MRC Global Stock Options
| MRC Stock | USD 14.43 0.24 1.69% |
MRC Global's latest option contracts expiring on April 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.37 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 13.0 over 20 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on April 17th 2025.
Open Interest Against April 17th 2025 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows MRC Global'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. MRC Global's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for MRC Global's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on MRC Global
Analyzing MRC Global's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in MRC Global regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when MRC Global's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money MRC Global's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with MRC Global's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
MRC Global's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of MRC Global common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell MRC stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If MRC Global's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, MRC Global's Common Stock is projected to decrease significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Common Stock Shares Outstanding is expected to grow to about 78.8 M, whereas Common Stock Total Equity is forecasted to decline to about 874.2 K. MRC Global In The Money Call Balance
When MRC Global's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against MRC Global stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying MRC Global'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 MRC Global 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.
MRC Current Options Market Mood
MRC Global'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 MRC 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 MRC Global's options investors are not very successful. MRC Global'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 MRC contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that MRC Global will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0856% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With MRC Global trading at USD 14.43, that is roughly USD 0.0124. If you think that the market is fully incorporating MRC Global's daily price movement you should consider buying MRC Global options at the current volatility level of 1.37%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing MRC Global 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" MRC calls. Remember, the seller must deliver MRC Global stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
MRC Global Option Chain
When MRC Global's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against MRC Global 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.
MRC Global's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on MRC. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for MRC. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a MRC Global 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 | MRC250417C00002500 | 0 | 2.5 | 10.0 - 13.8 | 10.0 | In |
Call | MRC250417C00005000 | 0 | 5.0 | 7.5 - 11.4 | 7.5 | In |
Call | MRC250417C00007500 | 0 | 7.5 | 5.3 - 8.6 | 5.3 | In |
Call | MRC250417C00010000 | 0 | 10.0 | 4.3 - 5.8 | 4.3 | In |
Call | MRC250417C00012500 | 3 | 12.5 | 0.55 - 3.6 | 2.2 | In |
Call | MRC250417C00015000 | 0 | 15.0 | 0.0 - 1.65 | 1.65 | |
Call | MRC250417C00017500 | 0 | 17.5 | 0.0 - 0.65 | 0.65 | |
Call | MRC250417C00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 0.0 - 1.25 | 1.25 | |
Call | MRC250417C00022500 | 0 | 22.5 | 0.0 - 1.9 | 1.9 | |
Call | MRC250417C00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Put | MRC250417P00002500 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Put | MRC250417P00005000 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 - 1.9 | 1.9 | |
Put | MRC250417P00007500 | 0 | 7.5 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Put | MRC250417P00010000 | 0 | 10.0 | 0.0 - 2.05 | 2.05 | |
Put | MRC250417P00012500 | 19 | 12.5 | 0.0 - 0.7 | 1.25 | Out |
Put | MRC250417P00015000 | 20 | 15.0 | 0.0 - 1.65 | 2.0 | In |
Put | MRC250417P00017500 | 0 | 17.5 | 2.7 - 3.3 | 2.7 | In |
Put | MRC250417P00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 5.2 - 6.2 | 5.2 | In |
Put | MRC250417P00022500 | 0 | 22.5 | 7.7 - 8.3 | 7.7 | In |
Put | MRC250417P00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 10.4 - 10.9 | 10.4 | In |
MRC Total Stockholder Equity
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MRC Global Corporate Directors
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| Robert Wood | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Deborah Adams | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Leonard Anthony | Independent Director | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.18) | Earnings Share 0.87 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.10) | Return On Assets |
The market value of MRC Global is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of MRC that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of MRC Global's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is MRC Global'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 MRC Global's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect MRC Global'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 MRC Global's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if MRC Global is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, MRC Global'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.