Company Profiles
Lineage a Cold Storage Leader with Quality Compounder Charateristics
Lineage (LINE) was the largest IPO of 2024 when it came public in July. Options: A trade on 1/2/25 sold 550 July $65 puts to open ITM for $8.90, a name that has seen virtually zero options positioning. This shows a willingness to be long 55,000 shares at a cost-basis...
MarketAxess Profile: Attractive Growth with Valuations Reset
MarketAxess (MKTX) was an incredible performer from 2009 to 2020 that commanded a major valuation premium as a thematic play on the rise of electronic trading but shares are down 35% over the past year and 65% from the peak. MKTX this week has finally started to see...
Air Products (APD) Company Profile – An Opportunity to Sell Puts in a Punished Quality Business
Air Products (APD) is a former market leader and long-term compounder that has lagged the past year with shares -14% over the past year and -13.55% YTD, but put sellers are indicating a likely bottom in shares, so let’s take a look at the business and the forward...
An Industrial Software Leader with a Strengthening Business Model
Trimble (TRMB) shares have risen 18.6% YTD but remain 50% below 2021 highs and has seen some smaller unusual option trades. Options: The put sale that caught my eye was on 3/5 when 750 August $60 puts sold to open for $3.30, a willing buyer of 75,000 shares at a...
Cincinnati Financial: An Attractive P&C Company
Cincinnati Financial (CINF) is a name that was a long-time outperformer but since the pandemic has not really regained that relative strength. It is a name that rarely sees any options activity but a recent trade, albeit not massive, was interesting enough to give me...
CF Industries: The Ammonia Leader
CF Industries (CF) has always screened as a best-in-class fertilizer name, but the group has lagged since the surge higher in 2021 with shares 35% off the 2022 highs. CF put selling has recently picked up as a signal shares may be bottoming, so let’s take a closer...
Rockwell Automation: Profile of a Beaten Up Industrial Growth Leader
Rockwell Automation (ROK) shares recently sold off sharply on earnings but landed and held at key support. Although there have not been a lot of option trades there was a put sale that stood out. So, let’s take a closer look at Rockwell. Options: On 1/31 into weakness...
Estee Lauder (EL) Profile – Can It Return to Greatness?
Estee Lauder (EL) is a company that has gone from long-term compounder to laggard with shares down 52% over the past year but starting to see some notable put selling indicating a likely low may be in place. Options: A recent trade sold 500 January 2026 $100 puts to...
A Fallen Solar Angel Likely at a Bottom
SolarEdge (SEDG) shares are down 70% over the past year as one of the weaker performers that once was a best-in-class solar name. In these kind of names we want to see notable put sales to indicate a floor is here, or at least near, and that is what we are starting to...
A Crop Protection Leader at a Cycle Bottom
FMC Corp (FMC) shares are down 55.75% over the past year with a bunch of operational missteps but a former top quality name worth a closer look at these levels as we are seeing some interesting notable put sales. Options The main trade that stood out was an opening...