Citizens Stock Options

CIA Stock  USD 2.14  0.04  1.83%   
Citizens' option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Citizens' stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Citizens' 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 Citizens option contract.

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

Analyzing Citizens' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Citizens regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Citizens' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Citizens' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Citizens' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Citizens' latest option contracts expiring on 2024-05-17 are carrying combined implied volatility of 284.95 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 12.09 over 6 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on 2024-05-17. The current put volume is at 0, with calls trading at the volume of 25. This yields a 0.0 put-to-call volume ratio. The Citizens option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Citizens option contracts. It shows all of Citizens' listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

Open Interest Against 2024-05-17 Option Contracts

Citizens option prices can potentially be used to forecast stock returns because most option chains provide information not only about the current prices but also about the future conditions in Citizens' lending market. For example, when Citizens' puts are not actively trading or completely missing in the marketplace, investors can use it to internalize expected shorting costs. So if an investor is writing a put option on Citizens, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting Citizens stock over its option's life.
The chart above shows Citizens' 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. Citizens' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Citizens' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Citizens' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Citizens common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Citizens stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Citizens' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
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Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on Citizens lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if Citizens' 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 Citizens 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 Citizens Stock moves the wrong way.
The current year's Capital Stock is expected to grow to about 294.4 M, whereas Total Stockholder Equity is forecasted to decline to about 149.3 M.

Citizens Current Options Market Mood

Citizens' 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 Citizens 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

Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of Citizens' calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Citizens' 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 Citizens' 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 Citizens contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Citizens will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 17.81% per day over the life of the 2024-05-17 option contract. With Citizens trading at USD 2.14, that is roughly USD 0.38. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Citizens' daily price movement you should consider buying Citizens options at the current volatility level of 284.95%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Citizens 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" Citizens calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Citizens stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Citizens Option Chain

When Citizens' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Citizens 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.
Citizens' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Citizens. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Citizens. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Citizens 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
2024-05-17 CALL at $5.00.10790.15527732024-05-170.0 - 0.250.05Out
 Put
2024-05-17 PUT at $2.5-0.49020.321598202024-05-170.5 - 0.950.95In
 Put
2024-05-17 PUT at $5.0-0.45140.129602024-05-172.6 - 4.50.0In
 Put
2024-05-17 PUT at $7.5-0.62770.137302024-05-173.9 - 7.65.5In

Citizens Total Stockholder Equity Over Time

The total equity held by shareholders, calculated as the difference between a company's total assets and total liabilities. It represents the net value of the company owned by shareholders.
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Citizens Common Stock Shares Outstanding Over Time

The total number of shares of a company's common stock that are currently owned by all its shareholders.
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Citizens Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

149.27 Million

At present, Citizens' Total Stockholder Equity is projected to decrease significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

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Citizens Corporate Directors

Citizens corporate directors refer to members of a Citizens board of directors. The board of directors generally takes responsibility for the Citizens' affairs and long-term direction of the entity. A corporate director does not make decisions for the corporation on his own. As a member of the board of directors, she or he must function as a part of a group that makes decisions on behalf of the business only by the board of directors' meetings. To pass a resolution, a majority of Citizens' board members must vote for the resolution. The Citizens board of directors' duties also include the election, removal, and supervision of officers, including the adoption, amendment, and repeal of bylaws.
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The danger of trading Citizens is mainly related to its market volatility and Company specific events. As an investor, you must understand the concept of risk-adjusted return before you start trading. The most common way to measure the risk of Citizens is by using the Sharpe ratio. The ratio expresses how much excess return you acquire for the extra volatility you endure for holding a more risker asset than Citizens. The Sharpe ratio is calculated by using standard deviation and excess return to determine reward per unit of risk. To understand how volatile Citizens is, you must compare it to a benchmark. Traditionally, the risk-free rate of return is the rate of return on the shortest-dated U.S. Treasury, such as a 3-year bond.
When determining whether Citizens offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Citizens' financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of Citizens Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Citizens Stock:
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Is Citizens' industry 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 Citizens. If investors know Citizens 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 Citizens 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
(0.22)
Earnings Share
0.48
Revenue Per Share
4.843
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.01)
Return On Assets
0.01
The market value of Citizens is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Citizens that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Citizens' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Citizens' 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 Citizens' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Citizens' 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 Citizens' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Citizens is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Citizens' 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.