Marten Transport Stock Options

MRTN Stock  USD 17.32  0.31  1.76%   
Marten Transport's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-06-21 are carrying combined implied volatility of 28.09 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 27.41 over 24 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more puts than calls on contracts expiring on 2024-06-21.

Open Interest Against 2024-06-21 Option Contracts

The chart above shows Marten Transport'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. Marten Transport's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Marten Transport's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Marten Transport's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on Marten Transport's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of Marten Transport'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 Marten option contract.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Marten Transport

Analyzing Marten Transport's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Marten Transport regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Marten Transport's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Marten Transport's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Marten Transport's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
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Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on Marten Transport lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if Marten Transport'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 Marten Transport 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 Marten Stock moves the wrong way.
At this time, Marten Transport's Total Stockholder Equity is very stable compared to the past year. As of the 14th of June 2024, Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is likely to grow to about 1.1 B, while Common Stock Shares Outstanding is likely to drop about 77.5 M.

Marten Current Options Market Mood

Marten Transport'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 Marten 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 Marten Transport'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. Marten Transport'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 Marten Transport'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 Marten contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Marten Transport will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 1.76% per day over the life of the 2024-06-21 option contract. With Marten Transport trading at USD 17.32, that is roughly USD 0.3. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Marten Transport's daily price movement you should consider buying Marten Transport options at the current volatility level of 28.09%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Marten Transport 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" Marten calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Marten Transport stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Marten Transport Option Chain

When Marten Transport's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Marten Transport 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.
Marten Transport's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Marten. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Marten. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Marten Transport 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 $2.50.97880.001802024-06-2114.1 - 17.00.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $5.00.96330.004702024-06-2111.5 - 14.50.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $7.50.93240.009602024-06-219.4 - 12.00.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $10.00.9170.017302024-06-216.6 - 9.50.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $12.50.8740.03302024-06-214.2 - 7.00.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $15.00.77980.066942024-06-212.05 - 4.52.82In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $17.50.59060.5666112024-06-210.0 - 1.80.35In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $20.0-0.87140.112882024-06-211.75 - 3.22.5In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $22.5-0.95890.037302024-06-214.2 - 5.60.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $25.0-0.93890.032602024-06-216.7 - 8.20.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $30.0-0.84830.031202024-06-2111.6 - 14.10.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $35.0-0.86430.024402024-06-2116.5 - 19.20.0In

Marten Transport Market Cap Over Time

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Marten Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

795.26 Million

At this time, Marten Transport's Total Stockholder Equity is very stable compared to the past year.

Marten Transport Corporate Executives

Elected by the shareholders, the Marten Transport's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Marten Transport inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Marten. The board's role is to monitor Marten Transport's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Marten Transport's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Marten Transport's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
James HinnendaelCFO, Principal Accounting Officer and Executive VPProfile
Adam PhillipsExecutive COOProfile
Randall BaierExecutive CTOProfile

Additional Information and Resources on Investing in Marten Stock

When determining whether Marten Transport offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Marten Transport's 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 Marten Transport Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Marten Transport Stock:
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Marten Transport. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in estimate.
To learn how to invest in Marten Stock, please use our How to Invest in Marten Transport guide.
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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 Marten Transport. If investors know Marten 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 Marten Transport 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
(0.57)
Dividend Share
0.24
Earnings Share
0.7
Revenue Per Share
13.321
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.16)
The market value of Marten Transport is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Marten that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Marten Transport's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Marten Transport'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 Marten Transport's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Marten Transport'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 Marten Transport's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Marten Transport is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Marten Transport'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.