CRI241220P00052500 Option on Carters
| CRI Stock | USD 54.57 0.44 0.80% |
Carters' latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.57 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 5.71 over 32 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The total put volume is at 110, with calls trading at the volume of 110. This yields a 1.41 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against 2024-12-20 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Carters' 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. Carters' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Carters' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Carters Maximum Pain Price across 2024-12-20 Option Contracts
Carters' max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
Carters' option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Carters' stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Carters' 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 Carters option contract.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Carters
Analyzing Carters' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Carters regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Carters' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Carters' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Carters' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
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Carters In The Money Call Balance
When Carters' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Carters stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Carters' 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 Carters 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.
Carters Current Options Market Mood
Carters' 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 Carters 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 Carters' options investors are not very successful. Carters' 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 Carters contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Carters will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0356% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With Carters trading at USD 54.57, that is roughly USD 0.0194. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Carters' daily price movement you should consider buying Carters options at the current volatility level of 0.57%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Carters 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" Carters calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Carters stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Carters Option Chain
When Carters' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Carters 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.
Carters' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Carters. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Carters. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Carters 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. Carters Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Carters Market Cap Over Time
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Carters Total Stockholder Equity
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Carters Corporate Directors
| Richard Noll | Independent Director | Profile | |
| David Pulver | Lead Independent Director | Profile | |
| Gretchen Price | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Jevin Eagle | Independent Director | Profile |
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Is Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods 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 Carters. If investors know Carters 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 Carters 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 (0.09) | Dividend Share 3.15 | Earnings Share 6.29 | Revenue Per Share 79.591 | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.04) |
The market value of Carters is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Carters that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Carters' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Carters' 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 Carters' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Carters' 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 Carters' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Carters is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Carters' 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.