Liberty Global Stock Options

LBTYA Stock  USD 11.69  0.02  0.17%   
Liberty Global's latest option contracts expiring on April 17th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.95 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.0 over 21 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on April 17th 2025.

Open Interest Against April 17th 2025 Option Contracts

The chart above shows Liberty Global'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. Liberty Global's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Liberty Global's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Liberty Global

Analyzing Liberty Global's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Liberty Global regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Liberty Global's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Liberty Global's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Liberty Global's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Liberty Global's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Liberty Global PLC common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Liberty stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Liberty Global's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Liberty Global's Common Stock Shares Outstanding is projected to decrease significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is expected to grow to about 61.4 B, whereas Total Stockholder Equity is forecasted to decline to about 20.7 B.

Liberty Global PLC In The Money Call Balance

When Liberty Global's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Liberty Global PLC stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Liberty Global'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 Liberty Global PLC 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.

Liberty Current Options Market Mood

Liberty Global'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 Liberty 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 Liberty Global's options investors are not very successful. Liberty Global'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 Liberty contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Liberty Global PLC will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0594% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Liberty Global trading at USD 11.69, that is roughly USD 0.006941. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Liberty Global's daily price movement you should consider buying Liberty Global PLC options at the current volatility level of 0.95%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Liberty Global 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" Liberty calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Liberty Global PLC stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Liberty Global Option Chain

When Liberty Global's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Liberty Global PLC 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.
Liberty Global's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Liberty. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Liberty. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Liberty Global 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 IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
LBTYA250417C0000500005.04.7 - 8.94.7In
Call
LBTYA250417C0000750007.53.8 - 6.73.8In
Call
LBTYA250417C00010000110.01.5 - 3.22.2In
Call
LBTYA250417C000125004812.50.45 - 1.350.52Out
Call
LBTYA250417C0001500060615.00.05 - 2.20.4Out
Call
LBTYA250417C00017500417.50.0 - 0.20.1Out
Call
LBTYA250417C00020000120.00.0 - 2.150.05Out
Call
LBTYA250417C0002250015022.50.0 - 0.150.3Out
Call
LBTYA250417C00025000025.00.0 - 0.70.7Out
Call
LBTYA250417C0002750031127.50.0 - 1.10.3Out
Call
LBTYA250417C00037500037.50.0 - 0.950.95Out
 Put
LBTYA250417P0000500005.00.0 - 0.70.7Out
 Put
LBTYA250417P0000750007.50.0 - 2.152.15Out
 Put
LBTYA250417P00010000110.00.0 - 0.40.2Out
 Put
LBTYA250417P00012500012.50.1 - 1.30.1In
 Put
LBTYA250417P00015000015.02.25 - 3.52.25In
 Put
LBTYA250417P00017500017.55.3 - 6.05.3In
 Put
LBTYA250417P00020000020.06.2 - 10.71.6In
 Put
LBTYA250417P00022500022.510.3 - 11.310.3In
 Put
LBTYA250417P00025000025.012.7 - 13.912.7In
 Put
LBTYA250417P00037500037.515.9 - 18.715.9In

Liberty Global Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Liberty Global Market Cap Over Time

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Liberty Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

20.71 Billion

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

Liberty Global Corporate Management

Andrea SalvatoExecutive OfficerProfile
Monika NowakToporowiczChief SlovakiaProfile
Eric LennonManaging IntegrationProfile
Andr KrauseChief BusinessProfile
John PaulManaging DataProfile
Grace HoEquity DiversityProfile
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Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.68)
Earnings Share
(10.01)
Revenue Per Share
20.425
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.044
Return On Assets
0.0009
The market value of Liberty Global PLC is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Liberty that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Liberty Global's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Liberty Global'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 Liberty Global's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Liberty Global'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 Liberty Global's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Liberty Global is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Liberty Global'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.