Dorman Products Stock Options
| DORM Stock | USD 128.29 1.80 1.38% |
Dorman Products' latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.64. The Dorman Products option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Dorman Products option contracts. It shows all of Dorman Products' listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Dorman Products
Analyzing Dorman Products' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Dorman Products regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Dorman Products' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Dorman Products' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Dorman Products' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on Dorman Products lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if Dorman Products' value remains static through the expiration date, the investor can sell to close an 'in-the-money' option to avoid a potential loss. However, in-the-money Dorman Products contracts are usually more expensive to enter than their out-of-the-money counterparts. So keep in mind that while the payoffs on an in-the-money trade can be high, the investors could ultimately experience a more consequential loss if Dorman Stock moves the wrong way.
Dorman Current Options Market Mood
Dorman Products' 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 Dorman 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 Volume
Unfortunately, most Dorman Products' options investors are not very successful. Dorman Products' 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 Dorman contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Dorman Products will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.04% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With Dorman Products trading at USD 128.29, that is roughly USD 0.0513. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Dorman Products' daily price movement you should consider buying Dorman Products options at the current volatility level of 0.64%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Dorman Products 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" Dorman calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Dorman Products stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Dorman Products Option Chain
When Dorman Products' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Dorman Products 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.
Dorman Products' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Dorman. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Dorman. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Dorman Products 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 | DORM250117C00080000 | 0 | 80.0 | 55.1 - 59.0 | 55.1 | In |
Call | DORM250117C00085000 | 0 | 85.0 | 50.7 - 54.0 | 50.7 | In |
Call | DORM250117C00090000 | 0 | 90.0 | 45.9 - 49.5 | 45.9 | In |
Call | DORM250117C00095000 | 0 | 95.0 | 40.3 - 44.5 | 40.3 | In |
Call | DORM250117C00100000 | 0 | 100.0 | 35.8 - 39.5 | 35.8 | In |
Call | DORM250117C00105000 | 0 | 105.0 | 31.3 - 35.0 | 31.3 | In |
Call | DORM250117C00110000 | 0 | 110.0 | 26.5 - 30.0 | 26.5 | In |
Call | DORM250117C00115000 | 0 | 115.0 | 20.8 - 25.5 | 20.8 | In |
Call | DORM250117C00120000 | 0 | 120.0 | 16.5 - 21.0 | 16.5 | In |
Call | DORM250117C00125000 | 0 | 125.0 | 12.2 - 17.0 | 12.2 | In |
Put | DORM250117P00080000 | 0 | 80.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | DORM250117P00085000 | 0 | 85.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | DORM250117P00090000 | 0 | 90.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | DORM250117P00095000 | 0 | 95.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | DORM250117P00100000 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | DORM250117P00105000 | 0 | 105.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | DORM250117P00110000 | 0 | 110.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | DORM250117P00115000 | 0 | 115.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | DORM250117P00120000 | 0 | 120.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | DORM250117P00125000 | 0 | 125.0 | 0.05 - 4.9 | 0.05 |
Dorman Products Market Cap Over Time
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Dorman Products Corporate Management
| Joseph Braun | General VP | Profile | |
| Michael Dempsey | VP Chain | Profile | |
| Jeffery Darby | Senior Marketing | Profile | |
| Donna Long | Senior Officer | Profile | |
| Scott Leff | Senior Officer | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.406 | Earnings Share 5.97 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.032 | Return On Assets |
The market value of Dorman Products is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Dorman that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Dorman Products' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Dorman Products' 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 Dorman Products' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Dorman Products' 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 Dorman Products' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Dorman Products is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Dorman Products' 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.