Global Payments Stock Options
| GPN Stock | USD 117.07 1.31 1.13% |
Global Payments' latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.99 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.35 over 33 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The total put volume is at 515, with calls trading at the volume of 515. This yields a 1.12 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against 2024-12-20 Option Contracts
2024-12-20
The chart above shows Global Payments' 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. Global Payments' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Global Payments' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Global Payments Maximum Pain Price across 2024-12-20 Option Contracts
Max pain occurs when Global Payments' market makers reach a net positive position across all Global Payments' options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Global Payments' 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 Global Payments
Analyzing Global Payments' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Global Payments regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Global Payments' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Global Payments' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Global Payments' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Global Payments. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in american community survey.
Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on Global Payments lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if Global Payments' 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 Global Payments 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 Global Stock moves the wrong way.
Global Payments In The Money Call Balance
When Global Payments' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Global Payments stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Global Payments' 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 Global Payments 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.
Global Current Options Market Mood
Global Payments' 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 Global 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 Global Payments' options investors are not very successful. Global Payments' 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 Global contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Global Payments will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0619% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With Global Payments trading at USD 117.07, that is roughly USD 0.0724. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Global Payments' daily price movement you should consider buying Global Payments options at the current volatility level of 0.99%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Global |
Purchasing Global Payments 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" Global calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Global Payments stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Global Payments Option Chain
When Global Payments' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Global Payments 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.
Global Payments' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Global. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Global. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Global Payments 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 | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 50 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 64.6 - 68.4 | 52.2 | In |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 75 | 4 | 2024-12-20 | 34.2 - 37.6 | 25.1 | In |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 80 | 24 | 2024-12-20 | 35.1 - 38.8 | 35.71 | In |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 85 | 16 | 2024-12-20 | 31.2 - 32.6 | 18.9 | In |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 90 | 27 | 2024-12-20 | 25.1 - 29.1 | 26.08 | In |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 95 | 41 | 2024-12-20 | 21.4 - 22.7 | 21.5 | In |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 100 | 3600 | 2024-12-20 | 16.7 - 18.0 | 17.0 | In |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 105 | 5765 | 2024-12-20 | 10.4 - 13.1 | 12.25 | In |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 110 | 1881 | 2024-12-20 | 6.7 - 7.7 | 6.64 | In |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 115 | 4505 | 2024-12-20 | 2.6 - 3.5 | 2.95 | In |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 120 | 3992 | 2024-12-20 | 0.7 - 1.0 | 0.85 | Out |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 125 | 3895 | 2024-12-20 | 0.1 - 0.45 | 0.2 | Out |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 130 | 358 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.4 | 0.11 | Out |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 135 | 16 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.25 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 140 | 1 | 2024-12-20 | 0.05 - 0.75 | 0.06 | Out |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 145 | 1472 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 150 | 1 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.3 | 0.05 | Out |
Call | GPN Option Call 20-12-2024 165 | 5 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 50 | 6 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 65 | 10 | 2024-12-20 | 0.55 - 2.35 | 0.85 | Out |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 70 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.2 | 0.2 | |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 75 | 65 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 80 | 79 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 85 | 90 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 90 | 271 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 95 | 321 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.15 | 0.12 | Out |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 100 | 2280 | 2024-12-20 | 0.05 - 0.25 | 0.06 | Out |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 105 | 711 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 110 | 1607 | 2024-12-20 | 0.05 - 0.4 | 0.25 | Out |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 115 | 3205 | 2024-12-20 | 0.4 - 1.25 | 1.1 | Out |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 120 | 345 | 2024-12-20 | 3.4 - 4.3 | 4.0 | In |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 125 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 6.8 - 10.1 | 8.9 | In |
Put | GPN Option Put 20-12-2024 135 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 31.8 - 35.7 | 26.1 | In |
Global Total Stockholder Equity
Total Stockholder Equity |
|
Global Payments Corporate Directors
| Kriss Cloninger | Lead Independent Director | Profile | |
| Connie McDaniel | Independent Director | Profile | |
| John Bruno | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Robert Baldwin | Independent Director | Profile |
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Global Payments. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in american community survey. To learn how to invest in Global Stock, please use our How to Invest in Global Payments guide.You can also try the Financial Widgets module to easily integrated Macroaxis content with over 30 different plug-and-play financial widgets.
Is Transaction & Payment Processing Services 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 Global Payments. If investors know Global 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 Global Payments 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 (0.11) | Dividend Share 1 | Earnings Share 5.3 | Revenue Per Share 39.009 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.051 |
The market value of Global Payments is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Global that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Global Payments' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Global Payments' 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 Global Payments' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Global Payments' 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 Global Payments' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Global Payments is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Global Payments' 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.