Option Update: Republic Services volatility flat into WMI's offer

Posted Jul 14th 2008 9:50AM by Paul Foster
Filed under: Options

Republic Services (NYSE: RSG) is recently trading at $33.22, above its close of $27.90 Friday.

Waste Management (NYSE: WMI) announced it made a proposal to acquire all of RSG outstanding common stock for $34 per shares in cash. Allied Waste (NYSE: AW) offered to acquire RSG on June 23 for 0.45 shares of AW for each share of RSG.

RSG overall option implied volatility of 31 is near its 26-week average of 30 according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price movement.

Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com

Tags: Allied Waste, AlliedWaste, aw, option implied volatility, OptionImpliedVolatility, Republic Services, RepublicServices, rsg, Waste Management, WasteManagement, wmi

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