Civista Bancshares Stock Options
| CIVB Stock | USD 20.88 0.39 1.90% |
Civista Bancshares' latest option contracts expiring on February 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.7 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.05 over 21 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on February 21st 2025.
Open Interest Against February 21st 2025 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Civista Bancshares' 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. Civista Bancshares' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Civista Bancshares' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Civista Bancshares
Analyzing Civista Bancshares' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Civista Bancshares regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Civista Bancshares' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Civista Bancshares' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Civista Bancshares' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Civista Bancshares' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Civista Bancshares common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Civista stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Civista Bancshares' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Civista Bancshares' Total Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Common Stock Total Equity is expected to grow to about 374.5 M, whereas Common Stock Shares Outstanding is forecasted to decline to about 9.4 M. Civista Bancshares In The Money Call Balance
When Civista Bancshares' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Civista Bancshares stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Civista Bancshares' 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 Civista Bancshares 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.
Civista Current Options Market Mood
Civista Bancshares' 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 Civista 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 Civista Bancshares' options investors are not very successful. Civista Bancshares' 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 Civista contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Civista Bancshares will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.11% per day over the life of the 2025-02-21 option contract. With Civista Bancshares trading at USD 20.88, that is roughly USD 0.0222. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Civista Bancshares' daily price movement you should consider buying Civista Bancshares options at the current volatility level of 1.7%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Civista Bancshares 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" Civista calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Civista Bancshares stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Civista Bancshares Option Chain
When Civista Bancshares' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Civista Bancshares 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.
Civista Bancshares' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Civista. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Civista. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Civista Bancshares 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 | CIVB250221C00007500 | 0 | 7.5 | 13.0 - 17.4 | 13.0 | In |
Call | CIVB250221C00010000 | 0 | 10.0 | 10.5 - 15.0 | 10.5 | In |
Call | CIVB250221C00012500 | 0 | 12.5 | 8.0 - 12.5 | 8.0 | In |
Call | CIVB250221C00015000 | 2 | 15.0 | 5.5 - 10.0 | 8.75 | In |
Call | CIVB250221C00017500 | 3 | 17.5 | 3.0 - 7.6 | 3.65 | In |
Call | CIVB250221C00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 0.55 - 5.4 | 0.55 | In |
Call | CIVB250221C00022500 | 150 | 22.5 | 0.0 - 4.5 | 1.85 | Out |
Call | CIVB250221C00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 0.0 - 3.6 | 3.6 | |
Call | CIVB250221C00030000 | 0 | 30.0 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 3.5 | |
Call | CIVB250221C00035000 | 0 | 35.0 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 3.5 | |
Put | CIVB250221P00002500 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | CIVB250221P00007500 | 0 | 7.5 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 3.5 | |
Put | CIVB250221P00010000 | 2 | 10.0 | 0.0 - 3.5 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | CIVB250221P00012500 | 0 | 12.5 | 0.0 - 3.6 | 3.6 | |
Put | CIVB250221P00015000 | 0 | 15.0 | 0.0 - 3.6 | 3.6 | |
Put | CIVB250221P00017500 | 0 | 17.5 | 0.0 - 3.7 | 3.7 | |
Put | CIVB250221P00020000 | 0 | 20.0 | 0.0 - 3.8 | 3.8 | |
Put | CIVB250221P00022500 | 0 | 22.5 | 0.0 - 4.4 | 4.4 | In |
Put | CIVB250221P00025000 | 0 | 25.0 | 0.8 - 5.0 | 0.8 | In |
Put | CIVB250221P00030000 | 0 | 30.0 | 5.0 - 10.0 | 5.0 | In |
Put | CIVB250221P00035000 | 0 | 35.0 | 10.0 - 14.9 | 10.0 | In |
Civista Bancshares Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Civista Bancshares Market Cap Over Time
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Civista Total Stockholder Equity
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Civista Bancshares Corporate Executives
Elected by the shareholders, the Civista Bancshares' board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Civista Bancshares inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Civista. The board's role is to monitor Civista Bancshares' management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Civista Bancshares' inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Civista Bancshares' outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
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Is Regional 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 Civista Bancshares. If investors know Civista 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 Civista Bancshares 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 (0.20) | Dividend Share 0.64 | Earnings Share 2 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.03) |
The market value of Civista Bancshares is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Civista that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Civista Bancshares' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Civista Bancshares' 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 Civista Bancshares' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Civista Bancshares' 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 Civista Bancshares' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Civista Bancshares is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Civista Bancshares' 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.