Live Oak Stock Options

LOB Stock  USD 41.33  0.67  1.65%   
Live Oak's latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.83 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.4 over 21 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025.

Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts

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

Live Oak Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-03-21 Option Contracts

Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as Live Oak close to expiration to expire worthless. So, Max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Live Oak's option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Live Oak

Analyzing Live Oak's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Live Oak regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Live Oak's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Live Oak's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Live Oak's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Live Oak's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Live Oak Bancshares common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Live stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Live Oak's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Live Oak'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 13.6 B, whereas Common Stock Total Equity is forecasted to decline to about 227.8 M.

Live Oak Bancshares In The Money Call Balance

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

Live Current Options Market Mood

Live Oak'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 Live 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 Live Oak's options investors are not very successful. Live Oak'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 Live contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Live Oak Bancshares will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0519% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Live Oak trading at USD 41.33, that is roughly USD 0.0214. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Live Oak's daily price movement you should consider buying Live Oak Bancshares options at the current volatility level of 0.83%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Live Oak 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" Live calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Live Oak Bancshares stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Live Oak Option Chain

When Live Oak's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Live Oak 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.
Live Oak's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Live. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Live. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Live Oak 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
LOB250321C00025000125.014.6 - 18.524.28In
Call
LOB250321C00030000030.09.4 - 13.59.4In
Call
LOB250321C00035000135.04.9 - 9.010.61In
Call
LOB250321C000400004340.01.0 - 5.55.1In
Call
LOB250321C00045000445.00.0 - 4.09.32Out
Call
LOB250321C00050000750.00.0 - 4.81.65Out
Call
LOB250321C00055000455.00.0 - 4.82.55Out
Call
LOB250321C00060000460.00.0 - 4.80.54Out
Call
LOB250321C00065000165.00.0 - 1.751.45Out
Call
LOB250321C00070000070.00.0 - 3.33.3Out
 Put
LOB250321P00020000120.00.0 - 4.90.5Out
 Put
LOB250321P00025000025.00.0 - 4.54.5Out
 Put
LOB250321P00030000130.00.0 - 2.350.5Out
 Put
LOB250321P000350001635.00.05 - 4.80.8Out
 Put
LOB250321P00040000640.00.55 - 4.85.2Out
 Put
LOB250321P00045000045.03.6 - 7.53.6In
 Put
LOB250321P00050000250.08.0 - 12.06.6In
 Put
LOB250321P00055000055.012.5 - 16.512.5In
 Put
LOB250321P00060000060.018.0 - 21.518.0In
 Put
LOB250321P00065000065.023.1 - 26.523.1In
 Put
LOB250321P00070000070.027.1 - 31.927.1In

Live Oak Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Live Oak Market Cap Over Time

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Live Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

1.09 Billion

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

Live Oak Corporate Management

Gregory SewardGeneral CounselProfile
Huntley GarriottPres CompanyProfile
Courtney SpencerChief OfficerProfile
Gregory JDChief CounselProfile
Jamie BourgeoisSenior InfrastructureProfile
Steven SmitsChief Credit OfficerProfile
Renato DerraikChief BankProfile
When determining whether Live Oak Bancshares offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Live Oak's 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 Live Oak Bancshares Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Live Oak 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 Live Oak. If investors know Live 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 Live Oak 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
(0.68)
Dividend Share
0.12
Earnings Share
1.84
Revenue Per Share
9.05
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.19)
The market value of Live Oak Bancshares is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Live that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Live Oak's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Live Oak'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 Live Oak's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Live Oak'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 Live Oak's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Live Oak is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Live Oak'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.