UNITIL Stock Options

UTL Stock  USD 50.41  0.45  0.88%   
UNITIL's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-06-21 have a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.0 over 24 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-06-21. The UNITIL option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current UNITIL option contracts. It shows all of UNITIL's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
The chart above shows UNITIL'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. UNITIL's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for UNITIL's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
UNITIL's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on UNITIL's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of UNITIL'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 UNITIL option contract.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on UNITIL

Analyzing UNITIL's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in UNITIL regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when UNITIL's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money UNITIL's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with UNITIL's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
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Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on UNITIL lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if UNITIL's 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 UNITIL 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 UNITIL Stock moves the wrong way.
At this time, UNITIL's Stock Based Compensation is quite stable compared to the past year. Stock Based Compensation To Revenue is expected to rise to 0 this year, although the value of Liabilities And Stockholders Equity will most likely fall to about 858.3 M.

UNITIL Current Options Market Mood

UNITIL'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 UNITIL 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

Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of UNITIL's calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. UNITIL'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. Using current UNITIL's option volume and open interest to make an investment decision is considered a contrarian-sentiment measure that can be utilized in many timing strategies in both derivative and spot marketplace.

Rule 16 of the current UNITIL contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that UNITIL will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0% per day over the life of the 2024-06-21 option contract. With UNITIL trading at USD 50.41, that is roughly USD 0.0. If you think that the market is fully incorporating UNITIL's daily price movement you should consider buying UNITIL options at the current volatility level of 0.0%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing UNITIL 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" UNITIL calls. Remember, the seller must deliver UNITIL stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

UNITIL Option Chain

When UNITIL's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against UNITIL 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.
UNITIL's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on UNITIL. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for UNITIL. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a UNITIL 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.
DeltaGammaOpen IntExpirationCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $25.00.9920.001402024-06-2123.0 - 27.90.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $30.00.99020.002202024-06-2118.0 - 22.90.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $35.00.98790.003602024-06-2113.0 - 17.90.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $40.00.98530.006502024-06-218.0 - 12.90.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $45.00.90150.037402024-06-213.3 - 8.00.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $55.0-0.6450.039702024-06-212.55 - 6.60.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $60.0-0.87170.028902024-06-218.0 - 12.00.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $65.0-0.8950.019202024-06-2113.0 - 17.00.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $70.0-0.90850.014402024-06-2118.0 - 22.00.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $75.0-0.91780.011502024-06-2123.0 - 27.00.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $80.0-0.93010.009302024-06-2127.9 - 32.00.0In

UNITIL Market Cap Over Time

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UNITIL Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

513.76 Million

At this time, UNITIL's Total Stockholder Equity is quite stable compared to the past year.

UNITIL Corporate Directors

Michael GreenLead Independent DirectorProfile
Eben MoultonIndependent DirectorProfile
Lisa CrutchfieldIndependent DirectorProfile
David WhiteleyIndependent DirectorProfile

Additional Information and Resources on Investing in UNITIL Stock

When determining whether UNITIL is a strong investment it is important to analyze UNITIL's competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact UNITIL's future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding UNITIL Stock, refer to the following important reports:
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in UNITIL. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.
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Is Multi-Utilities 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 UNITIL. If investors know UNITIL 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 UNITIL 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
0.122
Dividend Share
1.64
Earnings Share
3
Revenue Per Share
32.085
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.19)
The market value of UNITIL is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of UNITIL that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of UNITIL's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is UNITIL'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 UNITIL's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect UNITIL'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 UNITIL's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if UNITIL is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, UNITIL'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.