Chico's FAS Inc. (CHS)

It is jam-packed four days as we shut the books on May and move into the last month of the second quarter.

Here are a couple of plays that offer two- and even three-digit percentage return opportunities.

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Investors in Chico's FAS Inc saw new options begin trading today, for the April 20th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the CHS options chain for the new April 20th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

Let's try on the latest charts and indicators to see what might fit -- bull or bear.

In recent trading, shares of Chico's FAS Inc have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $10.06, changing hands for $10.21/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: downgrade on valuation, or, re-adjust their target price to a higher level.

Investors in Chico's FAS Inc saw new options begin trading today, for the August 2018 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 242 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.

CashStar, a market leader in gift card e-commerce solutions for large merchants, today announced that Chico's FAS, Inc.

These names are showing technical characteristics of either bullish or bearish reversal patterns.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 12/1/17, Chico's FAS Inc , AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. , and Bruker Corp will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends.

2017 has been an apocalyptic year for retailers, and same-store sales are expected to lag at some in the fourth quarter.

Investors in Chico's FAS Inc saw new options become available today, for the December 15th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the CHS options chain for the new December 15th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

CHS is not just a relatively good value. It is absolutely cheap as well.

Investors in Chico's FAS Inc saw new options become available today, for the May 2018 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 242 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.

In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and directors of a company tend to have a unique insider's view of the business, and presumably the only reason an insider would choose to take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both.

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Chico's FAS Inc is the #87 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activity. To make that list, a stock must have repurchased at least 5% of its outstanding shares over the trailing twelve month period.