Park National Stock Options

PRK Stock  USD 173.15  2.42  1.42%   
Park National's latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.43. The Park National option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Park National option contracts. It shows all of Park National's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Park National

Analyzing Park National's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Park National regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Park National's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Park National's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Park National's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.

Park National In The Money Call Balance

When Park National's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Park National stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Park National'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 Park National 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.

Park Current Options Market Mood

Park National'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 Park 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 Volume

Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of Park National'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. Park National'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 Park contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Park National will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0269% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With Park National trading at USD 173.15, that is roughly USD 0.0465. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Park National's daily price movement you should consider buying Park National options at the current volatility level of 0.43%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Park National 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" Park calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Park National stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Park National Option Chain

When Park National's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Park National 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.
Park National's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Park. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Park. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Park National 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
PRK250117C001650000165.04.0 - 14.04.0In
Call
PRK250117C001700000170.00.2 - 10.00.2In
Call
PRK250117C001750000175.01.0 - 10.01.0Out
Call
PRK250117C001800000180.00.05 - 10.00.05Out
Call
PRK250117C001845000184.50.05 - 10.00.05Out
Call
PRK250117C001895000189.50.0 - 4.74.7Out
Call
PRK250117C001945000194.50.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
PRK250117C001995000199.50.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
PRK250117C002095000209.50.0 - 3.83.8Out
 Put
PRK250117P001650000165.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
PRK250117P001700000170.00.05 - 10.00.05Out
 Put
PRK250117P001750000175.02.0 - 11.02.0In
 Put
PRK250117P001800000180.05.0 - 14.05.0In
 Put
PRK250117P001845000184.58.0 - 16.98.0In
 Put
PRK250117P001895000189.512.0 - 21.012.0In
 Put
PRK250117P001945000194.516.9 - 26.816.9In
 Put
PRK250117P001995000199.521.7 - 31.521.7In
 Put
PRK250117P002095000209.531.7 - 41.531.7In

Park National Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Park National Market Cap Over Time

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Park Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

1.38 Billion

At this time, Park National's Total Stockholder Equity is quite stable compared to the past year.

Park National Corporate Directors

Julia SloatIndependent DirectorProfile
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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 Park National. If investors know Park 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 Park National 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
0.031
Dividend Share
4.23
Earnings Share
8.47
Revenue Per Share
30.018
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.071
The market value of Park National is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Park that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Park National's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Park National'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 Park National's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Park National'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 Park National's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Park National is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Park National'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.