Option Update: Lowe's & Home Depot volatility up into EPS

Posted Aug 8th 2008 8:15AM by Paul Foster
Filed under: Home Depot (HD), Lowe's Cos (LOW), Options

Lowe's (NYSE: LOW/Option chains) is expected to report Q2 EPS on August 18. Deutsche Bank has a $23 price target on LOW. LOW September option implied volatility of 50 is above its 26-week average of 40 according to Track Data, suggesting larger price movement.

Home Depot (NYSE: HD/Option chains) is scheduled to report Q2 EPS on August 19. Deutsche Bank has a $22 price target on HD. HD September option implied volatility of 44 is above its 26-week average of 39, suggesting larger price movement.

Russell 2000 (NYSE: IWM/Option chains) overall implied volatility at 25; 26-week average is 27.

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

Tags: option implied volatility, OptionImpliedVolatility, Russell 2000-IWM, Russell2000-iwm

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Option Update: Lowe's & Home Depot volatility up into EPS