Agilent Technologies Stock Options
| A Stock | USD 147.36 2.64 1.82% |
Agilent Technologies' latest option contracts expiring on April 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.43. The Agilent Technologies option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Agilent Technologies option contracts. It shows all of Agilent Technologies' listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Agilent Technologies
Analyzing Agilent Technologies' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Agilent Technologies regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Agilent Technologies' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Agilent Technologies' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Agilent Technologies' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Agilent Technologies' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Agilent Technologies common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Agilent stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Agilent Technologies' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Agilent Technologies' Common Stock Shares Outstanding is projected to decrease significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Common Stock Total Equity is expected to grow to about 3.9 M, whereas Total Stockholder Equity is forecasted to decline to about 4.8 B. Agilent Current Options Market Mood
Agilent Technologies' 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 Agilent 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 Agilent Technologies' options investors are not very successful. Agilent Technologies' 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 Agilent contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Agilent Technologies will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0269% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Agilent Technologies trading at USD 147.36, that is roughly USD 0.0396. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Agilent Technologies' daily price movement you should consider buying Agilent Technologies options at the current volatility level of 0.43%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Agilent Technologies 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" Agilent calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Agilent Technologies stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Agilent Technologies Option Chain
When Agilent Technologies' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Agilent Technologies 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.
Agilent Technologies' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Agilent. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Agilent. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Agilent Technologies 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 | A250417C00160000 | 0 | 160.0 | 0.1 - 4.6 | 0.1 | |
Call | A250417C00165000 | 0 | 165.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Call | A250417C00170000 | 0 | 170.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Call | A250417C00175000 | 0 | 175.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Call | A250417C00180000 | 0 | 180.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Call | A250417C00185000 | 0 | 185.0 | 0.0 - 2.4 | 2.4 | |
Call | A250417C00190000 | 0 | 190.0 | 0.0 - 2.3 | 2.3 | |
Call | A250417C00195000 | 0 | 195.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Call | A250417C00200000 | 0 | 200.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Call | A250417C00210000 | 0 | 210.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | A250417P00160000 | 0 | 160.0 | 16.5 - 21.0 | 16.5 | In |
Put | A250417P00165000 | 0 | 165.0 | 20.5 - 24.1 | 20.5 | In |
Put | A250417P00170000 | 0 | 170.0 | 25.5 - 29.2 | 25.5 | In |
Put | A250417P00175000 | 0 | 175.0 | 30.5 - 35.4 | 30.5 | In |
Put | A250417P00180000 | 0 | 180.0 | 35.5 - 39.5 | 35.5 | In |
Put | A250417P00185000 | 0 | 185.0 | 40.5 - 44.9 | 40.5 | In |
Put | A250417P00190000 | 0 | 190.0 | 45.5 - 49.4 | 45.5 | In |
Put | A250417P00195000 | 0 | 195.0 | 50.5 - 54.1 | 50.5 | In |
Put | A250417P00200000 | 0 | 200.0 | 55.5 - 59.9 | 55.5 | In |
Put | A250417P00210000 | 0 | 210.0 | 65.5 - 69.6 | 65.5 | In |
Agilent Total Stockholder Equity
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Agilent Technologies Corporate Directors
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| George Scangos | Independent Director | Profile | |
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Is Life Sciences Tools & 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 Agilent Technologies. If investors know Agilent 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 Agilent Technologies 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 1.569 | Earnings Share 4.43 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.06) | Return On Assets |
The market value of Agilent Technologies is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Agilent that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Agilent Technologies' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Agilent Technologies' 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 Agilent Technologies' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Agilent Technologies' 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 Agilent Technologies' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Agilent Technologies is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Agilent Technologies' 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.