Options Traders Pricing in 5% Movement in UnitedHealth's Shares Post Earnings (UNH:NYSE)

Options traders pricing in 5% movement in UnitedHealth's shares post earnings (UNH:NYSE)

UnitedHealth (UNH) Q3 earnings preview: options imply a 5.55% post-earnings move, with bearish put/call skew and key $360 put/$400 call levels—read now.

STOCK MARKET: UnitedHealth shares are doing something unusual ahead of earnings

The only thing more expensive than health insurance is perhaps the costs of insuring shares of health insurers. Case in point: UnitedHealth Group, which reports earnings Tuesday. Implied volatility is running at twice realized volatility ahead of the October 13 quarterly earnings release. In other words, options prices – the cost of insuring the underlying stock – are expensive, which sets up well for short premium strategies. In the case of Uni…

UnitedHealth shares are doing something unusual ahead of earnings

The only thing more expensive than health insurance is perhaps the costs of insuring shares of health insurers

UnitedHealth Q3 Results Will Test Revenue Growth and Margin Gains

The insurer is expected to post a 1.5% year-over-year revenue decline while pursuing higher profitability by leaving unprofitable business lines.

UnitedHealth (UNH) Stock: What Wall Street Expects from Earnings Tuesday

TLDR UnitedHealth (UNH) reports Q3 earnings Tuesday, October 13, before the market opens. Wall Street expects EPS of $4.15 and revenue of $111.31 billion. Options traders price in a 7% move in either direction after the report. Piper Sandler kept a Buy and TD Cowen kept a Hold, and both trimmed...

Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect

Health insurance company UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) will be reporting results this Tuesday before market hours. Here's what to expect. UnitedHealth beat analysts' revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $112 billion, flat year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company,…