Ethan Allen Interiors Inc Risk Points versus Consumer Staples

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc (NYSE:ETH) Risk Points versus Consumer Staples (XLP)

Date Published:

2017-10-1

PREFACE


This is a scatter plot analysis of the critical risk points from the option market for Ethan Allen Interiors Inc (NYSE:ETH)
compared to its own past and the Consumer Staples ETF. In order to examine the forward looking risk for Ethan Allen Interiors Inc (NYSE:ETH) the next 30-days, we must look to the option market.

Now, before we dive into the analysis on ETH, we make one critical note since we’re talking about options:

In the “Why This Matters” section at the end of this article on Ethan Allen Interiors Inc (NYSE:ETH) , we’re going to take a step back and show in great specificity
that there is actually a lot less “luck” in successful option trading than many people know.

But that’s at the end, now let’s jump back into the risk point charting and number crunching for Ethan Allen Interiors Inc (NYSE:ETH) . We start by noting that ETH is in the retailing sector which means along with some other industries we also compare the company to the closest match we could find, which was
the Consumer Staples ETF (XLP) as a proxy for Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.

We have highlighted the IV30® for XLP and for ETH in the table below.

SNAPSHOT SUMMARY

Scatter Plot Risk Legend


The blue point is the current 30-day implied volatility for Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.


The black point is the current 30-day implied volatility for the Consumer Staples ETF (XLP).


The red point is the 52 week low in IV30® for Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.


The green point is the 52 week high in IV30® for Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.

The various other scatter plot points in the middle give us risk context outside of the retailing sector.

The IV30® is the risk reflected by the option market in the stock price for the next 30 calendar days.

* We can see that the risk as reflected by the option market for the next 30-days for Ethan Allen Interiors Inc is above all the indices we have
charted including the Consumer Staples ETF (XLP).

* For some context, we note that the annual range in IV30® for the Consumer Staples ETF is between [7.37%, 15.88%]
while Ethan Allen Interiors Inc has had a range of [15.18%, 49.45%].

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A New Kind of Risk Point Chart


This is chart was developed for the trader. It allows us to easily see where the forward looking risk for Ethan Allen Interiors Inc (NYSE:ETH) lies relative
to the last year, and the various major stock groupings and the Retailing sector without using time series data, which can confuse the information.