Barings BDC Stock Options
| BBDC Stock | USD 9.74 0.10 1.02% |
Barings BDC's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.64 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.0 over 6 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The total put volume is at 4.0, with calls trading at the volume of 4.0. This yields a 0.09 put-to-call volume ratio.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Barings BDC
Analyzing Barings BDC's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Barings BDC regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Barings BDC's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Barings BDC's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Barings BDC's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Barings BDC's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Barings BDC common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Barings stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Barings BDC's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Barings BDC's Common Stock Shares Outstanding is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is expected to grow to about 2.8 B, whereas Capital Stock is forecasted to decline to about 81.6 K. Barings BDC In The Money Call Balance
When Barings BDC's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Barings BDC stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Barings BDC'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 Barings BDC 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.
Barings Current Options Market Mood
Barings BDC'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 Barings 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 Barings BDC's options investors are not very successful. Barings BDC'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 Barings contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Barings BDC will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.04% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With Barings BDC trading at USD 9.74, that is roughly USD 0.003896. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Barings BDC's daily price movement you should consider buying Barings BDC options at the current volatility level of 0.64%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Barings BDC 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" Barings calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Barings BDC stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Barings BDC Option Chain
When Barings BDC's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Barings BDC 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.
Barings BDC's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Barings. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Barings. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Barings BDC 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 | Expiration | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | BBDC Option Call 20-12-2024 7 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 2.6 | In |
Call | BBDC Option Call 20-12-2024 10 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.05 | |
Call | BBDC Option Call 20-12-2024 12 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.05 | |
Put | BBDC Option Put 20-12-2024 7 | 3 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.09 | Out |
Put | BBDC Option Put 20-12-2024 10 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.18 | In |
Put | BBDC Option Put 20-12-2024 12 | 1 | 2024-12-20 | 1.35 - 3.2 | 2.8 | In |
Barings BDC Market Cap Over Time
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Barings BDC Corporate Directors
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| Jill Olmstead | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Robert Knapp | Independent Director | Profile | |
| John Switzer | Independent Director | Profile |
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Is Asset Management & Custody Banks 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 Barings BDC. If investors know Barings 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 Barings BDC 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 0.211 | Dividend Share 1.04 | Earnings Share 1.1 | Revenue Per Share 2.749 | Return On Assets 0.0526 |
The market value of Barings BDC is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Barings that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Barings BDC's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Barings BDC'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 Barings BDC's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Barings BDC'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 Barings BDC's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Barings BDC is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Barings BDC'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.