Aflac Incorporated Stock Options
| AFL Stock | USD 106.49 0.56 0.53% |
Aflac Incorporated's latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.4 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 1.67 over 22 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025. The total put volume is at 13.0, with calls trading at the volume of 36.0. This yields a 0.36 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts
2025-03-21
The chart above shows Aflac Incorporated'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. Aflac Incorporated's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Aflac Incorporated's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Aflac Incorporated
Analyzing Aflac Incorporated's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Aflac Incorporated regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Aflac Incorporated's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Aflac Incorporated's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Aflac Incorporated's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Aflac Incorporated In The Money Call Balance
When Aflac Incorporated's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Aflac Incorporated stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Aflac Incorporated'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 Aflac Incorporated 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.
Aflac Current Options Market Mood
Aflac Incorporated'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 Aflac 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 Aflac Incorporated's options investors are not very successful. Aflac Incorporated'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 Aflac contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Aflac Incorporated will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.025% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Aflac Incorporated trading at USD 106.49, that is roughly USD 0.0266. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Aflac Incorporated's daily price movement you should consider buying Aflac Incorporated 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 Aflac Incorporated 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" Aflac calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Aflac Incorporated stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Aflac Incorporated Option Chain
When Aflac Incorporated's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Aflac Incorporated 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.
Aflac Incorporated's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Aflac. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Aflac. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Aflac Incorporated 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 | AFL250321C00105000 | 4 | 105.0 | 2.65 - 4.8 | 4.3 | In |
Call | AFL250321C00110000 | 2 | 110.0 | 0.0 - 2.1 | 2.05 | Out |
Call | AFL250321C00115000 | 0 | 115.0 | 0.05 - 0.8 | 0.7 | |
Call | AFL250321C00120000 | 0 | 120.0 | 0.0 - 0.4 | 0.4 | |
Call | AFL250321C00125000 | 0 | 125.0 | 0.0 - 2.2 | 2.2 | |
Call | AFL250321C00130000 | 0 | 130.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Call | AFL250321C00135000 | 0 | 135.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Call | AFL250321C00140000 | 0 | 140.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Call | AFL250321C00145000 | 0 | 145.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Call | AFL250321C00150000 | 0 | 150.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Call | AFL250321C00155000 | 0 | 155.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Put | AFL250321P00100000 | 10 | 100.0 | 0.95 - 1.65 | 1.3 | Out |
Put | AFL250321P00110000 | 0 | 110.0 | 4.8 - 5.8 | 4.8 | In |
Put | AFL250321P00115000 | 0 | 115.0 | 7.8 - 11.5 | 7.8 | In |
Put | AFL250321P00120000 | 0 | 120.0 | 12.1 - 14.4 | 12.1 | In |
Put | AFL250321P00125000 | 0 | 125.0 | 18.2 - 20.3 | 18.2 | In |
Put | AFL250321P00130000 | 0 | 130.0 | 22.8 - 24.2 | 22.8 | In |
Put | AFL250321P00135000 | 0 | 135.0 | 26.8 - 30.7 | 26.8 | In |
Put | AFL250321P00140000 | 0 | 140.0 | 31.2 - 35.7 | 31.2 | In |
Put | AFL250321P00145000 | 0 | 145.0 | 36.4 - 40.7 | 36.4 | In |
Put | AFL250321P00150000 | 0 | 150.0 | 41.9 - 45.7 | 41.9 | In |
Put | AFL250321P00155000 | 0 | 155.0 | 46.3 - 50.6 | 46.3 | In |
Aflac Incorporated Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Aflac Total Stockholder Equity
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Aflac Incorporated Corporate Directors
| Joseph Moskowitz | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Karole Lloyd | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Toshihiko Fukuzawa | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Katherine Rohrer | Independent Director | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.144 | Dividend Share 1.92 | Earnings Share 6.73 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.40) |
The market value of Aflac Incorporated is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Aflac that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Aflac Incorporated's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Aflac Incorporated'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 Aflac Incorporated's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Aflac Incorporated'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 Aflac Incorporated's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Aflac Incorporated is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Aflac Incorporated'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.