Bausch Health Stock Options
| BHC Stock | USD 7.52 0.80 9.62% |
Bausch Health's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-13 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.43 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 1.01 over 18 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying slightly more puts than calls on contracts expiring on 2024-12-13. The total put volume is at 186, with calls trading at the volume of 186. This yields a 0.53 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against 2024-12-13 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Bausch Health'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. Bausch Health's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Bausch Health's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Bausch Health
Analyzing Bausch Health's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Bausch Health regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Bausch Health's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Bausch Health's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Bausch Health's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Bausch Health's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Bausch Health Companies common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Bausch stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Bausch Health's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Bausch Health's Stock Based Compensation To Revenue is projected to slightly decrease based on the last few years of reporting. Bausch Health Companies In The Money Call Balance
When Bausch Health's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Bausch Health Companies stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Bausch Health'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 Bausch Health Companies 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.
Bausch Current Options Market Mood
Bausch Health'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 Bausch 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 Bausch Health's options investors are not very successful. Bausch Health'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 Bausch contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Bausch Health Companies will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0269% per day over the life of the 2024-12-13 option contract. With Bausch Health trading at USD 7.52, that is roughly USD 0.002021. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Bausch Health's daily price movement you should consider buying Bausch Health Companies 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 Bausch Health 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" Bausch calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Bausch Health Companies stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Bausch Health Option Chain
When Bausch Health's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Bausch Health Companies 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.
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Bausch Health's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Bausch. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Bausch. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Bausch Health 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 | BHC Option Call 13-12-2024 3 | 1 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 5.15 | In |
Call | BHC Option Call 13-12-2024 5 | 1 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 3.32 | In |
Call | BHC Option Call 13-12-2024 6 | 5 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 1.92 | In |
Call | BHC Option Call 13-12-2024 7 | 24 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 1.4 | In |
Call | BHC Option Call 13-12-2024 7 | 29 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.98 | In |
Call | BHC Option Call 13-12-2024 8 | 20 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.35 | In |
Call | BHC Option Call 13-12-2024 8 | 157 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.22 | Out |
Call | BHC Option Call 13-12-2024 9 | 408 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.02 | Out |
Call | BHC Option Call 13-12-2024 9 | 207 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.12 | Out |
Call | BHC Option Call 13-12-2024 10 | 9 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | BHC Option Call 13-12-2024 10 | 20 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.2 | 0.54 | Out |
Call | BHC Option Call 13-12-2024 11 | 10 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.18 | 0.3 | Out |
Put | BHC Option Put 13-12-2024 3 | 4 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.04 | Out |
Put | BHC Option Put 13-12-2024 6 | 150 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.04 | Out |
Put | BHC Option Put 13-12-2024 7 | 47 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.02 | Out |
Put | BHC Option Put 13-12-2024 7 | 244 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.02 | Out |
Put | BHC Option Put 13-12-2024 8 | 459 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.07 | Out |
Put | BHC Option Put 13-12-2024 9 | 0 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.77 | In |
Bausch Health Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Bausch Health Market Cap Over Time
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Bausch Total Stockholder Equity
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Bausch Health Corporate Directors
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| Robert Power | Independent Director | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.61) | Earnings Share (0.48) | Revenue Per Share 25.794 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.122 | Return On Assets 0.0415 |
The market value of Bausch Health Companies is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Bausch that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Bausch Health's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Bausch Health'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 Bausch Health's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Bausch Health'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 Bausch Health's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Bausch Health is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Bausch Health'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.