Kura Oncology Stock Options

KURA Stock  USD 7.26  0.08  1.11%   
Kura Oncology's latest option contracts expiring on April 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 2.18 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.32 over 22 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on April 17th 2025.

Open Interest Against April 17th 2025 Option Contracts

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

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Kura Oncology

Analyzing Kura Oncology's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Kura Oncology regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Kura Oncology's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Kura Oncology's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Kura Oncology's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Kura Oncology's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Kura Oncology common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Kura stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Kura Oncology's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Kura Oncology's 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 424.2 M, whereas Common Stock is forecasted to decline to 6,669.

Kura Oncology In The Money Call Balance

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

Kura Current Options Market Mood

Kura Oncology'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 Kura 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 Kura Oncology's options investors are not very successful. Kura Oncology'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 Kura contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Kura Oncology will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.14% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Kura Oncology trading at USD 7.26, that is roughly USD 0.009892. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Kura Oncology's daily price movement you should consider buying Kura Oncology options at the current volatility level of 2.18%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Kura Oncology 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" Kura calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Kura Oncology stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Kura Oncology Option Chain

When Kura Oncology's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Kura Oncology 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.
Kura Oncology's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Kura. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Kura. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Kura Oncology 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
KURA250417C0000250032.53.5 - 6.95.0In
Call
KURA250417C0000500055.00.9 - 4.86.49In
Call
KURA250417C00007500337.51.0 - 4.81.55Out
Call
KURA250417C0001000021110.00.2 - 1.80.8Out
Call
KURA250417C0001250035412.50.0 - 1.60.28Out
Call
KURA250417C0001500023615.00.0 - 4.90.3Out
Call
KURA250417C000175001617.50.0 - 4.70.05Out
Call
KURA250417C000200001220.00.0 - 2.050.05Out
Call
KURA250417C000225001222.50.0 - 4.90.68Out
Call
KURA250417C00025000025.00.0 - 4.94.9Out
Call
KURA250417C00030000030.00.0 - 4.94.9Out
Call
KURA250417C00035000035.00.0 - 4.94.9Out
 Put
KURA250417P00007500777.50.0 - 1.81.35In
 Put
KURA250417P0001000017510.01.35 - 4.03.53In
 Put
KURA250417P00012500012.53.5 - 7.83.5In
 Put
KURA250417P00015000915.06.4 - 9.45.08In
 Put
KURA250417P000175001817.59.3 - 11.03.4In
 Put
KURA250417P00020000320.010.9 - 14.511.38In
 Put
KURA250417P00022500022.513.0 - 17.04.6In
 Put
KURA250417P00025000025.015.5 - 19.615.5In
 Put
KURA250417P00030000030.020.5 - 25.020.5In
 Put
KURA250417P00035000035.025.5 - 30.025.5In

Kura Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

375.42 Million

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

Kura Oncology Corporate Management

Kathleen FordChief OfficerProfile
Mollie MDExecutive DevelopmentProfile
Francis BurrowsSenior ResearchProfile
Roger BakaleClinical CMCProfile
JD EsqChief SecretaryProfile
Marc MDAdvisorProfile
Stephen MDChief OfficerProfile
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Earnings Share
(2.35)
Return On Assets
(0.29)
Return On Equity
(0.46)
The market value of Kura Oncology is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Kura that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Kura Oncology's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Kura Oncology'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 Kura Oncology's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Kura Oncology'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 Kura Oncology's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Kura Oncology is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Kura Oncology'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.