Werner Enterprises Stock Options
| WERN Stock | USD 40.88 0.42 1.04% |
Werner Enterprises' latest option contracts expiring on 2024-12-20 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.29 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.1 over 10 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-12-20. The total put volume is at 9.0, with calls trading at the volume of 9.0. This yields a 2.25 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against 2024-12-20 Option Contracts
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The chart above shows Werner Enterprises' 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. Werner Enterprises' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Werner Enterprises' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Werner Enterprises' option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Werner Enterprises' stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Werner Enterprises' 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 Werner option contract.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Werner Enterprises
Analyzing Werner Enterprises' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Werner Enterprises regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Werner Enterprises' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Werner Enterprises' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Werner Enterprises' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
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Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on Werner Enterprises lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if Werner Enterprises' value remains static through the expiration date, the investor can sell to close an 'in-the-money' option to avoid a potential loss. However, in-the-money Werner Enterprises contracts are usually more expensive to enter than their out-of-the-money counterparts. So keep in mind that while the payoffs on an in-the-money trade can be high, the investors could ultimately experience a more consequential loss if Werner Stock moves the wrong way.
Werner Enterprises In The Money Call Balance
When Werner Enterprises' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Werner Enterprises stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Werner Enterprises' 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 Werner Enterprises 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.
Werner Current Options Market Mood
Werner Enterprises' 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 Werner 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 Werner Enterprises' options investors are not very successful. Werner Enterprises' 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 Werner contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Werner Enterprises will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0806% per day over the life of the 2024-12-20 option contract. With Werner Enterprises trading at USD 40.88, that is roughly USD 0.033. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Werner Enterprises' daily price movement you should consider buying Werner Enterprises options at the current volatility level of 1.29%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Werner Enterprises 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" Werner calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Werner Enterprises stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Werner Enterprises Option Chain
When Werner Enterprises' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Werner Enterprises 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.
Werner Enterprises' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Werner. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Werner. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Werner Enterprises 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 | WERN Option Call 20-12-2024 35 | 9 | 2024-12-20 | 4.0 - 8.9 | 3.0 | In |
Call | WERN Option Call 20-12-2024 40 | 243 | 2024-12-20 | 1.3 - 1.95 | 1.4 | In |
Call | WERN Option Call 20-12-2024 45 | 13 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.6 | Out |
Call | WERN Option Call 20-12-2024 50 | 8 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.9 | Out |
Put | WERN Option Put 20-12-2024 17 | 2 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 0.05 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | WERN Option Put 20-12-2024 30 | 5 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.8 | Out |
Put | WERN Option Put 20-12-2024 35 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 0.12 | |
Put | WERN Option Put 20-12-2024 40 | 19 | 2024-12-20 | 0.85 - 2.0 | 3.3 | Out |
Put | WERN Option Put 20-12-2024 45 | 1 | 2024-12-20 | 7.0 - 11.9 | 8.0 | In |
Put | WERN Option Put 20-12-2024 50 | 0 | 2024-12-20 | 11.6 - 16.5 | 13.45 | In |
Werner Enterprises Market Cap Over Time
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Werner Total Stockholder Equity
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Werner Enterprises Corporate Executives
Elected by the shareholders, the Werner Enterprises' board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Werner Enterprises inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Werner. The board's role is to monitor Werner Enterprises' management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Werner Enterprises' inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Werner Enterprises' outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
| John Steele | CFO, Executive VP and Treasurer | Profile | |
| Eric Downing | Executive COO | Profile | |
| Derek Leathers | Pres and COO | Profile |
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Is Cargo Ground Transportation 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 Werner Enterprises. If investors know Werner 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 Werner Enterprises 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 (0.71) | Dividend Share 0.56 | Earnings Share 0.73 | Revenue Per Share 49.286 | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.09) |
The market value of Werner Enterprises is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Werner that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Werner Enterprises' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Werner Enterprises' 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 Werner Enterprises' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Werner Enterprises' 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 Werner Enterprises' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Werner Enterprises is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Werner Enterprises' 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.