Kodiak Sciences Stock Options

KOD Stock  USD 7.43  0.76  11.39%   
Kodiak Sciences' latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 3.94 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.71 over 6 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying slightly more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The total put volume is at 58.0, with calls trading at the volume of 58.0. This yields a 3.63 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against 2024-12-20 Option Contracts

The chart above shows Kodiak Sciences' 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. Kodiak Sciences' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Kodiak Sciences' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Kodiak Sciences' option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Kodiak Sciences' stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Kodiak Sciences' 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 Kodiak option contract.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Kodiak Sciences

Analyzing Kodiak Sciences' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Kodiak Sciences regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Kodiak Sciences' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Kodiak Sciences' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Kodiak Sciences' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Kodiak Sciences' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Kodiak Sciences common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Kodiak stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Kodiak Sciences' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Kodiak Sciences' Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Other Stockholder Equity is expected to grow to about 1.5 B, whereas Common Stock Shares Outstanding is forecasted to decline to about 42.4 M.

Kodiak Sciences In The Money Call Balance

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

Kodiak Current Options Market Mood

Kodiak Sciences' 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 Kodiak 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 Kodiak Sciences' options investors are not very successful. Kodiak Sciences' 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 Kodiak contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Kodiak Sciences will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.25% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With Kodiak Sciences trading at USD 7.43, that is roughly USD 0.0183. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Kodiak Sciences' daily price movement you should consider buying Kodiak Sciences options at the current volatility level of 3.94%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Kodiak Sciences 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" Kodiak calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Kodiak Sciences stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Kodiak Sciences Option Chain

When Kodiak Sciences' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Kodiak Sciences 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.
Kodiak Sciences' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Kodiak. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Kodiak. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Kodiak Sciences 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 IntExpirationCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
KOD Option Call 20-12-2024 102024-12-203.5 - 5.72.9In
Call
KOD Option Call 20-12-2024 2142024-12-202.45 - 4.52.9In
Call
KOD Option Call 20-12-2024 5752024-12-200.65 - 1.751.02In
Call
KOD Option Call 20-12-2024 722024-12-200.0 - 0.50.25Out
 Put
KOD Option Put 20-12-2024 2122024-12-200.0 - 0.90.05Out
 Put
KOD Option Put 20-12-2024 5532024-12-200.05 - 0.40.05Out

Kodiak Sciences Market Cap Over Time

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Kodiak Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

279.07 Million

At present, Kodiak Sciences' Total Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

Kodiak Sciences Corporate Management

Tracy ChienVP ControllerProfile
Almas MScSenior OperationsProfile
Victor MDChairman, CoFounderProfile
Michael LouieSenior OfficerProfile
CPA MBACFO VPProfile
Pablo MDSenior DevelopmentProfile
Stephen RaillardSenior ManufacturingProfile
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Is Biotechnology 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 Kodiak Sciences. If investors know Kodiak 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 Kodiak Sciences listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Earnings Share
(4.05)
Return On Assets
(0.27)
Return On Equity
(0.71)
The market value of Kodiak Sciences is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Kodiak that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Kodiak Sciences' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Kodiak Sciences' 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 Kodiak Sciences' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Kodiak Sciences' 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 Kodiak Sciences' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Kodiak Sciences is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Kodiak Sciences' 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.