First Financial Stock Options
| FFIN Stock | USD 41.33 0.48 1.18% |
First Financial's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.79 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.75 over 2 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying slightly 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 1.0 put-to-call volume ratio.
First Financial's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on First Financial's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of First Financial's 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 First option contract.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on First Financial
Analyzing First Financial's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in First Financial regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when First Financial's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money First Financial's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with First Financial's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Financial Bankshares. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in gross domestic product.
Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on First Financial lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if First Financial's 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 First Financial 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 First Stock moves the wrong way.
First Current Options Market Mood
First Financial'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 First 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 First Financial's options investors are not very successful. First Financial'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 First contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that First Financial Bankshares will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0494% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With First Financial trading at USD 41.33, that is roughly USD 0.0204. If you think that the market is fully incorporating First Financial's daily price movement you should consider buying First Financial Bankshares options at the current volatility level of 0.79%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing First Financial 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" First calls. Remember, the seller must deliver First Financial Bankshares stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
First Financial Option Chain
When First Financial's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against First Financial Bankshares 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.
First Financial's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on First. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for First. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a First Financial 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 | FFIN Option Call 20-12-2024 45 | 4 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.3 | Out |
Put | FFIN Option Put 20-12-2024 40 | 3 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 2.05 | 0.37 | Out |
First Financial Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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First Financial Corporate Management
| Isabel Montoya | Executive Operations | Profile | |
| John Ruzicka | Executive Officer | Profile | |
| Lawrence Kentz | Chief Officer | Profile | |
| Cynthia Suarez | Executive Officer | Profile | |
| Timothy Longhofer | Executive Officer | Profile |
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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 First Financial. If investors know First 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 First Financial 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 0.115 | Dividend Share 0.72 | Earnings Share 1.45 | Revenue Per Share 3.574 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.112 |
The market value of First Financial Bank is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of First that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of First Financial's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is First Financial'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 First Financial's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect First Financial'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 First Financial's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if First Financial is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, First Financial'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.