Posts with tag William Dillard
Posted Oct 29th 2007 4:42PM by Paul Foster
Filed under: Options
Dillards(NYSE:DDS) is recently up $1.40 to $22.60 on renewed & unconfirmed asset sale chatter. William Dillard is Chairman of the Board owns approximately 24.4% of the outstanding voting shares of DDS. William Dillard the 2nd is the CEO. Alex Dillard is President. Mike Dillard is executive Vice President. DDS call option volume of 9,976 contracts compares to put volume of 1,482 contracts. DDS November option implied volatility of 64 is above its 26-week average of 49 according to Track Data, indicating larger risks.
Daily M&A Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.
Posted Aug 24th 2007 4:59PM by Paul Foster
Filed under: Deals, Rumors, Shareholders, Express Stores, $548m, 2007
Biogen(NYSE:BIIB) volatility Flat as BIIB rallies to 28-month high as Icahn gets OK. BIIB is recently up $1.99 to $61.87. www.DowJones.com reported Carl Icahn has received clearance from the FTC to enter transactions regarding BIIB. Icahn reported owning 2.74 million shares of BIIB as of 6/30. BIIB call option volume of 9,483 contracts compares to put volume of 5,296 contracts. BIIB September option implied volatility of 32 is above its 26-week average of 28 according to Track Data, suggesting larger risk.
Nabors(NYSE;NBR) call volume heavy on unconfirmed takeover chatter. NBR, an owner & operator of almost 600 land drilling, approximately 791 land workover/well-servicing rigs and 43 offshore platform rigs worldwide, is recently up $1.15 to $30.87 on unconfirmed & renewed takeover chatter. NBR has a market cap of $8.2 billion. WTI Crude Futures are up 1.27% to $70.72 according to Bloomberg. NBR call option volume of 9,935 contracts compares to put volume of 777 contracts. NBR September option implied volatility of 34 is above its 26-week average of 31 according to Track Data, suggesting larger fluctuations.
Dillard:(NYSE:DDS) September volatility increases to 70 on asset sale chatter. DDS is recently up $1.7 9 to $26.21 on renewed & unconfirmed asset sale chatter. Barington Capital reported a 3.7% position in DDS on 8/3. Barington has requested a meeting with DDS management on how to improve DDS's profitability. Viking Global disclosed a 5.1% position on 7/13. William Dillard is Chairman of the Board owns approximately 24.4% of the outstanding voting shares of DDS. William Dillard the 2nd is the CEO. Alex Dillard is President. Mike Dillard is executive Vice President. DDS is expected to report EPS in the next three weeks. DDS September option implied volatility of 70 is above its 26-week average of 40 according to Track Data, indicating larger risks.
Daily M&A Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.
Posted Aug 8th 2007 3:00PM by Paul Foster
Filed under: Deals
Dillards Inc. (NYSE: DDS) -- implied volatility at four and a half year high. DDS is recently up $0.27 to $24.68. DDS will report July sales results on August 9. Barington Capital reported a 3.7% position in DDS on August 3. Barington has requested a meeting with DDS management on how to improve DDS's profitability. Viking Global disclosed a 5.1% position on July 13. William Dillard, Chairman of the Board, owns approximately 24.4% of the outstanding voting shares of DDS. William Dillard II is the CEO. Alex Dillard is President. Mike Dillard is executive Vice President. DDS call option volume of 5,464 contracts compares to put volume of 3,004 contracts. DDS September option implied volatility of 58 is above its 26-week average of 35 according to Track Data, indicating larger risks.
Lyondell Chemical Co. (NYSE: LYO) -- volatility elevated pending close of purchase by Basell. LYO, a global manufacture of chemicals, plastics and fuel products, announced on July 18 that it agreed to be bought by Basell Holdings for $12.6 billion ($48/share). LYO is recently trading up 97 cents to $45.24. LYO overall option implied volatility of 21 is near its 3-week average of 17 according to Track Data, suggesting larger risk.
Daily M&A Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.
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