BorgWarner Stock Options

BWA Stock  USD 28.86  0.04  0.14%   
BorgWarner's latest option contracts expiring on May 16th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.54 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.63 over 27 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on May 16th 2025. The total put volume is at 14.0, with calls trading at the volume of 35.0. This yields a 0.4 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against May 16th 2025 Option Contracts

The chart above shows BorgWarner'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. BorgWarner's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for BorgWarner's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

BorgWarner Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-05-16 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 BorgWarner 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, BorgWarner's option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on BorgWarner

Analyzing BorgWarner's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in BorgWarner regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when BorgWarner's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money BorgWarner's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with BorgWarner's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
BorgWarner's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of BorgWarner common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell BorgWarner stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If BorgWarner's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, BorgWarner'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 14.7 B, whereas Total Stockholder Equity is forecasted to decline to about 2.9 B.

BorgWarner In The Money Call Balance

When BorgWarner's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against BorgWarner stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying BorgWarner'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 BorgWarner 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.

BorgWarner Current Options Market Mood

BorgWarner'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 BorgWarner 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

Unfortunately, most BorgWarner's options investors are not very successful. BorgWarner'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 BorgWarner contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that BorgWarner will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0338% per day over the life of the 2025-05-16 option contract. With BorgWarner trading at USD 28.86, that is roughly USD 0.00974. If you think that the market is fully incorporating BorgWarner's daily price movement you should consider buying BorgWarner 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 BorgWarner 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" BorgWarner calls. Remember, the seller must deliver BorgWarner stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

BorgWarner Option Chain

When BorgWarner's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against BorgWarner 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.
BorgWarner's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on BorgWarner. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for BorgWarner. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a BorgWarner 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 IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
BWA250516C0005000011450.00.0 - 0.50.19Out
Call
BWA250516C000475002647.50.0 - 0.150.15Out
Call
BWA250516C000450001645.00.0 - 0.50.16Out
Call
BWA250516C0004250011542.50.0 - 0.550.1Out
Call
BWA250516C0004000062340.00.0 - 0.550.1Out
Call
BWA250516C0003750018637.50.05 - 0.150.17Out
Call
BWA250516C00035000168635.00.1 - 0.20.15Out
Call
BWA250516C0003250021532.50.35 - 0.450.44Out
Call
BWA250516C0003000030230.01.0 - 1.11.15Out
Call
BWA250516C000275005527.52.15 - 2.32.55In
Call
BWA250516C000250004925.04.0 - 4.14.1In
Call
BWA250516C000225001922.55.7 - 6.48.0In
Call
BWA250516C00020000320.08.0 - 9.814.8In
 Put
BWA250516P000175001217.50.0 - 0.550.25Out
 Put
BWA250516P0002000022320.00.1 - 0.20.2Out
 Put
BWA250516P000225004822.50.2 - 0.30.33Out
 Put
BWA250516P0002500027225.00.45 - 0.60.4Out
 Put
BWA250516P0002750059327.51.15 - 1.251.11Out
 Put
BWA250516P0003000062130.02.45 - 2.552.4In
 Put
BWA250516P0003250033632.54.3 - 4.53.5In
 Put
BWA250516P000350003335.06.5 - 6.85.0In
 Put
BWA250516P00037500037.58.8 - 9.55.7In
 Put
BWA250516P00040000640.011.5 - 12.18.5In
 Put
BWA250516P00042500042.514.0 - 14.410.3In
 Put
BWA250516P00045000045.016.4 - 17.312.9In
 Put
BWA250516P00047500047.518.8 - 19.318.8In
 Put
BWA250516P00050000050.021.3 - 22.521.3In

BorgWarner Market Cap Over Time

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BorgWarner Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

2.93 Billion

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

BorgWarner Corporate Directors

John McKernanIndependent DirectorProfile
Sara GreensteinIndependent DirectorProfile
David HaffnerIndependent DirectorProfile
Deborah McWhinneyIndependent DirectorProfile
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Is Automotive Parts & Equipment 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 BorgWarner. If investors know BorgWarner 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 BorgWarner 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
3.909
Dividend Share
0.44
Earnings Share
1.63
Revenue Per Share
63.025
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.02)
The market value of BorgWarner is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of BorgWarner that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of BorgWarner's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is BorgWarner'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 BorgWarner's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect BorgWarner'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 BorgWarner's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if BorgWarner is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, BorgWarner'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.