Universal Display Stock Options
| OLED Stock | USD 149.24 2.12 1.44% |
Universal Display's latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.68 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.39 over 62 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025. The total put volume is at 113, with calls trading at the volume of 24.0. This yields a 4.71 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts
2025-03-21
The chart above shows Universal Display'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. Universal Display's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Universal Display's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Universal Display Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-03-21 Option Contracts
Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as Universal Display close to expiration to expire worthless. So, 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, Universal Display's 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 Universal Display
Analyzing Universal Display's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Universal Display regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Universal Display's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Universal Display's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Universal Display's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Universal Display's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Universal Display common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Universal stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Universal Display's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Universal Display's Other Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is expected to grow to about 2 B, whereas Common Stock Total Equity is forecasted to decline to about 415.5 K. Universal Display In The Money Call Balance
When Universal Display's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Universal Display stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Universal Display'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 Universal Display 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.
Universal Current Options Market Mood
Universal Display'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 Universal 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 Universal Display's options investors are not very successful. Universal Display'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 Universal contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Universal Display will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0425% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Universal Display trading at USD 149.24, that is roughly USD 0.0634. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Universal Display's daily price movement you should consider buying Universal Display options at the current volatility level of 0.68%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Universal Display 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" Universal calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Universal Display stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Universal Display Option Chain
When Universal Display's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Universal Display 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.
Universal Display's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Universal. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Universal. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Universal Display 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 | OLED250321C00080000 | 1 | 80.0 | 67.6 - 72.4 | 83.34 | In |
Call | OLED250321C00100000 | 2 | 100.0 | 48.2 - 53.0 | 59.93 | In |
Call | OLED250321C00115000 | 13 | 115.0 | 34.3 - 38.5 | 34.8 | In |
Call | OLED250321C00120000 | 1 | 120.0 | 30.4 - 34.5 | 28.6 | In |
Call | OLED250321C00130000 | 6 | 130.0 | 22.2 - 25.7 | 22.0 | In |
Call | OLED250321C00140000 | 23 | 140.0 | 16.1 - 18.9 | 17.0 | In |
Call | OLED250321C00145000 | 17 | 145.0 | 13.2 - 15.0 | 14.3 | In |
Call | OLED250321C00150000 | 40 | 150.0 | 11.3 - 11.9 | 12.1 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00155000 | 50 | 155.0 | 9.1 - 10.4 | 9.9 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00160000 | 155 | 160.0 | 7.3 - 8.2 | 6.8 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00165000 | 32 | 165.0 | 3.7 - 6.6 | 4.81 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00170000 | 21 | 170.0 | 4.2 - 5.3 | 3.6 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00175000 | 13 | 175.0 | 3.3 - 4.2 | 3.04 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00180000 | 40 | 180.0 | 2.3 - 3.3 | 2.1 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00185000 | 34 | 185.0 | 0.75 - 4.3 | 3.15 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00190000 | 49 | 190.0 | 0.5 - 3.7 | 1.2 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00195000 | 137 | 195.0 | 0.05 - 4.9 | 3.6 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00200000 | 42 | 200.0 | 0.15 - 1.5 | 1.26 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00210000 | 65 | 210.0 | 0.05 - 2.5 | 0.4 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00220000 | 135 | 220.0 | 0.15 - 0.75 | 0.2 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00230000 | 8 | 230.0 | 0.0 - 2.2 | 1.35 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00240000 | 15 | 240.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 0.59 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00250000 | 8 | 250.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 0.2 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00260000 | 1 | 260.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 8.68 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00270000 | 8 | 270.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 0.17 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00280000 | 1 | 280.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 1.95 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00290000 | 1 | 290.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 5.5 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00300000 | 1 | 300.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 1.55 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00310000 | 4 | 310.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 0.1 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00320000 | 0 | 320.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Call | OLED250321C00330000 | 2 | 330.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 1.35 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00340000 | 2 | 340.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 0.75 | Out |
Call | OLED250321C00350000 | 0 | 350.0 | 0.0 - 5.0 | 5.0 | |
Put | OLED250321P00095000 | 1 | 95.0 | 0.0 - 2.35 | 1.95 | Out |
Put | OLED250321P00105000 | 8 | 105.0 | 0.05 - 2.65 | 0.65 | Out |
Put | OLED250321P00110000 | 5 | 110.0 | 0.1 - 2.85 | 0.93 | Out |
Put | OLED250321P00115000 | 2 | 115.0 | 0.25 - 2.1 | 1.6 | Out |
Put | OLED250321P00125000 | 28 | 125.0 | 1.75 - 2.8 | 3.8 | Out |
Put | OLED250321P00130000 | 23 | 130.0 | 3.1 - 3.8 | 3.59 | Out |
Put | OLED250321P00135000 | 6 | 135.0 | 3.9 - 5.3 | 4.65 | Out |
Put | OLED250321P00140000 | 16 | 140.0 | 5.8 - 7.4 | 6.2 | Out |
Put | OLED250321P00145000 | 13 | 145.0 | 7.7 - 9.3 | 9.12 | Out |
Put | OLED250321P00150000 | 69 | 150.0 | 10.2 - 11.8 | 11.21 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00155000 | 25 | 155.0 | 13.6 - 16.0 | 15.1 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00160000 | 23 | 160.0 | 16.2 - 19.0 | 17.3 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00165000 | 20 | 165.0 | 18.0 - 21.6 | 13.19 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00170000 | 27 | 170.0 | 22.2 - 25.2 | 24.0 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00175000 | 17 | 175.0 | 26.1 - 29.7 | 26.41 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00180000 | 10 | 180.0 | 30.0 - 34.1 | 34.76 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00185000 | 32 | 185.0 | 34.7 - 38.4 | 25.6 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00190000 | 35 | 190.0 | 39.0 - 43.4 | 41.76 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00210000 | 1 | 210.0 | 58.7 - 63.0 | 23.3 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00260000 | 0 | 260.0 | 108.6 - 112.4 | 108.6 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00270000 | 0 | 270.0 | 118.5 - 122.4 | 118.5 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00280000 | 0 | 280.0 | 128.6 - 132.4 | 128.6 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00290000 | 0 | 290.0 | 138.5 - 142.4 | 138.5 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00300000 | 0 | 300.0 | 148.6 - 152.7 | 148.6 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00310000 | 0 | 310.0 | 158.6 - 162.3 | 158.6 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00320000 | 0 | 320.0 | 168.7 - 172.0 | 168.7 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00330000 | 0 | 330.0 | 178.6 - 182.4 | 178.6 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00340000 | 0 | 340.0 | 188.6 - 191.9 | 188.6 | In |
Put | OLED250321P00350000 | 0 | 350.0 | 198.5 - 203.0 | 198.5 | In |
Universal Display Market Cap Over Time
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Universal Display Corporate Executives
Elected by the shareholders, the Universal Display's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Universal Display inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Universal. The board's role is to monitor Universal Display's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Universal Display's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Universal Display's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
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| Julia Brown | CTO, Sr. VP and Member of Scientific Advisory Board | Profile |
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Is Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 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 Universal Display. If investors know Universal 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 Universal Display 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 0.299 | Dividend Share 1.55 | Earnings Share 5.04 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.146 |
The market value of Universal Display is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Universal that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Universal Display's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Universal Display'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 Universal Display's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Universal Display'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 Universal Display's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Universal Display is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Universal Display'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.