Pitney Bowes Stock Options
| PBI Stock | USD 7.95 0.10 1.27% |
Pitney Bowes' latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-13 are carrying combined implied volatility of 4.78 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.03 over 21 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-12-13. The total put volume is at 212, with calls trading at the volume of 212. This yields a 2.28 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against 2024-12-13 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Pitney Bowes' 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. Pitney Bowes' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Pitney Bowes' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Pitney Bowes
Analyzing Pitney Bowes' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Pitney Bowes regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Pitney Bowes' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Pitney Bowes' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Pitney Bowes' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
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Pitney Bowes In The Money Call Balance
When Pitney Bowes' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Pitney Bowes stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Pitney Bowes' 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 Pitney Bowes 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.
Pitney Current Options Market Mood
Pitney Bowes' 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 Pitney 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 Pitney Bowes' options investors are not very successful. Pitney Bowes' 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 Pitney contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Pitney Bowes will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.3% per day over the life of the 2024-12-13 option contract. With Pitney Bowes trading at USD 7.95, that is roughly USD 0.0238. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Pitney Bowes' daily price movement you should consider buying Pitney Bowes options at the current volatility level of 4.78%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Pitney Bowes 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" Pitney calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Pitney Bowes stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Pitney Bowes Option Chain
When Pitney Bowes' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Pitney Bowes 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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Pitney Bowes' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Pitney. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Pitney. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Pitney Bowes 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 | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 2 | 0 | 2024-12-13 | 5.3 - 6.1 | 5.98 | In |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 2 | 11 | 2024-12-13 | 5.4 - 7.6 | 5.36 | In |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 3 | 8 | 2024-12-13 | 4.8 - 7.1 | 5.14 | In |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 3 | 5 | 2024-12-13 | 4.3 - 6.6 | 4.27 | In |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 4 | 3 | 2024-12-13 | 3.8 - 4.3 | 4.33 | In |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 4 | 8 | 2024-12-13 | 3.4 - 3.7 | 2.72 | In |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 5 | 1 | 2024-12-13 | 1.95 - 3.1 | 2.36 | In |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 6 | 5 | 2024-12-13 | 0.6 - 1.6 | 1.85 | In |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 7 | 5 | 2024-12-13 | 0.8 - 1.7 | 0.76 | In |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 7 | 213 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.55 | 0.5 | In |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 8 | 1356 | 2024-12-13 | 0.1 - 0.15 | 0.11 | Out |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 8 | 199 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.02 | Out |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 9 | 8793 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.01 | Out |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 9 | 22 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.08 | Out |
Call | PBI Option Call 13-12-2024 10 | 1 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | PBI Option Put 13-12-2024 6 | 0 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.03 | |
Put | PBI Option Put 13-12-2024 7 | 2 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.16 | Out |
Put | PBI Option Put 13-12-2024 7 | 18 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 0.2 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | PBI Option Put 13-12-2024 8 | 287 | 2024-12-13 | 0.1 - 0.15 | 0.05 | In |
Put | PBI Option Put 13-12-2024 8 | 1 | 2024-12-13 | 0.0 - 1.45 | 0.55 | In |
Put | PBI Option Put 13-12-2024 9 | 0 | 2024-12-13 | 1.0 - 2.1 | 1.55 | In |
Pitney Total Stockholder Equity
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Pitney Bowes Corporate Directors
| Anne Busquet | Independent Director | Profile | |
| David Shedlarz | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Anne Fuchs | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Lance Rosenzweig | Interim Director | Profile |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth 4.614 | Dividend Share 0.2 | Earnings Share (1.41) | Revenue Per Share 18.105 | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.01) |
The market value of Pitney Bowes is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Pitney that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Pitney Bowes' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Pitney Bowes' 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 Pitney Bowes' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Pitney Bowes' 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 Pitney Bowes' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Pitney Bowes is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Pitney Bowes' 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.