PayPal Holdings Stock Options

PYPL Stock  USD 66.57  0.10  0.15%   
PayPal Holdings' option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on PayPal Holdings' stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of PayPal Holdings' 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 PayPal option contract.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on PayPal Holdings

Analyzing PayPal Holdings' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in PayPal Holdings regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when PayPal Holdings' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money PayPal Holdings' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with PayPal Holdings' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
PayPal Holdings' latest option contracts expiring on 2024-03-28 are carrying combined implied volatility of 39.78 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 1.35 over 78 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more puts than calls on contracts expiring on 2024-03-28. The current put volume is at 5960, with calls trading at the volume of 23469. This yields a 0.25 put-to-call volume ratio. The PayPal Holdings option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current PayPal Holdings option contracts. It shows all of PayPal Holdings' listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

Open Interest Against 2024-03-28 Option Contracts

PayPal Holdings 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 PayPal Holdings' lending market. For example, when PayPal Holdings' 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 PayPal Holdings, he or she must hedge the risk by shorting PayPal Holdings stock over its option's life.
The chart above shows PayPal Holdings' 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. PayPal Holdings' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for PayPal Holdings' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

PayPal Holdings Maximum Pain Price across 2024-03-28 Option Contracts

Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as PayPal Holdings close to expiration to expire worthless. According to most research, approximately 10% to 15% of all stock options are exercised, while about 35% expire worthlessly, with roughly 50% traded out before the expiration date. So, Max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
PayPal Holdings' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of PayPal Holdings common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell PayPal stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If PayPal Holdings' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
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Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on PayPal Holdings lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if PayPal Holdings' 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 PayPal Holdings 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 PayPal Stock moves the wrong way.
Issuance Of Capital Stock is expected to rise to about 158.2 M this year, although the value of Common Stock Shares Outstanding will most likely fall to about 958.4 M.

PayPal Holdings In The Money Call Balance

When PayPal Holdings' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against PayPal Holdings stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying PayPal Holdings' 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 PayPal Holdings 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.

PayPal Current Options Market Mood

PayPal Holdings' 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 PayPal 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 PayPal Holdings' calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. PayPal Holdings' 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 PayPal Holdings' 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 PayPal contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that PayPal Holdings will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 2.49% per day over the life of the 2024-03-28 option contract. With PayPal Holdings trading at USD 66.57, that is roughly USD 1.65. If you think that the market is fully incorporating PayPal Holdings' daily price movement you should consider buying PayPal Holdings options at the current volatility level of 39.78%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing PayPal Holdings 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" PayPal calls. Remember, the seller must deliver PayPal Holdings stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

