Implied Stock-Price Moves for U.S. Companies Reporting Results
By Wendy Soong -
2012-06-19T12:02:09Z
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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06/20 Aft-mkt RHT* RED HAT INC 8.18 8.29 0.99
06/20 Aft-mkt BBBY* BED BATH &BEYOND 3.86 5.64 0.68
06/21 07:30 CAG* CONAGRA FOODS 2.71 1.78 1.52
06/21 Bef-mkt KMX* CARMAX INC 6.51 7.14 0.91
* - 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.
To contact the reporter on this story: Wendy Soong in New York at at csoong@Bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alex Tanzi at at atanzi@Bloomberg.net
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