Core Laboratories Stock Options
| CLB Stock | USD 19.69 0.58 3.04% |
Core Laboratories' latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.84 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.17 over 20 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025. The total put volume is at 3.0, with calls trading at the volume of 39.0. This yields a 0.08 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Core Laboratories' 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. Core Laboratories' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Core Laboratories' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Core Laboratories Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-03-21 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 Core Laboratories 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, Core Laboratories' 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 Core Laboratories
Analyzing Core Laboratories' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Core Laboratories regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Core Laboratories' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Core Laboratories' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Core Laboratories' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Core Laboratories' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Core Laboratories common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Core stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Core Laboratories' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Core Laboratories' Other Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Capital Stock is expected to grow to about 839.3 K, whereas Total Stockholder Equity is forecasted to decline to about 131.8 M. Core Laboratories In The Money Call Balance
When Core Laboratories' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Core Laboratories NV stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Core Laboratories' 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 Core Laboratories NV 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.
Core Current Options Market Mood
Core Laboratories' 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 Core 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 Core Laboratories' calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Core Laboratories' 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 Core contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Core Laboratories NV will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0525% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Core Laboratories trading at USD 19.69, that is roughly USD 0.0103. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Core Laboratories' daily price movement you should consider buying Core Laboratories NV options at the current volatility level of 0.84%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Core Laboratories 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" Core calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Core Laboratories NV stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Core Laboratories Option Chain
When Core Laboratories' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Core Laboratories NV 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.
Core Laboratories' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Core. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Core. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Core Laboratories 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 Int | Strike Price | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | CLB250321C00007500 | 3 | 7.5 | 12.5 - 13.5 | 11.1 | In |
Call | CLB250321C00010000 | 0 | 10.0 | 10.2 - 12.2 | 10.2 | In |
Call | CLB250321C00012500 | 0 | 12.5 | 7.7 - 8.6 | 7.7 | In |
Call | CLB250321C00015000 | 61 | 15.0 | 5.4 - 6.7 | 4.9 | In |
Call | CLB250321C00017500 | 10 | 17.5 | 3.2 - 3.9 | 2.84 | In |
Call | CLB250321C00020000 | 68 | 20.0 | 1.55 - 1.75 | 1.55 | In |
Call | CLB250321C00022500 | 110 | 22.5 | 0.55 - 0.7 | 0.73 | Out |
Call | CLB250321C00025000 | 129 | 25.0 | 0.15 - 0.3 | 0.2 | Out |
Call | CLB250321C00030000 | 290 | 30.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.1 | Out |
Call | CLB250321C00035000 | 0 | 35.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Put | CLB250321P00007500 | 0 | 7.5 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Put | CLB250321P00010000 | 0 | 10.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Put | CLB250321P00012500 | 0 | 12.5 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Put | CLB250321P00015000 | 50 | 15.0 | 0.05 - 0.2 | 0.49 | Out |
Put | CLB250321P00017500 | 11 | 17.5 | 0.25 - 0.45 | 0.43 | Out |
Put | CLB250321P00020000 | 48 | 20.0 | 1.05 - 1.25 | 2.25 | Out |
Put | CLB250321P00022500 | 2 | 22.5 | 2.5 - 2.8 | 3.59 | In |
Put | CLB250321P00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 4.6 - 5.0 | 4.42 | In |
Put | CLB250321P00030000 | 0 | 30.0 | 7.9 - 11.8 | 7.9 | In |
Put | CLB250321P00035000 | 0 | 35.0 | 14.3 - 15.8 | 14.3 | In |
Core Laboratories Market Cap Over Time
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Core Laboratories Corporate Management
| Gwendolyn MBA | Senior Relations | Profile | |
| J Dumas | Vice President Business Development | Profile | |
| Martha Carnes | Presiding Non-Executive Lead Independent Member of the Supervisory Board | Profile | |
| Monique Eeuwijk | Non-Executive Independent Member of the Supervisory Board | Profile | |
| Jacobus Schouten | Managing Director | Profile |
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Is Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 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 Core Laboratories. If investors know Core 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 Core Laboratories 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 0.316 | Dividend Share 0.04 | Earnings Share 0.56 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.072 |
The market value of Core Laboratories is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Core that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Core Laboratories' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Core Laboratories' 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 Core Laboratories' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Core Laboratories' 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 Core Laboratories' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Core Laboratories is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Core Laboratories' 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.