American Woodmark Stock Options

AMWD Stock  USD 90.64  0.14  0.15%   
American Woodmark's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.54 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.68 over 12 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The total put volume is at 1.0, with calls trading at the volume of 1.0. This yields a 0.14 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against 2024-12-20 Option Contracts

The chart above shows American Woodmark's distribution of open interest by maturity on contracts that have not yet been settled. The area between the two highest points is the projection of the price at expiration. American Woodmark's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for American Woodmark's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

American Woodmark Maximum Pain Price across 2024-12-20 Option Contracts

Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as American Woodmark close to expiration to expire worthless. So, Max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, American Woodmark's option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
American Woodmark's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on American Woodmark's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of American Woodmark's stock options below provides a detailed picture of the payoff. Comparing vital and dynamic information of various option contracts across diverse expiration periods will help you make an educated decision on your market timing strategies around investing in a given American option contract.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on American Woodmark

Analyzing American Woodmark's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in American Woodmark regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when American Woodmark's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money American Woodmark's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with American Woodmark's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
American Woodmark's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of American Woodmark common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell American stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If American Woodmark's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, American Woodmark's Common Stock Shares Outstanding is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is expected to grow to about 1.7 B, whereas Sale Purchase Of Stock is projected to grow to (83.3 M).

American Woodmark In The Money Call Balance

When American Woodmark's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against American Woodmark stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying American Woodmark's options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on American Woodmark are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.

American Current Options Market Mood

American Woodmark's open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps American Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.

Put-to-Call Open Interest

Put-to-Call Volume

Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of American Woodmark's calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. American Woodmark's option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.

Rule 16 of the current American contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that American Woodmark will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0338% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With American Woodmark trading at USD 90.64, that is roughly USD 0.0306. If you think that the market is fully incorporating American Woodmark's daily price movement you should consider buying American Woodmark options at the current volatility level of 0.54%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing American Woodmark options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" American calls. Remember, the seller must deliver American Woodmark stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

American Woodmark Option Chain

When American Woodmark's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against American Woodmark stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
American Woodmark's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on American. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for American. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a American Woodmark against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone.
Open IntExpirationCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
AMWD Option Call 20-12-2024 8502024-12-200.0 - 0.010.8In
Call
AMWD Option Call 20-12-2024 9002024-12-207.6 - 11.710.0In
Call
AMWD Option Call 20-12-2024 9572024-12-205.2 - 8.58.4In
Call
AMWD Option Call 20-12-2024 10092024-12-202.95 - 4.23.49Out
Call
AMWD Option Call 20-12-2024 10572024-12-201.3 - 4.92.1Out
Call
AMWD Option Call 20-12-2024 11042024-12-200.0 - 3.30.88Out
Call
AMWD Option Call 20-12-2024 12012024-12-200.0 - 3.20.7Out
 Put
AMWD Option Put 20-12-2024 8012024-12-200.0 - 1.251.57Out
 Put
AMWD Option Put 20-12-2024 9072024-12-200.55 - 3.53.1Out
 Put
AMWD Option Put 20-12-2024 9552024-12-203.1 - 4.64.3Out
 Put
AMWD Option Put 20-12-2024 10012024-12-204.5 - 7.97.0In
 Put
AMWD Option Put 20-12-2024 10552024-12-208.1 - 12.09.4In

American Woodmark Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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American Woodmark Market Cap Over Time

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American Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

955.89 Million

At present, American Woodmark's Total Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

American Woodmark Corporate Management

Robert AdamsSr. VP of Value Stream OperationsProfile
Kimberly ColdironSenior OfficerProfile
Dwayne MedlinSenior SalesProfile
Glenn EanesVP TreasurerProfile
Paul JoachimczykCFO VPProfile
Kevin DunniganTreasury DirectorProfile
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Is Building Products space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of American Woodmark. If investors know American will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about American Woodmark listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.17)
Earnings Share
6.7
Revenue Per Share
113.705
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.08)
Return On Assets
0.0609
The market value of American Woodmark is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of American that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of American Woodmark's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is American Woodmark's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because American Woodmark's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect American Woodmark's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between American Woodmark's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if American Woodmark is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, American Woodmark's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.