Implied Stock-Price Moves for U.S. Companies Reporting Results

The following table shows the expected stock-price move for U.S. companies about to release quarterly results, according to options data compiled by Bloomberg. Criteria are listed below the table.

REPORT        TICKER                       IMPLIED   AVG POST-
DATE  TIME    SYM       COMPANY         1-DAY MOVE% ERNS MOVE%  RATIO
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05/09 Aft-mkt ATVI     ACTIVISION BLIZZ       5.82     3.76     1.55
05/09 Bef-mkt FCN      FTI CONSULTING         5.64     4.29     1.31
05/09         BMC*     BMC SOFTWARE INC       7.47     5.76     1.30
05/09 Aft-mkt MNST     MONSTER BEVERAGE       7.95     6.28     1.27
05/09         ROSE     ROSETTA RESOURCE       6.97     5.67     1.23
05/09         M*       MACY’S INC             4.52     3.72     1.22
05/09 Aft-mkt CTL*     CENTURYLINK INC        2.69     2.60     1.03
05/09         EOG*     EOG RESOURCES          5.37     5.19     1.03
REPORT        TICKER                       IMPLIED   AVG POST-
DATE  TIME    SYM       COMPANY         1-DAY MOVE% ERNS MOVE%  RATIO
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05/09 16:00   NWSA*    NEWS CORP-A            4.11     4.47     0.92
05/09 Aft-mkt PCLN*    PRICELINE.COM          9.06     9.80     0.92
05/09         AOL      AOL INC                8.76     9.95     0.88
05/09 Aft-mkt PANL     UNIVERSAL DISPLA      10.05    12.05     0.83
05/09 Bef-mkt DF*      DEAN FOODS CO          9.76    12.72     0.77
05/09 16:30   CSCO*    CISCO SYSTEMS          6.23     9.18     0.68
05/09 Aft-mkt TSLA     TESLA MOTORS           6.80    11.99     0.57
05/10 Aft-mkt JWN*     NORDSTROM INC          4.39     3.11     1.41
05/10         BID      SOTHEBY’S              7.49     5.34     1.40
05/10 Aft-mkt ESRX*    EXPRESS SCRIPTS        5.06     4.04     1.25
05/10 Aft-mkt NUAN     NUANCE COMMUNICA       6.08     4.99     1.22
05/10 07:00   KSS*     KOHLS CORP             3.53     3.90     0.91
05/10 16:30   CA*      CA INC                 4.22     5.12     0.82

* - Company in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

     The screen used to build this table screened for U.S.
stocks with at least $200 million in market value, options
trading volume yesterday of 500 or more, total open interest
of 10,000 contracts, and share prices at $10 or higher.

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