corporate identity to WW to fall in line with its transition to a global wellness company.

WW beats by $0.03, misses on revs; guides FY19 EPS below consensus, revs below consensus

• Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.63 per share, $0.03 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.60; revenues rose 5.7% year/year to $330.4 mln vs the $346.99 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
• Co issues downside guidance for FY19, sees EPS of $1.25-1.50 vs. $3.38 S&P Capital IQ Consensus; sees FY19 revs of $1.4 bln vs. $1.66 bln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

"While we are proud of our accomplishments in 2018, we had a soft start to 2019 versus last year's strong performance with the launch of WW Freestyle. Given our Winter Campaign did not recruit as expected, we have been focused on improving member recruitment trends. We quickly moved to course correct, including introducing new creative with a stronger call-to-action and further optimizing our media mix.... Looking ahead, I'm happy to say that Oprah Winfrey will play a central role in our upcoming TV and digital marketing campaign for Spring, bringing to life a clear message on how WW is the program that works.... However, due to the soft start to the key Winter Season, we expect member recruitment for 2019 to be below 2018 levels, resulting in lower revenue and earnings for the year. We are focused on driving member recruitment and exercising strict cost discipline, while continuing to invest in the areas that will drive future growth."

==WW (WTW) moves to the Nasdaq from the New York Stock Exchange

WW, the company formerly known as Weight Watchers International Inc., said late Monday it was switching its stock listing to the Nasdaq from the New York Stock Exchange. WW shares are expected to begin trading as a Nasdaq-listed security on Oct. 15, keeping the symbol WTW, the company said.

Weight Watchers changed its name last week, saying it would focus on wellness.

NEW YORK, April 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Weight Watchers International, Inc. (Nasdaq: WTW) (“WW”), a global wellness company and the world’s leading commercial weight management program, today announced that it will begin trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under its new ticker symbol WW, effective Monday, April 22, 2019. The ticker symbol change was made to more accurately align with the Company’s corporate identity.