27% profit every 20 days?
This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.
Hancock Holding (NASDAQ:HBHC) announces its next round of earnings Wednesday. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for the Q4 earnings announcement.
Earnings And Revenue
Based on management's projections, Hancock Holding analysts model for earnings of 83 cents per share on sales of $283 million.
Hancock Holding reported a profit of 64 cents per share when it published results during the same quarter last year. Sales in that period totaled $241 million. If the company were to match the current consensus estimate, earnings would be up 29.69 percent. Sales would be up 17.48 percent from the same quarter last year.
Here's how the Hancock Holding's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:
| Quarter | Q3 2017 | Q2 2017 | Q1 2017 | Q4 2016 |
| EPS Estimate | 0.75 | 0.68 | 0.56 | 0.61 |
| EPS Actual | 0.76 | 0.68 | 0.59 | 0.64 |
Q4 EPS Estimate: 83 cents per share
Q4 Revenues Estimate: $283 million
Stock Performance
Shares of Hancock Holding were trading at $53.75 as of Jan. 17. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 23.8 percent. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be content going into this earnings release.
Analyst estimates are adjusted higher for EPS and revenues over the past 90 days. The popular rating by analysts on Hancock Holding stock is a Neutral. The strength of this rating has maintained conviction over the past 90 days.
27% profit every 20 days?
This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.
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