Heartland Financial Stock Options

HTLF Stock  USD 65.78  1.19  1.84%   
Heartland Financial's latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.76 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.34 over 20 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025.

Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts

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

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Heartland Financial

Analyzing Heartland Financial's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Heartland Financial regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Heartland Financial's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Heartland Financial's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Heartland Financial's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.

Heartland Financial USA In The Money Call Balance

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

Heartland Current Options Market Mood

Heartland Financial'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 Heartland 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 Heartland Financial's options investors are not very successful. Heartland Financial'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 Heartland contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Heartland Financial USA will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0475% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Heartland Financial trading at USD 65.78, that is roughly USD 0.0312. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Heartland Financial's daily price movement you should consider buying Heartland Financial USA options at the current volatility level of 0.76%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Heartland Financial 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" Heartland calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Heartland Financial USA stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Heartland Financial Option Chain

When Heartland Financial's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Heartland Financial USA 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.
Heartland Financial's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Heartland. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Heartland. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Heartland Financial 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
HTLF250321C00030000030.033.5 - 37.733.5In
Call
HTLF250321C00035000035.028.5 - 32.928.5In
Call
HTLF250321C00040000040.023.5 - 27.823.5In
Call
HTLF250321C00045000345.018.9 - 22.915.45In
Call
HTLF250321C00050000050.014.1 - 17.918.5In
Call
HTLF250321C00055000155.09.0 - 13.513.25In
Call
HTLF250321C000600006160.04.5 - 8.910.4In
Call
HTLF250321C000650001465.01.7 - 5.51.45In
Call
HTLF250321C000700001670.00.2 - 4.91.05Out
Call
HTLF250321C00075000775.00.0 - 4.61.15Out
 Put
HTLF250321P00030000030.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
HTLF250321P00035000035.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
HTLF250321P00040000040.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
HTLF250321P000450001045.00.0 - 4.81.75Out
 Put
HTLF250321P000500001050.00.0 - 4.84.2Out
 Put
HTLF250321P00055000155.00.0 - 4.64.8Out
 Put
HTLF250321P00060000460.00.0 - 4.47.7Out
 Put
HTLF250321P000650001065.00.75 - 4.93.5Out
 Put
HTLF250321P00070000070.03.0 - 7.53.0In
 Put
HTLF250321P00075000075.07.5 - 12.07.5In

Heartland Financial Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Heartland Financial Market Cap Over Time

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Heartland Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

2.33 Billion

At this time, Heartland Financial's Total Stockholder Equity is most likely to increase significantly in the upcoming years.

Heartland Financial Corporate Management

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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 Heartland Financial. If investors know Heartland 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 Heartland Financial 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
0.336
Dividend Share
1.2
Earnings Share
1.78
Revenue Per Share
13.33
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.148
The market value of Heartland Financial USA is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Heartland that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Heartland Financial's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Heartland Financial'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 Heartland Financial's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Heartland Financial'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 Heartland Financial's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Heartland Financial is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Heartland Financial'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.