Kronos Worldwide Stock Options Expiring on 21st of February
| KRO Stock | USD 9.48 0.05 0.52% |
Kronos Worldwide's latest option contracts expiring on February 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.73 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.19 over 20 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on February 21st 2025.
Open Interest Against February 21st 2025 Option Contracts
2025-02-21
The chart above shows Kronos Worldwide'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. Kronos Worldwide's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Kronos Worldwide's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on Kronos Worldwide lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if Kronos Worldwide's 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 Kronos Worldwide 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 Kronos Stock moves the wrong way.
Kronos Worldwide In The Money Call Balance
When Kronos Worldwide's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Kronos Worldwide stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Kronos Worldwide'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 Kronos Worldwide 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.
Kronos Current Options Market Mood
Kronos Worldwide'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 Kronos 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 Kronos Worldwide's options investors are not very successful. Kronos Worldwide'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 Kronos contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Kronos Worldwide will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.11% per day over the life of the 2025-02-21 option contract. With Kronos Worldwide trading at USD 9.48, that is roughly USD 0.0103. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Kronos Worldwide's daily price movement you should consider buying Kronos Worldwide options at the current volatility level of 1.73%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Kronos Worldwide Option Chain
When Kronos Worldwide's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Kronos Worldwide 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.
Kronos Worldwide's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Kronos. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Kronos. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Kronos Worldwide 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 | KRO250221C00002500 | 0 | 2.5 | 6.4 - 7.9 | 6.4 | In |
Call | KRO250221C00005000 | 3 | 5.0 | 4.5 - 4.9 | 7.6 | In |
Call | KRO250221C00007500 | 6 | 7.5 | 1.95 - 2.6 | 5.0 | In |
Call | KRO250221C00010000 | 58 | 10.0 | 0.0 - 0.45 | 0.55 | Out |
Call | KRO250221C00012500 | 241 | 12.5 | 0.0 - 0.2 | 0.01 | Out |
Call | KRO250221C00015000 | 260 | 15.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.1 | Out |
Call | KRO250221C00017500 | 1 | 17.5 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.25 | Out |
Call | KRO250221C00020000 | 2 | 20.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.1 | Out |
Call | KRO250221C00022500 | 0 | 22.5 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Call | KRO250221C00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Put | KRO250221P00002500 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Put | KRO250221P00005000 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Put | KRO250221P00007500 | 1 | 7.5 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.15 | Out |
Put | KRO250221P00010000 | 107 | 10.0 | 0.35 - 0.65 | 0.7 | In |
Put | KRO250221P00012500 | 1 | 12.5 | 2.45 - 3.2 | 1.68 | In |
Put | KRO250221P00015000 | 0 | 15.0 | 5.1 - 5.4 | 5.1 | In |
Put | KRO250221P00017500 | 0 | 17.5 | 7.5 - 8.0 | 7.5 | In |
Put | KRO250221P00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 10.0 - 10.4 | 10.0 | In |
Put | KRO250221P00022500 | 0 | 22.5 | 12.6 - 13.1 | 12.6 | In |
Put | KRO250221P00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 15.0 - 16.3 | 15.0 | In |
Kronos Total Stockholder Equity
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Kronos Worldwide Corporate Directors
| Cecil Moore | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Meredith Mendes | Independent Director | Profile | |
| John Harper | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Thomas Stafford | Independent Director | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.42) | Dividend Share 0.62 | Earnings Share 0.81 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.221 |
The market value of Kronos Worldwide is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Kronos that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Kronos Worldwide's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Kronos Worldwide'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 Kronos Worldwide's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Kronos Worldwide'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 Kronos Worldwide's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Kronos Worldwide is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Kronos Worldwide'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.