Telefonica Stock Options
| TEF Stock | USD 4.70 0.05 1.08% |
Telefonica's latest option contracts expiring on June 20th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.15 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.04 over 6 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on June 20th 2025.
Open Interest Against June 20th 2025 Option Contracts
2025-06-20
The chart above shows Telefonica'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. Telefonica's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Telefonica's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Telefonica
Analyzing Telefonica's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Telefonica regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Telefonica's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Telefonica's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Telefonica's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Telefonica SA ADR In The Money Call Balance
When Telefonica's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Telefonica SA ADR stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Telefonica'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 Telefonica SA ADR 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.
Telefonica Current Options Market Mood
Telefonica'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 Telefonica 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 Telefonica'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. Telefonica'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 Telefonica contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Telefonica SA ADR will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0719% per day over the life of the 2025-06-20 option contract. With Telefonica trading at USD 4.7, that is roughly USD 0.003378. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Telefonica's daily price movement you should consider buying Telefonica SA ADR options at the current volatility level of 1.15%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Telefonica 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" Telefonica calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Telefonica SA ADR stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Telefonica Option Chain
When Telefonica's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Telefonica SA ADR 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.
Telefonica's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Telefonica. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Telefonica. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Telefonica 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 | TEF250620C00007500 | 0 | 7.5 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.05 | |
Call | TEF250620C00005000 | 5670 | 5.0 | 0.05 - 0.1 | 0.08 | Out |
Call | TEF250620C00002500 | 9 | 2.5 | 0.05 - 2.25 | 2.2 | In |
Put | TEF250620P00007500 | 0 | 7.5 | 2.15 - 5.2 | 3.5 | In |
Put | TEF250620P00005000 | 247 | 5.0 | 0.4 - 0.85 | 0.92 | In |
Put | TEF250620P00002500 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 |
Telefonica Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Telefonica Total Stockholder Equity
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Telefonica Corporate Directors
| Peter Loscher | External Independent Director | Profile | |
| Claudia Ramirez | External Independent Director | Profile | |
| Francisco Mera | External Independent Director | Profile | |
| Markus Haas | COO and Director of Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG | Profile |
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Is Diversified Telecommunication 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 Telefonica. If investors know Telefonica 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 Telefonica 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 (0.98) | Dividend Share 0.3 | Earnings Share (0.07) | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.172 |
The market value of Telefonica SA ADR is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Telefonica that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Telefonica's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Telefonica'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 Telefonica's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Telefonica'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 Telefonica's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Telefonica is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Telefonica'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.