Paycom Soft Stock Options

PAYC Stock  USD 203.86  2.46  1.22%   
Paycom Soft's latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.42 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 2.42 over 48 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on January 17th 2025. The total put volume is at 286, with calls trading at the volume of 1.0. This yields a 286.0 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against January 17th 2025 Option Contracts

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

Paycom Soft Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-01-17 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 Paycom Soft 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, Paycom Soft'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 Paycom Soft

Analyzing Paycom Soft's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Paycom Soft regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Paycom Soft's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Paycom Soft's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Paycom Soft's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Paycom Soft's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Paycom Soft common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Paycom stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Paycom Soft's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Paycom Soft's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Stock Based Compensation is expected to grow to about 156.7 M, whereas Common Stock Shares Outstanding is forecasted to decline to about 56.8 M.

Paycom Current Options Market Mood

Paycom Soft'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 Paycom 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

Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of Paycom Soft's calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Paycom Soft'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 Paycom contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Paycom Soft will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0263% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With Paycom Soft trading at USD 203.86, that is roughly USD 0.0535. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Paycom Soft's daily price movement you should consider buying Paycom Soft options at the current volatility level of 0.42%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Paycom Soft 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" Paycom calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Paycom Soft stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Paycom Soft Option Chain

When Paycom Soft's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Paycom Soft 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.
Paycom Soft's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Paycom. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Paycom. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Paycom Soft 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
PAYC250117C001300000130.0137.0 - 146.0137.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C001350005135.0133.0 - 142.0133.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C001400000140.0129.0 - 137.9129.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C001450000145.0125.1 - 133.8125.1Out
Call
PAYC250117C001500000150.0121.1 - 129.5121.1Out
Call
PAYC250117C001550000155.0117.0 - 122.6117.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C001600000160.0113.0 - 122.0113.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C001650000165.0110.2 - 116.1110.2Out
Call
PAYC250117C001700002170.0105.0 - 110.9105.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C001750000175.0102.9 - 110.3102.9Out
Call
PAYC250117C002600002260.050.5 - 55.650.5Out
Call
PAYC250117C002700002270.046.1 - 49.648.5Out
Call
PAYC250117C002800001280.041.6 - 45.141.6Out
Call
PAYC250117C0029000012290.037.0 - 42.837.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C003000007300.033.6 - 38.133.6Out
Call
PAYC250117C0031000011310.029.3 - 36.029.3Out
Call
PAYC250117C0032000032320.024.9 - 31.524.9Out
Call
PAYC250117C003300007330.021.0 - 29.821.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C0034000019340.018.0 - 26.018.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C0035000066350.016.0 - 23.016.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C00360000153360.013.0 - 21.013.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C0037000011370.012.0 - 19.012.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C0038000047380.010.0 - 17.010.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C0040000020400.07.0 - 14.07.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C0041000094410.06.0 - 13.56.0Out
Call
PAYC250117C00420000176420.06.0 - 11.06.0Out
 Put
PAYC250117P00130000254130.01.5 - 4.73.47Out
 Put
PAYC250117P00135000378135.00.9 - 8.54.34Out
 Put
PAYC250117P0014000084140.01.0 - 8.51.0Out
 Put
PAYC250117P00145000104145.03.6 - 8.53.6Out
 Put
PAYC250117P0015000059150.04.2 - 10.54.2Out
 Put
PAYC250117P0015500047155.04.9 - 11.34.9Out
 Put
PAYC250117P00160000152160.03.7 - 9.06.57Out
 Put
PAYC250117P00165000191165.06.4 - 10.98.59Out
 Put
PAYC250117P0017000029170.07.3 - 12.87.3Out
 Put
PAYC250117P0017500060175.07.8 - 12.77.8Out
 Put
PAYC250117P0018000014180.08.6 - 14.18.6Out
 Put
PAYC250117P0018500030185.09.4 - 14.39.4Out
 Put
PAYC250117P001900006190.010.6 - 17.210.6Out
 Put
PAYC250117P0019500015195.010.1 - 17.310.1Out
 Put
PAYC250117P00200000109200.015.0 - 19.015.0Out
 Put
PAYC250117P0021000027210.016.1 - 21.416.1Out
 Put
PAYC250117P0024000010240.026.6 - 30.626.6Out
 Put
PAYC250117P002600007260.033.1 - 39.533.1Out
 Put
PAYC250117P0028000022280.045.9 - 50.845.9Out
 Put
PAYC250117P002900007290.051.8 - 54.351.8Out
 Put
PAYC250117P003100006310.063.0 - 67.663.0Out
 Put
PAYC250117P003300001330.076.3 - 82.576.3Out

Paycom Soft Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Paycom Soft Market Cap Over Time

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Paycom Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

1.57 Billion

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

Paycom Soft Corporate Directors

Robert LevensonIndependent DirectorProfile
Janet HaugenIndependent DirectorProfile
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J WattsIndependent DirectorProfile
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Is Application Software 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 Paycom Soft. If investors know Paycom 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 Paycom Soft 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
0.008
Dividend Share
1.5
Earnings Share
8.32
Revenue Per Share
32.262
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.112
The market value of Paycom Soft is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Paycom that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Paycom Soft's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Paycom Soft'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 Paycom Soft's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Paycom Soft'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 Paycom Soft's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Paycom Soft is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Paycom Soft'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.