Stocks with Notable Option Volatility: Manchester United, Morphic, Coca-Cola and More
Implied volatility is a measure of the market's expectation of the potential price movements of the stock in the future. Here are the stocks with the most notable Implied volatility today."
Here are the notable stocks with the highest and lowest implied volatility.
The $Seres Therapeutics(MCRB.US$, $First Republic Bank(FRC.US$, and $Morphic(MORF.US$ has the highest implied volatility of all stocks with a market cap of over 10 million yesterday.
Morphic Holding, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORF – Get Rating) CAO Robert E. Farrell, Jr. sold 20,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $41.25, for a total value of $825,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 2,222 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $91,657.50. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.
The $Prometheus Biosciences(RXDX.US$, $Seagen(SGEN.US$, and $Coca-Cola(KO.US$ has the lowest implied volatility of all stocks with a market cap of over 10 million yesterday.
Coca-Cola is scheduled to announce Q1 earnings results on Monday, April 24th, before market open.
The consensus EPS Estimate is $0.64 (flat Y/Y) and the consensus Revenue Estimate is $10.79B (+2.8% Y/Y). Over the last 2 years, KO has beaten EPS estimates 100% of the time and has beaten revenue estimates 100% of the time, according to Seeking Alpha.
Here is the IV Ranking of today:
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Conclusion And Risk Management
Option implied volatility is a measure of the market's expectation for how much an asset's price will fluctuate in the future, as implied by the prices of options on that asset.
Options are financial contracts that give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset at a predetermined price and time. The price of an option is influenced by various factors, including the current price of the underlying asset, the strike price, the time to expiration, and the implied volatility.
Implied volatility represents the level of uncertainty or risk that market participants perceive in the future price movements of the underlying asset. When investors expect greater volatility, they may be more willing to pay a higher price for options to help hedge their risk, which leads to higher implied volatility.
Implied volatility is usually expressed as a percentage and is calculated using an options pricing model, such as the Black-Scholes model. Traders and investors use implied volatility to assess the attractiveness of options prices, to identify potential mispricings, and to manage their risk exposure.
Source: Benzinga, Dow Jones, CNBC
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