Dine Brands Stock Options
| DIN Stock | USD 30.73 0.18 0.58% |
Dine Brands' latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.66 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 1.57 over 20 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025. The total put volume is at 2.0, with calls trading at the volume of 35.0. This yields a 0.06 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts
2025-03-21
The chart above shows Dine Brands' 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. Dine Brands' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Dine Brands' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Dine Brands Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-03-21 Option Contracts
Max pain occurs when Dine Brands' market makers reach a net positive position across all Dine Brands' options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Dine Brands' 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 Dine Brands
Analyzing Dine Brands' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Dine Brands regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Dine Brands' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Dine Brands' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Dine Brands' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on Dine Brands lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if Dine Brands' value remains static through the expiration date, the investor can sell to close an 'in-the-money' option to avoid a potential loss. However, in-the-money Dine Brands contracts are usually more expensive to enter than their out-of-the-money counterparts. So keep in mind that while the payoffs on an in-the-money trade can be high, the investors could ultimately experience a more consequential loss if Dine Stock moves the wrong way.
Dine Brands Global In The Money Call Balance
When Dine Brands' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Dine Brands Global stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Dine Brands' 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 Dine Brands Global 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.
Dine Current Options Market Mood
Dine Brands' 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 Dine 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 Dine Brands' options investors are not very successful. Dine Brands' 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 Dine contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Dine Brands Global will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0413% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Dine Brands trading at USD 30.73, that is roughly USD 0.0127. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Dine Brands' daily price movement you should consider buying Dine Brands Global options at the current volatility level of 0.66%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Dine Brands 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" Dine calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Dine Brands Global stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Dine Brands Option Chain
When Dine Brands' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Dine Brands Global 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.
Dine Brands' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Dine. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Dine. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Dine Brands 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 | DIN250321C00017500 | 0 | 17.5 | 11.0 - 14.5 | 11.0 | In |
Call | DIN250321C00020000 | 1 | 20.0 | 8.6 - 11.8 | 11.1 | In |
Call | DIN250321C00022500 | 19 | 22.5 | 5.9 - 8.0 | 5.49 | In |
Call | DIN250321C00025000 | 66 | 25.0 | 4.4 - 5.7 | 4.8 | In |
Call | DIN250321C00030000 | 451 | 30.0 | 2.0 - 2.25 | 2.3 | Out |
Call | DIN250321C00035000 | 294 | 35.0 | 0.45 - 0.7 | 0.6 | Out |
Call | DIN250321C00040000 | 521 | 40.0 | 0.1 - 0.25 | 0.2 | Out |
Call | DIN250321C00045000 | 17 | 45.0 | 0.05 - 0.5 | 0.12 | Out |
Call | DIN250321C00050000 | 24 | 50.0 | 0.0 - 0.25 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | DIN250321C00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 0.0 - 0.45 | 0.45 | |
Put | DIN250321P00017500 | 9 | 17.5 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.35 | Out |
Put | DIN250321P00020000 | 28 | 20.0 | 0.05 - 0.2 | 0.2 | Out |
Put | DIN250321P00022500 | 52 | 22.5 | 0.2 - 0.25 | 0.3 | Out |
Put | DIN250321P00025000 | 598 | 25.0 | 0.5 - 0.6 | 0.52 | Out |
Put | DIN250321P00030000 | 1075 | 30.0 | 2.2 - 2.35 | 2.2 | Out |
Put | DIN250321P00035000 | 312 | 35.0 | 4.9 - 6.2 | 5.93 | In |
Put | DIN250321P00040000 | 103 | 40.0 | 8.9 - 11.8 | 13.5 | In |
Put | DIN250321P00045000 | 6 | 45.0 | 13.6 - 17.5 | 16.93 | In |
Put | DIN250321P00050000 | 0 | 50.0 | 18.6 - 22.1 | 18.8 | In |
Put | DIN250321P00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 23.4 - 27.5 | 23.4 | In |
Dine Total Stockholder Equity
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Dine Brands Corporate Directors
| Lilian Tomovich | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Larry Kay | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Douglas Pasquale | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Caroline Nahas | Independent Director | Profile |
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Is Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 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 Dine Brands. If investors know Dine 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 Dine Brands 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 0.046 | Dividend Share 2.04 | Earnings Share 6.01 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.04) |
The market value of Dine Brands Global is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Dine that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Dine Brands' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Dine Brands' 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 Dine Brands' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Dine Brands' 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 Dine Brands' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Dine Brands is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Dine Brands' 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.