RDN - Latest News
Radian Group Inc. (RDN), operates in Financial Services / Insurance - Specialty, trades on NYSE.
Market capitalization stands near $4.88B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 8.93. Beta to the broader market is 0.76.
The article list below shows the most recent RDN 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 RDN Headlines
Radian Group Q1 Earnings Call Highlights
marketbeat.com - May 14, 2026
Radian Group NYSE: RDN said its first quarter of 2026 marked the company's first reporting period as a “global multi-line specialty insurer” following
Radian Group Stock Outperforms the Industry: Time to Buy?
zacks.com - May 13, 2026
RDN's mortgage insurance strength, Inigo acquisition and lower claims support earnings growth and capital flexibility in 2026.
Radian Group Inc. (RDN) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
seekingalpha.com - May 7, 2026
Radian Group Inc.
Radian Q1 Earnings & Revenues Top Estimates, Premiums Rise Y/Y
zacks.com - May 7, 2026
Radian Group Inc. RDN reported first-quarter 2026 adjusted operating income of $1.
Radian (RDN) Tops Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
zacks.com - May 6, 2026
Radian (RDN) came out with quarterly earnings of $1. 27 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.
How News Affects RDN 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 RDN'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 RDN news questions
- What is the latest RDN news headline?
- The most recent RDN headline (May 14, 2026) is "Radian Group Q1 Earnings Call Highlights". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.
- How fresh is the RDN 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 RDN 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 RDN 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.