Hilltop Holdings Stock Options
| HTH Stock | USD 30.52 0.02 0.07% |
Hilltop Holdings' latest option contracts expiring on May 16th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.86 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.28 over 20 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on May 16th 2025.
Open Interest Against May 16th 2025 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Hilltop Holdings' 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. Hilltop Holdings' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Hilltop Holdings' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Hilltop Holdings
Analyzing Hilltop Holdings' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Hilltop Holdings regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Hilltop Holdings' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Hilltop Holdings' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Hilltop Holdings' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Hilltop Holdings In The Money Call Balance
When Hilltop Holdings' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Hilltop Holdings stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Hilltop Holdings' 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 Hilltop Holdings 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.
Hilltop Current Options Market Mood
Hilltop Holdings' 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 Hilltop 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 Hilltop Holdings' options investors are not very successful. Hilltop Holdings' 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 Hilltop contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Hilltop Holdings will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0538% per day over the life of the 2025-05-16 option contract. With Hilltop Holdings trading at USD 30.52, that is roughly USD 0.0164. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Hilltop Holdings' daily price movement you should consider buying Hilltop Holdings options at the current volatility level of 0.86%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Hilltop Holdings 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" Hilltop calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Hilltop Holdings stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Hilltop Holdings Option Chain
When Hilltop Holdings' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Hilltop Holdings 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.
Hilltop Holdings' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Hilltop. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Hilltop. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Hilltop Holdings 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 | HTH250516C00050000 | 0 | 50.0 | 0.0 - 1.75 | 1.75 | |
Call | HTH250516C00045000 | 0 | 45.0 | 0.0 - 1.75 | 1.75 | |
Call | HTH250516C00040000 | 10 | 40.0 | 0.0 - 1.75 | 0.2 | Out |
Call | HTH250516C00035000 | 61 | 35.0 | 0.0 - 0.35 | 0.37 | Out |
Call | HTH250516C00030000 | 7 | 30.0 | 0.0 - 4.1 | 1.9 | In |
Call | HTH250516C00025000 | 4 | 25.0 | 4.0 - 7.9 | 4.6 | In |
Call | HTH250516C00022500 | 0 | 22.5 | 6.0 - 10.6 | 6.0 | In |
Call | HTH250516C00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 8.5 - 13.0 | 8.5 | In |
Call | HTH250516C00017500 | 0 | 17.5 | 11.2 - 15.2 | 11.2 | In |
Call | HTH250516C00015000 | 0 | 15.0 | 13.6 - 17.4 | 13.6 | In |
Put | HTH250516P00050000 | 0 | 50.0 | 18.9 - 21.5 | 18.9 | In |
Put | HTH250516P00045000 | 0 | 45.0 | 13.9 - 16.5 | 13.9 | In |
Put | HTH250516P00040000 | 0 | 40.0 | 8.9 - 11.5 | 8.9 | In |
Put | HTH250516P00035000 | 5 | 35.0 | 4.1 - 7.0 | 4.2 | In |
Put | HTH250516P00030000 | 16 | 30.0 | 0.0 - 1.95 | 2.1 | Out |
Put | HTH250516P00025000 | 1 | 25.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.85 | Out |
Put | HTH250516P00022500 | 0 | 22.5 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | HTH250516P00020000 | 1 | 20.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.45 | Out |
Put | HTH250516P00017500 | 0 | 17.5 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | HTH250516P00015000 | 0 | 15.0 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 2.5 |
Hilltop Holdings Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Hilltop Total Stockholder Equity
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Hilltop Holdings Corporate Directors
| Lee Lewis | Director | Profile | |
| Rhodes Bobbitt | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Andrew Littlefair | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Kenneth Russell | Director | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.243 | Dividend Share 0.68 | Earnings Share 1.74 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.062 |
The market value of Hilltop Holdings is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Hilltop that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Hilltop Holdings' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Hilltop Holdings' 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 Hilltop Holdings' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Hilltop Holdings' 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 Hilltop Holdings' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Hilltop Holdings is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Hilltop Holdings' 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.