Woodward Stock Options

WWD Stock  USD 189.12  1.16  0.62%   
Woodward's latest option contracts expiring on April 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.39 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.13 over 42 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on April 17th 2025. The total put volume is at 2.0, with calls trading at the volume of 13.0. This yields a 0.15 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against April 17th 2025 Option Contracts

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

Woodward Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-04-17 Option Contracts

Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as Woodward close to expiration to expire worthless. So, Max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Woodward'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 Woodward

Analyzing Woodward's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Woodward regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Woodward's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Woodward's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Woodward's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Woodward's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Woodward common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Woodward stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Woodward's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Woodward's Common Stock Shares Outstanding is projected to decrease significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is expected to grow to about 5.3 B, whereas Other Stockholder Equity is projected to grow to (867.2 M).

Woodward In The Money Call Balance

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

Woodward Current Options Market Mood

Woodward'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 Woodward 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

Unfortunately, most Woodward's options investors are not very successful. Woodward'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 Woodward contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Woodward will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0244% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Woodward trading at USD 189.12, that is roughly USD 0.0461. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Woodward's daily price movement you should consider buying Woodward options at the current volatility level of 0.39%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Woodward 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" Woodward calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Woodward stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Woodward Option Chain

When Woodward's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Woodward 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.
Woodward's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Woodward. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Woodward. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Woodward 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
WWD250417C001250001125.063.5 - 68.143.11In
Call
WWD250417C001350004135.054.4 - 58.546.18In
Call
WWD250417C001450001145.044.9 - 48.630.53In
Call
WWD250417C001500004150.040.3 - 43.835.9In
Call
WWD250417C001650004165.027.1 - 30.714.5In
Call
WWD250417C001700009170.023.2 - 26.816.8In
Call
WWD250417C0017500017175.019.2 - 22.515.7In
Call
WWD250417C0018000025180.016.0 - 18.814.54In
Call
WWD250417C00185000501185.012.8 - 15.614.5In
Call
WWD250417C0019000091190.010.3 - 12.710.65Out
Call
WWD250417C0019500013195.07.6 - 10.49.5Out
Call
WWD250417C002000000200.06.4 - 8.67.55Out
Call
WWD250417C0021000041210.04.0 - 6.23.5Out
Call
WWD250417C002200005220.00.55 - 4.42.02Out
Call
WWD250417C0023000020230.00.35 - 3.62.0Out
Call
WWD250417C002400006240.00.0 - 3.12.0Out
Call
WWD250417C002500000250.00.4 - 2.11.8Out
Call
WWD250417C002600000260.00.0 - 2.552.55Out
 Put
WWD250417P001050005105.00.0 - 2.31.35Out
 Put
WWD250417P001200005120.00.0 - 2.552.6Out
 Put
WWD250417P001250001125.00.0 - 2.653.6Out
 Put
WWD250417P001300001130.00.0 - 2.83.3Out
 Put
WWD250417P001350002135.00.0 - 2.955.7Out
 Put
WWD250417P001400006140.00.0 - 3.21.75Out
 Put
WWD250417P001450002145.00.0 - 3.42.7Out
 Put
WWD250417P0015000010150.00.65 - 3.51.5Out
 Put
WWD250417P001550002155.00.1 - 4.01.8Out
 Put
WWD250417P001600004160.02.15 - 4.64.0Out
 Put
WWD250417P0016500010165.02.95 - 5.05.6Out
 Put
WWD250417P0017000021170.03.3 - 5.04.68Out
 Put
WWD250417P0017500010175.04.2 - 6.95.1Out
 Put
WWD250417P001800009180.05.3 - 8.46.6Out
 Put
WWD250417P001850008185.07.7 - 10.08.3Out
 Put
WWD250417P001900002190.09.3 - 12.325.0Out
 Put
WWD250417P001950002195.011.9 - 14.920.0In
 Put
WWD250417P002000000200.014.6 - 19.014.6In
 Put
WWD250417P002100000210.022.1 - 25.822.1In
 Put
WWD250417P002200000220.030.5 - 34.330.5In
 Put
WWD250417P002300000230.039.6 - 43.439.6In
 Put
WWD250417P002400000240.049.0 - 52.949.0In
 Put
WWD250417P002500000250.058.7 - 63.058.7In
 Put
WWD250417P002600000260.068.6 - 73.068.6In

Woodward Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

2.63 Billion

At present, Woodward's Total Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

Woodward Corporate Management

Christopher FawzyChief Compliance Officer, Corporate VP, General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryProfile
Mark HartmanChief OfficerProfile
Paul BensonCorporate ResourcesProfile
Randy HobbsPres SegmentProfile
John GodsmanExecutive DevelopmentProfile
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Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.19
Earnings Share
6.01
Revenue Per Share
53.895
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.059
Return On Assets
0.0691
The market value of Woodward is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Woodward that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Woodward's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Woodward'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 Woodward's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Woodward'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 Woodward's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Woodward is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Woodward'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.