Douglas Emmett Stock Options

DEI Stock  USD 18.28  0.77  4.40%   
Douglas Emmett's latest option contracts expiring on April 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.82 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 1.71 over 20 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on April 17th 2025.

Open Interest Against April 17th 2025 Option Contracts

The chart above shows Douglas Emmett'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. Douglas Emmett's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Douglas Emmett's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

Douglas Emmett Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-04-17 Option Contracts

Douglas Emmett's 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.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Douglas Emmett

Analyzing Douglas Emmett's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Douglas Emmett regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Douglas Emmett's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Douglas Emmett's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Douglas Emmett's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.

Douglas Emmett In The Money Call Balance

When Douglas Emmett's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Douglas Emmett stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Douglas Emmett'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 Douglas Emmett 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.

Douglas Current Options Market Mood

Douglas Emmett'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 Douglas 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 Douglas Emmett's options investors are not very successful. Douglas Emmett'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 Douglas contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Douglas Emmett will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0513% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Douglas Emmett trading at USD 18.28, that is roughly USD 0.009369. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Douglas Emmett's daily price movement you should consider buying Douglas Emmett options at the current volatility level of 0.82%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Douglas Emmett 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" Douglas calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Douglas Emmett stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Douglas Emmett Option Chain

When Douglas Emmett's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Douglas Emmett 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.
Douglas Emmett's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Douglas. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Douglas. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Douglas Emmett 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 IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
DEI250417C0000750007.510.6 - 12.410.6In
Call
DEI250417C00010000010.08.1 - 8.88.14In
Call
DEI250417C00012500512.55.6 - 7.26.8In
Call
DEI250417C000150004415.03.5 - 3.73.0In
Call
DEI250417C0001750015617.51.5 - 1.651.15In
Call
DEI250417C00020000294120.00.4 - 0.50.5Out
Call
DEI250417C00022500222.50.0 - 0.150.33Out
Call
DEI250417C00025000125.00.0 - 1.350.25Out
Call
DEI250417C00030000030.00.0 - 1.351.35Out
Call
DEI250417C00035000035.00.0 - 1.351.35Out
 Put
DEI250417P0000750007.50.0 - 1.351.35Out
 Put
DEI250417P00010000010.00.0 - 1.351.35Out
 Put
DEI250417P0001250012512.50.05 - 0.150.1Out
 Put
DEI250417P000150009215.00.15 - 0.350.55Out
 Put
DEI250417P00017500517217.50.7 - 0.851.1Out
 Put
DEI250417P00020000020.00.9 - 2.250.9In
 Put
DEI250417P00022500022.54.1 - 4.64.1In
 Put
DEI250417P00025000025.06.5 - 8.56.5In
 Put
DEI250417P00030000030.011.4 - 12.011.4In
 Put
DEI250417P00035000035.015.1 - 18.315.1In

Douglas Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

1.82 Billion

As of now, Douglas Emmett's Total Stockholder Equity is increasing as compared to previous years.

Douglas Emmett Corporate Directors

David FeinbergIndependent DirectorProfile
Christopher AndersonIndependent DirectorProfile
Leslie BiderIndependent DirectorProfile
Virginia McFerranLead Independent DirectorProfile
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Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.50)
Dividend Share
0.76
Earnings Share
(0.10)
Revenue Per Share
5.774
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.02)
The market value of Douglas Emmett is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Douglas that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Douglas Emmett's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Douglas Emmett'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 Douglas Emmett's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Douglas Emmett'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 Douglas Emmett's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Douglas Emmett is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Douglas Emmett'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.