Quad Graphics Stock Options
| QUAD Stock | USD 8.56 0.15 1.78% |
Quad Graphics' latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.21 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 1.34 over 6 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more puts than calls on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The total put volume is at 2.0, with calls trading at the volume of 2.0. This yields a 0.04 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against 2024-12-20 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Quad Graphics' 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. Quad Graphics' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Quad Graphics' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Quad Graphics
Analyzing Quad Graphics' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Quad Graphics regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Quad Graphics' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Quad Graphics' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Quad Graphics' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Quad Graphics' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Quad Graphics common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Quad stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Quad Graphics' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Quad Graphics' Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is projected to decrease significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Stock Based Compensation To Revenue is expected to grow to 0, whereas Common Stock Total Equity is forecasted to decline to about 1.3 M. Quad Graphics In The Money Call Balance
When Quad Graphics' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Quad Graphics stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Quad Graphics' 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 Quad Graphics 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.
Quad Current Options Market Mood
Quad Graphics' 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 Quad 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 Quad Graphics' options investors are not very successful. Quad Graphics' 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 Quad contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Quad Graphics will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0756% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With Quad Graphics trading at USD 8.56, that is roughly USD 0.006474. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Quad Graphics' daily price movement you should consider buying Quad Graphics options at the current volatility level of 1.21%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Quad Graphics 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" Quad calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Quad Graphics stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Quad Graphics Option Chain
When Quad Graphics' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Quad Graphics 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.
Quad Graphics' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Quad. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Quad. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Quad Graphics 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 | QUAD Option Call 20-12-2024 5 | 12 | 2024-12-20 | 3.5 - 3.7 | 2.23 | In |
Call | QUAD Option Call 20-12-2024 7 | 71 | 2024-12-20 | 0.9 - 1.3 | 1.3 | In |
Call | QUAD Option Call 20-12-2024 10 | 48 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | QUAD Option Put 20-12-2024 5 | 106 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.04 | Out |
Put | QUAD Option Put 20-12-2024 7 | 29 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.1 | 0.05 | Out |
Put | QUAD Option Put 20-12-2024 10 | 40 | 2024-12-20 | 1.25 - 2.4 | 1.25 | In |
Quad Total Stockholder Equity
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Quad Graphics Corporate Directors
| Anne Bauer | Chief Accounting Officer, Executive Director | Profile | |
| Mark Angelson | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Stephen Fuller | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Christopher Harned | Director | Profile |
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Is Commercial Services & Supplies 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 Quad Graphics. If investors know Quad 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 Quad Graphics listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Dividend Share 0.15 | Earnings Share (1.63) | Revenue Per Share 57.931 | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.04) | Return On Assets 0.0493 |
The market value of Quad Graphics is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Quad that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Quad Graphics' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Quad Graphics' 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 Quad Graphics' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Quad Graphics' 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 Quad Graphics' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Quad Graphics is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Quad Graphics' 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.