UNITIL Stock Options

UTL Stock  USD 56.27  1.08  1.96%   
UNITIL's latest option contracts expiring on June 20th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.54 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.05 over 20 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

The chart above shows UNITIL'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. UNITIL's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for UNITIL's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on UNITIL

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

UNITIL In The Money Call Balance

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

UNITIL Current Options Market Mood

UNITIL'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 UNITIL 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 UNITIL'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. UNITIL'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 UNITIL contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that UNITIL will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0338% per day over the life of the 2025-06-20 option contract. With UNITIL trading at USD 56.27, that is roughly USD 0.019. If you think that the market is fully incorporating UNITIL's daily price movement you should consider buying UNITIL options at the current volatility level of 0.54%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing UNITIL 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" UNITIL calls. Remember, the seller must deliver UNITIL stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

UNITIL Option Chain

When UNITIL's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against UNITIL 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.
UNITIL's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on UNITIL. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for UNITIL. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a UNITIL 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
UTL250620C00090000090.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
UTL250620C00085000085.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
UTL250620C00080000080.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
UTL250620C00075000075.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
UTL250620C00070000070.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
UTL250620C00065000065.00.0 - 3.23.2Out
Call
UTL250620C000600002060.00.0 - 4.71.76Out
Call
UTL250620C00055000255.00.8 - 5.55.0In
Call
UTL250620C00050000050.04.5 - 9.05.96In
Call
UTL250620C00045000045.09.0 - 13.59.0In
 Put
UTL250620P00045000045.00.0 - 2.62.6Out
 Put
UTL250620P00050000050.00.0 - 4.04.0Out
 Put
UTL250620P00055000155.00.55 - 4.92.3Out
 Put
UTL250620P00060000060.03.5 - 7.53.5In
 Put
UTL250620P00065000065.07.8 - 11.57.8In
 Put
UTL250620P00070000070.013.1 - 16.513.1In
 Put
UTL250620P00075000075.018.2 - 21.418.2In
 Put
UTL250620P00080000080.022.8 - 26.422.8In
 Put
UTL250620P00085000085.027.8 - 31.427.8In
 Put
UTL250620P00090000090.032.6 - 36.532.6In

UNITIL Market Cap Over Time

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UNITIL Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

538.12 Million

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

UNITIL Corporate Directors

Michael GreenLead Independent DirectorProfile
Eben MoultonIndependent DirectorProfile
Lisa CrutchfieldIndependent DirectorProfile
David WhiteleyIndependent DirectorProfile
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Is Multi-Utilities 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 UNITIL. If investors know UNITIL 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 UNITIL 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
0.012
Dividend Share
1.7
Earnings Share
2.93
Revenue Per Share
30.737
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.02)
The market value of UNITIL is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of UNITIL that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of UNITIL's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is UNITIL'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 UNITIL's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect UNITIL'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 UNITIL's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if UNITIL is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, UNITIL'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.