U S Cellular Stock Options
| USM Stock | USD 62.66 0.68 1.07% |
U S Cellular's latest option contracts expiring on January 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.4. The U S Cellular option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current United States Cellular option contracts. It shows all of U S Cellular's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
U S Cellular Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-01-17 Option Contracts
Max pain occurs when U S Cellular's market makers reach a net positive position across all U S Cellular's options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, U S Cellular'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 U S Cellular
Analyzing U S Cellular's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in U S Cellular regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when U S Cellular's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money U S Cellular's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with U S Cellular's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on U S Cellular lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if U S Cellular's value remains static through the expiration date, the investor can sell to close an 'in-the-money' option to avoid a potential loss. However, in-the-money U S Cellular contracts are usually more expensive to enter than their out-of-the-money counterparts. So keep in mind that while the payoffs on an in-the-money trade can be high, the investors could ultimately experience a more consequential loss if USM Stock moves the wrong way.
USM Current Options Market Mood
U S Cellular'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 USM 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 U S Cellular'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. U S Cellular'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 USM contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that United States Cellular will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.025% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With U S Cellular trading at USD 62.66, that is roughly USD 0.0157. If you think that the market is fully incorporating U S Cellular's daily price movement you should consider buying United States Cellular options at the current volatility level of 0.4%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing U S Cellular 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" USM calls. Remember, the seller must deliver United States Cellular stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
U S Cellular Option Chain
When U S Cellular's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against United States Cellular 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.
U S Cellular's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on USM. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for USM. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a U S Cellular 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 | USM250117C00037000 | 0 | 37.0 | 8.0 - 12.0 | 8.0 | |
Call | USM250117C00038000 | 0 | 38.0 | 7.1 - 11.6 | 7.1 | |
Call | USM250117C00039000 | 0 | 39.0 | 6.5 - 10.7 | 6.5 | |
Call | USM250117C00040000 | 0 | 40.0 | 6.5 - 10.5 | 6.5 | |
Call | USM250117C00041000 | 0 | 41.0 | 5.8 - 10.0 | 5.8 | |
Call | USM250117C00042000 | 0 | 42.0 | 4.9 - 9.0 | 4.9 | |
Call | USM250117C00043000 | 0 | 43.0 | 4.4 - 8.5 | 4.4 | |
Call | USM250117C00044000 | 0 | 44.0 | 4.1 - 8.0 | 4.1 | |
Call | USM250117C00045000 | 0 | 45.0 | 3.6 - 7.4 | 3.6 | |
Call | USM250117C00046000 | 0 | 46.0 | 2.7 - 7.0 | 2.7 | |
Put | USM250117P00037000 | 0 | 37.0 | 0.15 - 4.6 | 0.15 | |
Put | USM250117P00038000 | 0 | 38.0 | 0.35 - 4.7 | 0.35 | |
Put | USM250117P00039000 | 0 | 39.0 | 0.9 - 4.8 | 0.9 | |
Put | USM250117P00040000 | 0 | 40.0 | 0.8 - 4.9 | 0.8 | |
Put | USM250117P00041000 | 0 | 41.0 | 1.4 - 5.5 | 1.4 | |
Put | USM250117P00042000 | 0 | 42.0 | 1.95 - 6.0 | 1.95 | |
Put | USM250117P00043000 | 0 | 43.0 | 2.55 - 6.5 | 2.55 | |
Put | USM250117P00044000 | 0 | 44.0 | 2.15 - 6.8 | 2.15 | |
Put | USM250117P00045000 | 0 | 45.0 | 2.8 - 7.4 | 2.8 | |
Put | USM250117P00046000 | 0 | 46.0 | 3.3 - 7.9 | 3.3 |
U S Cellular Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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U S Cellular Market Cap Over Time
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USM Total Stockholder Equity
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U S Cellular Corporate Directors
| Harry Harczak | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Kurt Thaus | Director | Profile | |
| Gregory Josefowicz | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Walter Carlson | Director | Profile |
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Is Wireless 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 U S Cellular. If investors know USM 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 U S Cellular 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 2.953 | Earnings Share (0.35) | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.04) | Return On Assets |
The market value of United States Cellular is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of USM that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of U S Cellular's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is U S Cellular'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 U S Cellular's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect U S Cellular'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 U S Cellular's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if U S Cellular is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, U S Cellular'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.