Essential Utilities Stock Options Expiring on 21st of February

WTRG Stock  USD 35.00  0.27  0.77%   
Essential Utilities' latest option contracts expiring on February 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.73. The Essential Utilities option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Essential Utilities option contracts. It shows all of Essential Utilities' listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

Essential Utilities In The Money Call Balance

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

Essential Current Options Market Mood

Essential Utilities' 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 Essential 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

Unfortunately, most Essential Utilities' options investors are not very successful. Essential Utilities' 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 Essential contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Essential Utilities will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0456% per day over the life of the 2025-02-21 option contract. With Essential Utilities trading at USD 35.0, that is roughly USD 0.016. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Essential Utilities' daily price movement you should consider buying Essential Utilities options at the current volatility level of 0.73%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  

Essential Utilities Option Chain

When Essential Utilities' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Essential Utilities 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.
Essential Utilities' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Essential. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Essential. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Essential Utilities 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
WTRG250221C00020000020.014.5 - 18.614.5In
Call
WTRG250221C00022500022.512.1 - 15.912.1In
Call
WTRG250221C00025000025.09.6 - 13.49.6In
Call
WTRG250221C00030000030.04.7 - 8.64.7In
Call
WTRG250221C00035000035.00.1 - 4.90.1In
Call
WTRG250221C00040000040.00.0 - 2.32.3Out
Call
WTRG250221C00045000045.00.0 - 2.152.15Out
Call
WTRG250221C00050000050.00.0 - 0.250.25Out
Call
WTRG250221C00055000055.00.0 - 2.152.15Out
 Put
WTRG250221P00020000020.00.0 - 2.152.15Out
 Put
WTRG250221P00022500022.50.0 - 2.152.15Out
 Put
WTRG250221P00025000025.00.0 - 2.152.15Out
 Put
WTRG250221P00030000030.00.0 - 2.252.25Out
 Put
WTRG250221P00035000035.00.0 - 2.92.9Out
 Put
WTRG250221P00040000040.02.35 - 4.52.35In
 Put
WTRG250221P00045000045.06.5 - 10.96.5In
 Put
WTRG250221P00050000050.011.6 - 15.611.6In
 Put
WTRG250221P00055000055.016.5 - 20.616.5In

Essential Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

7.12 Billion

At this time, Essential Utilities' Total Stockholder Equity is most likely to increase significantly in the upcoming years.

Essential Utilities Corporate Management

Elizabeth AmatoIndependent DirectorProfile
Christina KellySenior OfficerProfile
Whitney KellettSenior OfficerProfile
Ellen RuffIndependent DirectorProfile
Matthew RhodesExecutive Vice President - Strategy and Corporate DevelopmentProfile
When determining whether Essential Utilities is a strong investment it is important to analyze Essential Utilities' competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact Essential Utilities' future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding Essential Stock, refer to the following important reports:
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Is Water 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 Essential Utilities. If investors know Essential 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 Essential Utilities 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
(0.17)
Dividend Share
1.247
Earnings Share
1.99
Revenue Per Share
7.169
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.058
The market value of Essential Utilities is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Essential that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Essential Utilities' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Essential Utilities' 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 Essential Utilities' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Essential Utilities' 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 Essential Utilities' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Essential Utilities is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Essential Utilities' 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.