La-Z-Boy Incorporated
NYSELZB has now reported, and the stock's sharp pre-earnings selloff — flagged in Tuesday's note — looks like it was the market getting ahead of a difficult print rather than an overreaction. The options signal that dominated pre-earnings positioning has resolved, but the damage to price is real. LZB closed at $35.06 on June 16, down 7.2% on the day and 6.1% on the week. What makes that…
LZB put/call ratio explodes to 1.18—four standard deviations above the 20-day mean of 0.58—as options traders brace for earnings today, the most defensive positioning in nearly a year.
Snapshot as of 19 Jun 2026
LZB has now reported, and the stock's sharp pre-earnings selloff — flagged in Tuesday's note — looks like it was the market getting ahead of a difficult print rather than an overreaction. The options signal that…
LZB heads into its June 17 earnings release with options traders the most defensively positioned they have been in nearly a year — while the rest of the market is pointing the other way. The options signal is the…
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