PayPal Holdings Option Chain

When PayPal Holdings' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against PayPal Holdings 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.
PayPal Holdings' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on PayPal. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for PayPal. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a PayPal Holdings 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
2024-03-28 CALL at $35.00.96010.003122024-03-2831.0 - 32.131.1In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $40.00.99090.001602024-03-2826.1 - 27.150.0In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $45.00.98460.003112024-03-2821.15 - 22.1521.25In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $46.00.96430.005402024-03-2820.1 - 20.80.0In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $47.00.95720.0063202024-03-2819.2 - 19.8516.75In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $48.00.9670.0059152024-03-2818.15 - 18.7518.7In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $49.00.92880.00932024-03-2817.0 - 18.2518.1In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $50.00.98560.004172024-03-2816.1 - 17.1516.1In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $51.00.90890.011302024-03-2814.75 - 16.250.0In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $52.00.97790.0062162024-03-2814.2 - 15.114.86In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $53.00.93470.012252024-03-2813.25 - 13.912.35In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $54.00.97490.008302024-03-2812.25 - 13.0512.75In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $55.00.89630.01671122024-03-2811.2 - 12.1511.32In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $56.00.90090.01841012024-03-2810.3 - 11.0510.32In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $57.00.94850.0161902024-03-289.3 - 10.158.67In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $58.00.9380.01992062024-03-288.4 - 8.758.52In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $59.00.89150.02743862024-03-287.2 - 7.957.45In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $60.00.79960.03139132024-03-286.25 - 7.656.42In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $61.00.80530.03817682024-03-285.3 - 6.45.44In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $62.00.84690.04927622024-03-284.4 - 5.554.35In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $63.00.7540.055214242024-03-283.35 - 4.453.5In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $64.00.84030.090117672024-03-282.35 - 2.812.53In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $65.00.79120.142933782024-03-281.51 - 1.821.54In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $66.00.6940.300440992024-03-280.7 - 0.830.81In
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $67.00.36090.325842662024-03-280.27 - 0.30.28Out
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $68.00.1390.172565882024-03-280.07 - 0.090.09Out
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $69.00.06110.079131532024-03-280.03 - 0.040.04Out
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $70.00.02970.038461302024-03-280.02 - 0.030.02Out
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $71.00.02480.026819942024-03-280.01 - 0.020.02Out
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $72.00.02140.02017832024-03-280.0 - 0.490.02Out
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $73.00.01110.0114992024-03-280.0 - 0.010.01Out
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $74.00.010.00891312024-03-280.0 - 0.010.01Out
Call
2024-03-28 CALL at $75.00.00910.00742312024-03-280.0 - 0.010.01Out
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $51.0-0.00450.001994282024-03-280.0 - 0.010.01Out
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $55.0-0.00590.00338122024-03-280.0 - 0.020.01Out
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $57.0-0.0070.004612262024-03-280.0 - 0.010.01Out
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $58.0-0.00770.005511362024-03-280.0 - 0.040.01Out
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $60.0-0.01660.012664022024-03-280.0 - 0.050.02Out
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $61.0-0.01120.01146232024-03-280.0 - 0.060.01Out
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $62.0-0.01320.015723552024-03-280.01 - 0.020.01Out
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $63.0-0.01610.023225242024-03-280.01 - 0.020.01Out
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $64.0-0.04590.061328822024-03-280.02 - 0.030.03Out
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $65.0-0.10970.143123372024-03-280.05 - 0.070.07Out
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $66.0-0.3060.301210802024-03-280.21 - 0.250.28Out
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $67.0-0.63420.31447662024-03-280.54 - 0.750.72In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $68.0-0.87880.16914002024-03-281.45 - 1.541.84In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $69.0-0.82280.1033452024-03-282.24 - 2.72.66In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $70.0-0.83770.07441182024-03-283.15 - 4.453.7In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $71.0-0.89040.05532024-03-283.3 - 5.54.6In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $72.0-0.8720.04782024-03-284.75 - 6.455.7In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $73.0-0.84010.041202024-03-285.8 - 6.96.4In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $74.0-0.96580.0272024-03-286.45 - 8.57.9In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $75.0-0.91750.027532024-03-287.85 - 9.49.7In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $76.0-0.89460.02702024-03-289.0 - 10.59.9In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $77.0-0.97270.012802024-03-289.6 - 11.350.0In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $78.0-0.94310.017732024-03-2811.15 - 12.011.45In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $79.0-0.95930.013802024-03-2812.1 - 12.950.0In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $80.0-0.96860.011102024-03-2813.1 - 13.913.95In
 Put
2024-03-28 PUT at $85.0-0.97430.007402024-03-2818.25 - 18.7521.35In

PayPal Holdings 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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PayPal Holdings 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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PayPal Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

17.54 Billion

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

PayPal Holdings Investors Sentiment

The influence of PayPal Holdings' investor sentiment on the probability of its price appreciation or decline could be a good factor in your decision-making process regarding taking a position in PayPal. The overall investor sentiment generally increases the direction of a stock movement in a one-year investment horizon. However, the impact of investor sentiment on the entire stock market does not have solid backing from leading economists and market statisticians.
Investor biases related to PayPal Holdings' public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in PayPal. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding PayPal can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around PayPal Holdings. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
PayPal Holdings' market sentiment shows the aggregated news analyzed to detect positive and negative mentions from the text and comments. The data is normalized to provide daily scores for PayPal Holdings' and other traded tickers. The bigger the bubble, the more accurate is the estimated score. Higher bars for a given day show more participation in the average PayPal Holdings' news discussions. The higher the estimated score, the more favorable is the investor's outlook on PayPal Holdings.

PayPal Holdings Implied Volatility

    
  39.78  
PayPal Holdings' implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of PayPal Holdings stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if PayPal Holdings' implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that PayPal Holdings stock will not fluctuate a lot when PayPal Holdings' options are near their expiration.
Some investors attempt to determine whether the market's mood is bullish or bearish by monitoring changes in market sentiment. Unlike more traditional methods such as technical analysis, investor sentiment usually refers to the aggregate attitude towards PayPal Holdings in the overall investment community. So, suppose investors can accurately measure the market's sentiment. In that case, they can use it for their benefit. For example, some tools to gauge market sentiment could be utilized using contrarian indexes, PayPal Holdings' short interest history, or implied volatility extrapolated from PayPal Holdings options trading.

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Is PayPal Holdings' 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 PayPal Holdings. If investors know PayPal 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 PayPal Holdings 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
0.615
Earnings Share
3.84
Revenue Per Share
26.991
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.087
Return On Assets
0.0377
The market value of PayPal Holdings is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of PayPal that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of PayPal Holdings' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is PayPal Holdings' 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 PayPal Holdings' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect PayPal Holdings' 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 PayPal Holdings' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if PayPal Holdings is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, PayPal Holdings' 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.