Home BancShares Stock Options

HOMB Stock  USD 27.99  0.08  0.29%   
Home BancShares' latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.89. The Home BancShares option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Home BancShares option contracts. It shows all of Home BancShares' listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Home BancShares

Analyzing Home BancShares' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Home BancShares regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Home BancShares' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Home BancShares' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Home BancShares' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Home BancShares' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Home BancShares common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Home stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Home BancShares' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Home BancShares' Total Stockholder Equity 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 27.4 B, whereas Common Stock Shares Outstanding is forecasted to decline to about 128.2 M.

Home BancShares In The Money Call Balance

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

Home Current Options Market Mood

Home BancShares' 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 Home 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 Home BancShares' options investors are not very successful. Home BancShares' 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 Home contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Home BancShares will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0556% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With Home BancShares trading at USD 27.99, that is roughly USD 0.0156. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Home BancShares' daily price movement you should consider buying Home BancShares options at the current volatility level of 0.89%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Home BancShares 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" Home calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Home BancShares stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Home BancShares Option Chain

When Home BancShares' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Home BancShares 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.
Home BancShares' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Home. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Home. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Home BancShares 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
HOMB250117C00017500017.511.1 - 15.911.1In
Call
HOMB250117C00020000020.08.7 - 13.48.7In
Call
HOMB250117C00022500022.56.1 - 11.06.1In
Call
HOMB250117C00025000025.03.7 - 8.53.7In
Call
HOMB250117C00030000030.00.25 - 4.20.25In
Call
HOMB250117C00035000035.00.05 - 0.550.4Out
Call
HOMB250117C00040000040.00.0 - 4.14.1Out
Call
HOMB250117C00045000045.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
HOMB250117P00017500017.50.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
HOMB250117P00020000020.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
HOMB250117P00022500022.50.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
HOMB250117P00025000025.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
HOMB250117P00030000030.00.05 - 4.50.05Out
 Put
HOMB250117P00035000035.02.0 - 6.42.0In
 Put
HOMB250117P00040000040.06.7 - 11.56.7In
 Put
HOMB250117P00045000045.011.8 - 16.511.8In

Home BancShares Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Home Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

4.58 Billion

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

Home BancShares Corporate Directors

Jim RankinIndependent DirectorProfile
Mike BeebeIndependent DirectorProfile
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James HinkleIndependent DirectorProfile
When determining whether Home BancShares offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Home BancShares' financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of Home Bancshares Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Home Bancshares Stock:
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Is Regional Banks 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 Home BancShares. If investors know Home 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 Home BancShares 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
0.029
Dividend Share
0.735
Earnings Share
1.94
Revenue Per Share
4.821
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.02)
The market value of Home BancShares is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Home that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Home BancShares' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Home BancShares' 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 Home BancShares' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Home BancShares' 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 Home BancShares' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Home BancShares is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Home BancShares' 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.