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.
Potlatchdeltic Corp (NASDAQ:PCH)'s 5 percent drop since its May 3 earnings report along with a few positive fundamentals made DA Davidson shed its bearish stance, although the firm stayed on the sidelines.
The Analyst
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Analyst Steven Chercover upgraded Potlatchdeltic from Underperform to Neutral and upped his price target from $50 to $52.
The Thesis
All important metrics were ahead of expectations, Chercover said in a note reviewing the Q1 results. Even after the $8.8 million of adjusted EBITDA contribution from Deltic, which had 39 days of contribution, was excluded, that number still beat DA Davidson's estimates by 26 percent, the analyst said.
The analyst also noted the company raised its full-year 2018 adjusted EBITDA guidance, citing the run-up in lumber prices.
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Commenting on the Deltic integration, the analyst said Potlatchdeltic reported merger synergies of $30 million for Q1, with $7 million-$8 million additional synergy opportunity currently identified from some Deltic initiatives.
"As we move into seasonally better demand period, it gets tougher to see what drives meaningful downside in Lumber," DA Davidson said. Its concerns that lumber prices will move meaningfully lower has subsided.
Consequently, the firm said its belief that shares face "outsized downside risk" has also waned.
Price Action
Potlatchdeltic shares have shed about 1.54 percent in the year-to-date period. At time of writing, the stock was up 1.6 percent on the day to $49.55.
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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.