A Trade on Best Buy (BBY)

Dear fellow options traders :

Checked that Best Buy (BBY), a specialty retailer of consumer electronics & related services, would be reporting earnings on 18 Sep 2007 before-market-opened.

Researched through Briefing.com and found that :-

1) On 9 Aug 2007, Best Buy (BBY) re-affirmed its 2008 outlook, as it foresee an 8.5% increase in revenues to $39 billion and same store sales to increase between 3%-5%. Earnings per share should range from $2.95 to $3.15, reflecting 6%-13% growth, and should benefit from the company's $3 billion accelerated share repurchase program, part of management's authorized $5.5 billion plan.

2) On 27 Jun 2007, Best Buy (BBY) authorized $5.5 bln share repurchase program. With lesser shares outstanding in the market, this might bring about an effect of higher EPS.

3) BBY is trading near its support of around $44.00 thus any good news like good earnings could lift the stock.

4) BBY is constantly compared to Circuit City (CC), another electronic products retailor, and BBY tends to stand out from CC's weakness.

5) There were some insider buying from company's executives in early Aug 2007.

Paper traded 2 contracts of Oct 45 Call on 17 Sep 2007 @ $140.00 each when BBY was trading around $44.30.

On 18 Sep 2007, Best Buy (BBY) reported Q2 (Aug) earnings of $0.55 per share, $0.11 better than the Reuters Estimates consensus of $0.44; Revenues rose 15.1% year/year to $8.75 bln vs the $8.45 bln consensus. The Co. reported Q2 comparable store sales +3.6%, driven by higher revenue from computers, flat-panel televisions, video gaming and mobile navigation.

Sold the 2 contracts @ $230.00 for a profit of $150.00 (excluding commissions).




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