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.
- Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) posts Q3 sales of $20.87 billion, missing the consensus of $20.91 billion. 3Q21 and YTD 2021 results reflect the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The benefits expense ratio increased from 85.3% to 87.1%, while the operating cost ratio declined from 13.2% to 12.2%. The Operating cash flow reached $2.83 billion.
- Humana posted an adjusted EPS of $4.83, beating the consensus of $4.66.
- As a result of the surge in COVID cases due to the Delta variant, Humana expects non-COVID Medicare Advantage utilization of 5.5% below baseline in the back of the year while being partially offset by 3% of COVID costs, therefore, again assuming total utilization would be 2.5% below baseline in 2H of FY21.
- Guidance: Humana is revising its FY21 GAAP EPS guidance to approximately $23.67 from the prior outlook of $24.97 - $25.47.
- The Company is also revising its FY21 Adjusted EPS guidance to approximately $20.50 from $21.25 - $21.75.
- The current FY21 EPS guidance reflects the Company’s updated view of utilization for Q4 of 2021.
- Updates FY 2021 expected individual Medicare Advantage membership growth to 450,000 members, +11% Y/Y down from previous guidance of 425,000 - 475,000.
- Price Action: HUM shares closed at $457.11 on Tuesday.
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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