Earnings season kicks into high gear next week, with a slate of heavyweight companies set to report quarterly results between July 12 and July 18. As investors look for fresh insight into corporate earnings, guidance and the broader economic backdrop, options traders are already betting on how sharply these stocks could move once the numbers are released.
The options market is pricing in significant post-earnings volatility across sectors ranging from banking and healthcare to semiconductors and streaming, setting the stage for a week that could generate some of the biggest single-stock moves of the quarter.
JPMorgan Opens Earnings Week
Benzinga Pro data show options pricing in a 3.87% move — the smallest on this list — which still equates to $34.9 billion of market value at stake given JPMorgan’s $903 billion market cap.
JPMorgan runs one of the world’s largest financial platforms, with a $4.9 trillion balance sheet and $2.68 trillion in deposits as of March. The stock holds a Buy consensus rating and trades above its average price forecast. In July, both B of A Securities and UBS reiterated Buy ratings and raised their targets.
