Options Brief: Lincare Holdings Inc.

Shares of Lincare Holdings Inc. LNCR are lower on the session by 0.66%, trading at $28.75. Overall put volume is now running at 23.02x the daily average, with 89% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,427 contracts have traded on the session so far. Lincare Holdings Inc. is a provider of oxygen and other respiratory therapy services to patients in the home. The company's customers suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis or asthma, and require supplemental oxygen or other respiratory therapy services.