Mercer International Stock Options
| MERC Stock | USD 6.24 0.08 1.30% |
Mercer International's latest option contracts expiring on May 16th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.8 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.08 over 20 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on May 16th 2025.
Open Interest Against May 16th 2025 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Mercer International'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. Mercer International's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Mercer International's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Mercer International
Analyzing Mercer International's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Mercer International regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Mercer International's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Mercer International's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Mercer International's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Mercer International's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Mercer International common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Mercer stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Mercer International's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Mercer International's Common Stock is projected to decrease significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Capital Stock is expected to grow to about 72.6 M, whereas Total Stockholder Equity is forecasted to decline to about 327.9 M. Mercer International In The Money Call Balance
When Mercer International's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Mercer International stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Mercer International'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 Mercer International 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.
Mercer Current Options Market Mood
Mercer International'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 Mercer 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 Mercer International's options investors are not very successful. Mercer International'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 Mercer contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Mercer International will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.05% per day over the life of the 2025-05-16 option contract. With Mercer International trading at USD 6.24, that is roughly USD 0.00312. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Mercer International's daily price movement you should consider buying Mercer International options at the current volatility level of 0.8%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Mercer International 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" Mercer calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Mercer International stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Mercer International Option Chain
When Mercer International's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Mercer International 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.
Mercer International's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Mercer. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Mercer. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Mercer International 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 | MERC250516C00013000 | 0 | 13.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Call | MERC250516C00012000 | 0 | 12.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Call | MERC250516C00011000 | 0 | 11.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Call | MERC250516C00010000 | 2 | 10.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | MERC250516C00009000 | 61 | 9.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.45 | Out |
Call | MERC250516C00008000 | 23 | 8.0 | 0.0 - 0.5 | 0.6 | Out |
Call | MERC250516C00007000 | 359 | 7.0 | 0.2 - 0.35 | 1.37 | Out |
Call | MERC250516C00006000 | 6 | 6.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 1.25 | In |
Call | MERC250516C00005000 | 0 | 5.0 | 1.2 - 1.45 | 1.7 | In |
Call | MERC250516C00004000 | 0 | 4.0 | 2.05 - 2.3 | 2.05 | In |
Put | MERC250516P00004000 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.15 | |
Put | MERC250516P00005000 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.0 - 0.35 | 0.13 | Out |
Put | MERC250516P00006000 | 21 | 6.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.28 | Out |
Put | MERC250516P00007000 | 11 | 7.0 | 1.05 - 1.2 | 0.4 | In |
Put | MERC250516P00008000 | 0 | 8.0 | 1.8 - 2.05 | 1.7 | In |
Put | MERC250516P00009000 | 0 | 9.0 | 2.75 - 3.0 | 2.75 | In |
Put | MERC250516P00010000 | 0 | 10.0 | 3.8 - 4.0 | 3.8 | In |
Put | MERC250516P00011000 | 0 | 11.0 | 4.8 - 5.0 | 4.8 | In |
Put | MERC250516P00012000 | 0 | 12.0 | 5.8 - 6.0 | 5.8 | In |
Put | MERC250516P00013000 | 0 | 13.0 | 6.8 - 7.0 | 6.8 | In |
Mercer International Market Cap Over Time
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Mercer International Corporate Management
| Genevieve CPA | VP Treasurer | Profile | |
| Genevieve Stannus | VP Treasurer | Profile | |
| Adolf Koppensteiner | Chief Products | Profile | |
| Andr Listemann | Managing Stendal | Profile | |
| Guy Arguin | Chief Officer | Profile | |
| Carsten Merforth | Chief Products | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.73) | Dividend Share 0.3 | Earnings Share (1.27) | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.038 |
The market value of Mercer International is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Mercer that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Mercer International's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Mercer International'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 Mercer International's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Mercer International'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 Mercer International's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Mercer International is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Mercer International'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.