Preferred Bank Stock Options

PFBC Stock  USD 94.33  1.37  1.43%   
Preferred Bank's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.78 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 7.2 over 12 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The total put volume is at 31.0, with calls trading at the volume of 31.0. This yields a 3.44 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against 2024-12-20 Option Contracts

The chart above shows Preferred Bank'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. Preferred Bank's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Preferred Bank's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Preferred Bank's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Preferred Bank's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Preferred Bank's stock options below provides a detailed picture of the payoff. Comparing vital and dynamic information of various option contracts across diverse expiration periods will help you make an educated decision on your market timing strategies around investing in a given Preferred option contract.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Preferred Bank

Analyzing Preferred Bank's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Preferred Bank regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Preferred Bank's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Preferred Bank's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Preferred Bank's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Preferred Bank's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Preferred Bank common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Preferred stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Preferred Bank's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Preferred Bank'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 To Revenue is expected to grow to 0.03, whereas Common Stock Shares Outstanding is forecasted to decline to about 10.4 M.

Preferred Current Options Market Mood

Preferred Bank'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 Preferred 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 Preferred Bank's options investors are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Preferred Bank'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. Using current Preferred Bank's option volume and open interest to make an investment decision is considered a contrarian-sentiment measure that can be utilized in many timing strategies in both derivative and spot marketplace.

Rule 16 of the current Preferred contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Preferred Bank will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0488% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With Preferred Bank trading at USD 94.33, that is roughly USD 0.046. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Preferred Bank's daily price movement you should consider buying Preferred Bank options at the current volatility level of 0.78%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Preferred Bank 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" Preferred calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Preferred Bank stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Preferred Bank Option Chain

When Preferred Bank's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Preferred Bank 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.
Preferred Bank's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Preferred. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Preferred. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Preferred Bank 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 IntExpirationCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
PFBC Option Call 20-12-2024 5502024-12-200.0 - 0.025.5In
Call
PFBC Option Call 20-12-2024 7502024-12-205.6 - 10.513.5In
Call
PFBC Option Call 20-12-2024 8032024-12-2012.0 - 17.05.0In
Call
PFBC Option Call 20-12-2024 8522024-12-200.2 - 5.02.0In
Call
PFBC Option Call 20-12-2024 9002024-12-200.0 - 0.07.8In
Call
PFBC Option Call 20-12-2024 9502024-12-200.0 - 0.03.6In
 Put
PFBC Option Put 20-12-2024 4512024-12-200.0 - 3.60.2Out
 Put
PFBC Option Put 20-12-2024 6012024-12-200.1 - 5.01.5Out
 Put
PFBC Option Put 20-12-2024 6522024-12-200.1 - 5.02.0Out
 Put
PFBC Option Put 20-12-2024 7022024-12-201.1 - 6.02.8Out
 Put
PFBC Option Put 20-12-2024 8002024-12-200.0 - 0.02.0Out
 Put
PFBC Option Put 20-12-2024 85302024-12-203.1 - 8.010.0Out

Preferred Bank Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Preferred Bank Market Cap Over Time

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Preferred Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

729.86 Million

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

Preferred Bank Corporate Executives

Elected by the shareholders, the Preferred Bank's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Preferred Bank inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Preferred. The board's role is to monitor Preferred Bank's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Preferred Bank's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Preferred Bank's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Edward CzajkaCFO and Executive VPProfile
Johnny HsuExecutive COOProfile
When determining whether Preferred Bank offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Preferred Bank's financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of Preferred Bank Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Preferred Bank Stock:
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Is Regional Banks 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 Preferred Bank. If investors know Preferred 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 Preferred Bank 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
(0.09)
Dividend Share
2.8
Earnings Share
9.99
Revenue Per Share
19.356
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.05)
The market value of Preferred Bank is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Preferred that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Preferred Bank's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Preferred Bank'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 Preferred Bank's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Preferred Bank'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 Preferred Bank's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Preferred Bank is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Preferred Bank'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.