Gildan Activewear Stock Options
| GIL Stock | USD 51.02 1.27 2.55% |
Gildan Activewear's latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.39 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.68 over 24 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025.
Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Gildan Activewear'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. Gildan Activewear's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Gildan Activewear's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Gildan Activewear Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-03-21 Option Contracts
Gildan Activewear'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 Gildan Activewear
Analyzing Gildan Activewear's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Gildan Activewear regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Gildan Activewear's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Gildan Activewear's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Gildan Activewear's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Gildan Activewear In The Money Call Balance
When Gildan Activewear's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Gildan Activewear stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Gildan Activewear'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 Gildan Activewear 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.
Gildan Current Options Market Mood
Gildan Activewear'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 Gildan 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 Gildan Activewear's options investors are not very successful. Gildan Activewear'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 Gildan contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Gildan Activewear will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0244% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Gildan Activewear trading at USD 51.02, that is roughly USD 0.0124. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Gildan Activewear's daily price movement you should consider buying Gildan Activewear options at the current volatility level of 0.39%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Gildan Activewear 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" Gildan calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Gildan Activewear stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Gildan Activewear Option Chain
When Gildan Activewear's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Gildan Activewear 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.
Gildan Activewear's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Gildan. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Gildan. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Gildan Activewear 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 | GIL250321C00035000 | 5 | 35.0 | 13.8 - 16.8 | 13.3 | In |
Call | GIL250321C00037500 | 1 | 37.5 | 10.6 - 14.2 | 5.2 | In |
Call | GIL250321C00040000 | 2 | 40.0 | 7.9 - 12.5 | 8.7 | In |
Call | GIL250321C00042500 | 4 | 42.5 | 5.8 - 9.6 | 3.2 | In |
Call | GIL250321C00045000 | 20 | 45.0 | 3.2 - 7.8 | 4.35 | In |
Call | GIL250321C00047500 | 123 | 47.5 | 2.3 - 5.7 | 3.45 | In |
Call | GIL250321C00050000 | 67 | 50.0 | 1.6 - 5.0 | 2.15 | Out |
Call | GIL250321C00052500 | 12 | 52.5 | 0.1 - 3.5 | 1.2 | Out |
Call | GIL250321C00055000 | 123 | 55.0 | 0.35 - 0.6 | 0.45 | Out |
Call | GIL250321C00057500 | 2 | 57.5 | 0.1 - 2.05 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | GIL250321C00060000 | 2 | 60.0 | 0.0 - 2.2 | 0.39 | Out |
Call | GIL250321C00065000 | 0 | 65.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Put | GIL250321P00035000 | 10 | 35.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 0.35 | Out |
Put | GIL250321P00037500 | 4 | 37.5 | 0.0 - 1.75 | 0.55 | Out |
Put | GIL250321P00040000 | 8 | 40.0 | 0.0 - 2.2 | 0.5 | Out |
Put | GIL250321P00042500 | 112 | 42.5 | 0.0 - 1.35 | 1.0 | Out |
Put | GIL250321P00045000 | 22 | 45.0 | 0.05 - 2.6 | 1.15 | Out |
Put | GIL250321P00047500 | 27 | 47.5 | 0.0 - 2.8 | 1.35 | Out |
Put | GIL250321P00050000 | 44 | 50.0 | 1.65 - 2.6 | 2.45 | In |
Put | GIL250321P00052500 | 20 | 52.5 | 1.2 - 5.4 | 5.2 | In |
Put | GIL250321P00055000 | 0 | 55.0 | 3.5 - 7.0 | 3.5 | In |
Put | GIL250321P00057500 | 0 | 57.5 | 5.9 - 9.7 | 5.9 | In |
Put | GIL250321P00060000 | 0 | 60.0 | 8.9 - 11.7 | 8.9 | In |
Put | GIL250321P00065000 | 0 | 65.0 | 13.9 - 17.4 | 13.9 | In |
Gildan Activewear Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Gildan Total Stockholder Equity
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Gildan Activewear Corporate Directors
| Marcello Caira | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Charles Herington | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Anne MartinVachon | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Craig Leavitt | 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 Gildan Activewear. If investors know Gildan 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 Gildan Activewear 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 0.124 | Dividend Share 0.801 | Earnings Share 2.51 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.024 |
The market value of Gildan Activewear is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Gildan that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Gildan Activewear's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Gildan Activewear'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 Gildan Activewear's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Gildan Activewear'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 Gildan Activewear's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Gildan Activewear is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Gildan Activewear'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.