BEAT - Latest News
HeartBeam, Inc. (BEAT), operates in Healthcare / Medical - Healthcare Information Services, trades on NASDAQ.
Market capitalization stands near $30.1M. Beta to the broader market is -0.87.
The article list below shows the most recent BEAT headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.
Recent BEAT Headlines
HeartBeam (BEAT) Upgraded to Buy: Here's What You Should Know
zacks.com - May 27, 2026
HeartBeam (BEAT) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
HeartBeam Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
businesswire.com - May 13, 2026
SANTA CLARA, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--HeartBeam Reports First Quarter 2026 Results.
HeartBeam Initiates Pilot Study of First On-Demand 12-Lead ECG Patch to Detect Ischemia Outside the Clinic
businesswire.com - May 11, 2026
SANTA CLARA, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--HeartBeam Initiates Pilot Study of First On-Demand 12-Lead ECG Patch to Detect Ischemia Outside the Clinic.
HeartBeam Expands Commercial Presence Across Four Key U.S. Markets with Addition of Premier Concierge Practice
businesswire.com - May 7, 2026
SANTA CLARA, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--HeartBeam Expands Commercial Presence Across Four Key U.
HeartBeam to Host First Quarter 2026 Results Conference Call on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
businesswire.com - Apr 30, 2026
SANTA CLARA, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--HeartBeam to Host First Quarter 2026 Results Conference Call on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 4:30 p.
How News Affects BEAT Options Pricing
Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track BEAT's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.
Frequently asked BEAT news questions
- What is the latest BEAT news headline?
- The most recent BEAT headline (May 27, 2026) is "HeartBeam (BEAT) Upgraded to Buy: Here's What You Should Know". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.
- How fresh is the BEAT news on this page?
- News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.
- What BEAT news moves options pricing?
- Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.
- How can I track unusual BEAT options activity related to news?
- Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.