Preferred Bank Stock Options Expiring on 21st of March
| PFBC Stock | USD 81.11 2.79 3.33% |
Preferred Bank's latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.22 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.94 over 24 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying slightly more calls than puts on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025.
Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts
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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 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 Bank In The Money Call Balance
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 Preferred Bank'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 Preferred Bank 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.
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 0.0763% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Preferred Bank trading at USD 81.11, that is roughly USD 0.0618. 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 1.22%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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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 Int | Strike Price | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | PFBC250321C00135000 | 32 | 135.0 | 0.0 - 0.8 | 0.9 | Out |
Call | PFBC250321C00130000 | 0 | 130.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Call | PFBC250321C00125000 | 0 | 125.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Call | PFBC250321C00120000 | 0 | 120.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Call | PFBC250321C00115000 | 0 | 115.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Call | PFBC250321C00110000 | 0 | 110.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Call | PFBC250321C00105000 | 0 | 105.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Call | PFBC250321C00100000 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Call | PFBC250321C00095000 | 5 | 95.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 1.0 | Out |
Call | PFBC250321C00090000 | 6 | 90.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 11.1 | Out |
Call | PFBC250321C00085000 | 5 | 85.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 8.5 | Out |
Call | PFBC250321C00080000 | 3 | 80.0 | 2.5 - 7.4 | 9.95 | In |
Put | PFBC250321P00135000 | 0 | 135.0 | 48.6 - 53.5 | 48.6 | In |
Put | PFBC250321P00130000 | 0 | 130.0 | 43.6 - 48.5 | 43.6 | In |
Put | PFBC250321P00125000 | 0 | 125.0 | 38.6 - 43.5 | 38.6 | In |
Put | PFBC250321P00120000 | 0 | 120.0 | 33.6 - 38.5 | 33.6 | In |
Put | PFBC250321P00115000 | 0 | 115.0 | 28.6 - 33.5 | 28.6 | In |
Put | PFBC250321P00110000 | 0 | 110.0 | 23.6 - 28.5 | 23.6 | In |
Put | PFBC250321P00105000 | 0 | 105.0 | 18.6 - 23.5 | 18.6 | In |
Put | PFBC250321P00100000 | 0 | 100.0 | 13.6 - 18.5 | 13.6 | In |
Put | PFBC250321P00095000 | 46 | 95.0 | 8.6 - 13.5 | 11.5 | In |
Put | PFBC250321P00090000 | 0 | 90.0 | 4.0 - 8.5 | 4.0 | In |
Put | PFBC250321P00085000 | 1 | 85.0 | 0.25 - 5.0 | 2.35 | In |
Put | PFBC250321P00075000 | 1 | 75.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 2.8 | Out |
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
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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 Czajka | CFO and Executive VP | Profile | |
| Johnny Hsu | Executive COO | Profile |
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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 (0.13) | Dividend Share 2.85 | Earnings Share 9.99 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.24 |
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.