North American Stock Options
| NOA Stock | USD 16.12 0.45 2.72% |
North American's latest option contracts expiring on May 16th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.98 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.11 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 North American'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. North American's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for North American's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on North American
Analyzing North American's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in North American regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when North American's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money North American's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with North American's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
North American's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of North American Const common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell North stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If North American's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, North American's Total Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Common Stock Shares Outstanding is expected to grow to about 34.4 M, whereas Other Stockholder Equity is forecasted to decline to about 3.9 M. North American Const In The Money Call Balance
When North American's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against North American Construction stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying North American'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 North American Construction 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.
North Current Options Market Mood
North American'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 North 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 North American's options investors are not very successful. North American'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 North contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that North American Construction will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0613% per day over the life of the 2025-05-16 option contract. With North American trading at USD 16.12, that is roughly USD 0.009874. If you think that the market is fully incorporating North American's daily price movement you should consider buying North American Construction options at the current volatility level of 0.98%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing North American 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" North calls. Remember, the seller must deliver North American Construction stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
North American Option Chain
When North American's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against North American Construction 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.
North American's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on North. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for North. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a North American 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 | NOA250516C00035000 | 0 | 35.0 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Call | NOA250516C00030000 | 0 | 30.0 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Call | NOA250516C00025000 | 2 | 25.0 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 0.8 | Out |
Call | NOA250516C00022500 | 12 | 22.5 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 1.75 | Out |
Call | NOA250516C00020000 | 103 | 20.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.2 | Out |
Call | NOA250516C00017500 | 5 | 17.5 | 0.0 - 1.2 | 4.5 | Out |
Call | NOA250516C00015000 | 0 | 15.0 | 0.0 - 2.95 | 2.95 | In |
Call | NOA250516C00012500 | 1 | 12.5 | 3.3 - 5.3 | 9.16 | In |
Call | NOA250516C00010000 | 0 | 10.0 | 5.8 - 7.8 | 5.8 | In |
Call | NOA250516C00007500 | 0 | 7.5 | 6.6 - 11.0 | 6.6 | In |
Put | NOA250516P00035000 | 0 | 35.0 | 18.5 - 20.5 | 18.5 | In |
Put | NOA250516P00030000 | 0 | 30.0 | 13.5 - 16.1 | 13.5 | In |
Put | NOA250516P00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 8.6 - 11.1 | 8.6 | In |
Put | NOA250516P00022500 | 0 | 22.5 | 5.9 - 6.9 | 5.9 | In |
Put | NOA250516P00020000 | 11 | 20.0 | 3.6 - 4.4 | 1.25 | In |
Put | NOA250516P00017500 | 1 | 17.5 | 1.3 - 2.3 | 1.75 | In |
Put | NOA250516P00015000 | 2 | 15.0 | 0.0 - 2.0 | 1.05 | Out |
Put | NOA250516P00012500 | 0 | 12.5 | 0.0 - 0.95 | 0.95 | |
Put | NOA250516P00010000 | 0 | 10.0 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Put | NOA250516P00007500 | 0 | 7.5 | 0.0 - 1.0 | 1.0 |
North American Market Cap Over Time
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North American Corporate Directors
| John Pollesel | Independent Director | Profile | |
| CPA CMA | Director Technology | Profile | |
| Bryan Pinney | Lead Independent Director | Profile | |
| Kristina Williams | Independent Director | Profile |
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Is Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 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 North American. If investors know North 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 North American 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 (0.69) | Dividend Share 0.42 | Earnings Share 1.06 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.07) |
The market value of North American Const is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of North that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of North American's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is North American'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 North American's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect North American'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 North American's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if North American is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, North American'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.