Benchmark Electronics Stock Options
| BHE Stock | USD 48.05 0.23 0.48% |
Benchmark Electronics' latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.23 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.0 over 4 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The total put volume is at 1.0, with calls trading at the volume of 1.0. This yields a 0.5 put-to-call volume ratio.
Benchmark Electronics' option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Benchmark Electronics' stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Benchmark Electronics' stock options below provides a detailed picture of the payoff. Comparing vital and dynamic information of various option contracts across diverse expiration periods will help you make an educated decision on your market timing strategies around investing in a given Benchmark option contract.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Benchmark Electronics
Analyzing Benchmark Electronics' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Benchmark Electronics regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Benchmark Electronics' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Benchmark Electronics' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Benchmark Electronics' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Benchmark Electronics' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Benchmark Electronics common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Benchmark stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Benchmark Electronics' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Benchmark Electronics' Common Stock Total Equity is projected to decrease significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Common Stock is expected to grow to about 4.5 M, whereas Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is forecasted to decline to about 1.2 B. Benchmark Electronics In The Money Call Balance
When Benchmark Electronics' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Benchmark Electronics stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Benchmark Electronics' 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 Benchmark Electronics 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.
Benchmark Current Options Market Mood
Benchmark Electronics' 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 Benchmark 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 Benchmark Electronics' options investors are not very successful. Benchmark Electronics' 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 Benchmark contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Benchmark Electronics will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0144% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With Benchmark Electronics trading at USD 48.05, that is roughly USD 0.006907. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Benchmark Electronics' daily price movement you should consider buying Benchmark Electronics options at the current volatility level of 0.23%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Benchmark Electronics 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" Benchmark calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Benchmark Electronics stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Benchmark Electronics Option Chain
When Benchmark Electronics' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Benchmark Electronics 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.
Benchmark Electronics' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Benchmark. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Benchmark. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Benchmark Electronics 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 | BHE Option Call 20-12-2024 45 | 1 | 2024-12-20 | 0.6 - 4.9 | 4.0 | In |
Call | BHE Option Call 20-12-2024 50 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 4.65 | |
Put | BHE Option Put 20-12-2024 40 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.9 | |
Put | BHE Option Put 20-12-2024 45 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.82 |
Benchmark Total Stockholder Equity
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Benchmark Electronics Corporate Directors
| Jeffrey McCreary | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Bruce Carlson | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Kenneth Lamneck | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Douglas Duncan | Independent Director | Profile |
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Is Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 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 Benchmark Electronics. If investors know Benchmark 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 Benchmark Electronics 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 (0.26) | Dividend Share 0.665 | Earnings Share 1.72 | Revenue Per Share 74.962 | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.09) |
The market value of Benchmark Electronics is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Benchmark that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Benchmark Electronics' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Benchmark Electronics' 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 Benchmark Electronics' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Benchmark Electronics' 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 Benchmark Electronics' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Benchmark Electronics is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Benchmark Electronics' 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.