LTC Properties Stock Options
| LTC Stock | USD 34.27 0.24 0.71% |
LTC Properties' latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.79. The LTC Properties option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current LTC Properties option contracts. It shows all of LTC Properties' listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on LTC Properties
Analyzing LTC Properties' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in LTC Properties regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when LTC Properties' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money LTC Properties' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with LTC Properties' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
LTC Properties' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of LTC Properties common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell LTC stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If LTC Properties' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, LTC Properties' Other Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Preferred Stock And Other Adjustments is expected to grow to about 3.4 M, whereas Total Stockholder Equity is forecasted to decline to about 543.5 M. LTC Properties In The Money Call Balance
When LTC Properties' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against LTC Properties stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying LTC Properties' 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 LTC Properties 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.
LTC Current Options Market Mood
LTC Properties' 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 LTC 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 Volume
Unfortunately, most LTC Properties' options investors are not very successful. LTC Properties' 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 LTC contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that LTC Properties will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0494% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With LTC Properties trading at USD 34.27, that is roughly USD 0.0169. If you think that the market is fully incorporating LTC Properties' daily price movement you should consider buying LTC Properties options at the current volatility level of 0.79%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing LTC Properties 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" LTC calls. Remember, the seller must deliver LTC Properties stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
LTC Properties Option Chain
When LTC Properties' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against LTC Properties 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.
LTC Properties' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on LTC. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for LTC. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a LTC Properties 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 | LTC250117C00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 16.1 - 20.5 | 16.1 | In |
Call | LTC250117C00022500 | 0 | 22.5 | 13.6 - 18.0 | 13.6 | In |
Call | LTC250117C00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 11.1 - 15.5 | 11.1 | In |
Call | LTC250117C00030000 | 0 | 30.0 | 6.1 - 10.5 | 6.1 | In |
Call | LTC250117C00035000 | 0 | 35.0 | 1.0 - 5.4 | 1.0 | In |
Call | LTC250117C00040000 | 0 | 40.0 | 0.0 - 1.5 | 1.5 | |
Call | LTC250117C00045000 | 0 | 45.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Call | LTC250117C00050000 | 0 | 50.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Call | LTC250117C00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Put | LTC250117P00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Put | LTC250117P00022500 | 0 | 22.5 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Put | LTC250117P00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Put | LTC250117P00030000 | 0 | 30.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Put | LTC250117P00035000 | 0 | 35.0 | 0.0 - 4.9 | 4.9 | |
Put | LTC250117P00040000 | 0 | 40.0 | 0.0 - 4.5 | 4.5 | In |
Put | LTC250117P00045000 | 0 | 45.0 | 4.6 - 9.5 | 4.6 | In |
Put | LTC250117P00050000 | 0 | 50.0 | 9.6 - 14.5 | 9.6 | In |
Put | LTC250117P00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 15.0 - 19.5 | 15.0 | In |
LTC Properties Market Cap Over Time
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LTC Properties Corporate Directors
| Cornelia Cheng | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Timothy Triche | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Boyd Hendrickson | Lead Independent Director | Profile | |
| Peter Lyew | VP and Director of Tax | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.232 | Dividend Share 2.28 | Earnings Share 2.33 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.055 |
The market value of LTC Properties is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of LTC that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of LTC Properties' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is LTC Properties' 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 LTC Properties' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect LTC Properties' 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 LTC Properties' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if LTC Properties is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, LTC Properties' 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.