MA270115P00420000 Option on Mastercard
| MA Stock | USD 532.94 0.56 0.11% |
Mastercard's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-06 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.08 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.0 over 61 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-12-06. The total put volume is at 636, with calls trading at the volume of 636. This yields a 1.0 put-to-call volume ratio.
Mastercard's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Mastercard's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Mastercard'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 Mastercard option contract.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Mastercard
Analyzing Mastercard's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Mastercard regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Mastercard's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Mastercard's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Mastercard's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Mastercard's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Mastercard common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Mastercard stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Mastercard's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Mastercard'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 44.6 B, whereas Total Stockholder Equity is forecasted to decline to about 4.6 B. Mastercard In The Money Call Balance
When Mastercard's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Mastercard stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Mastercard'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 Mastercard 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.
Mastercard Current Options Market Mood
Mastercard'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 Mastercard 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 Volume
Unfortunately, most Mastercard's options investors are not very successful. Mastercard'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 Mastercard contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Mastercard will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.005231% per day over the life of the 2024-12-06 option contract. With Mastercard trading at USD 532.94, that is roughly USD 0.0279. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Mastercard's daily price movement you should consider buying Mastercard options at the current volatility level of 0.0837%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Mastercard 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" Mastercard calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Mastercard stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Mastercard Option Chain
When Mastercard's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Mastercard 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.
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Mastercard's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Mastercard. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Mastercard. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Mastercard 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 | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 390 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 128.66 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 395 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 128.83 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 450 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 59.52 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 455 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 63.92 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 480 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 54.84 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 485 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 44.54 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 490 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 36.28 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 497 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 27.92 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 500 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 34.53 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 505 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 15.6 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 510 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 21.59 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 512 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 20.35 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 515 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 20.32 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 517 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 14.61 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 520 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 13.69 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 522 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 13.25 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 525 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 9.5 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 527 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 9.4 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 530 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 6.01 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 532 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 5.0 | In |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 535 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 2.96 | |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 537 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 1.97 | |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 540 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 1.32 | |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 545 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.5 | |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 550 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.48 | |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 555 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.06 | |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 560 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 570 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.35 | |
Call | MA Option Call 06-12-2024 575 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.26 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 290 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.25 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 440 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 1.03 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 445 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.9 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 450 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.05 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 455 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.25 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 460 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.15 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 465 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.23 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 470 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.38 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 475 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.57 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 480 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.82 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 485 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 490 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 495 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.17 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 497 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.15 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 500 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.22 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 502 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.18 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 505 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.2 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 507 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.23 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 510 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.17 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 512 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.25 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 515 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.32 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 517 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.41 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 520 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.6 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 522 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 0.75 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 525 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 1.11 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 527 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 1.4 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 530 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 1.78 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 532 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 3.35 | |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 535 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 3.45 | In |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 537 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 4.4 | In |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 540 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 0.0 - 0.0 | 8.47 | In |
Put | MA Option Put 06-12-2024 580 | 0 | 2024-12-06 | 43.45 - 47.25 | 64.57 | In |
Mastercard Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time
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Mastercard Corporate Directors
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| Richard Davis | Independent Director | Profile |
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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 Mastercard. If investors know Mastercard 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 Mastercard 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 0.041 | Dividend Share 2.64 | Earnings Share 13.22 | Revenue Per Share 29.283 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.128 |
The market value of Mastercard is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Mastercard that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Mastercard's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Mastercard'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 Mastercard's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Mastercard'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 Mastercard's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Mastercard is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Mastercard'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.