West Bancorporation Stock Options

WTBA Stock  USD 16.55  0.15  0.90%   
West Bancorporation's latest option contracts expiring on 2024-06-21 have a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.0 over 22 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2024-06-21. The West Bancorporation option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current West Bancorporation option contracts. It shows all of West Bancorporation's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.
The chart above shows West Bancorporation'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. West Bancorporation's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for West Bancorporation's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
West Bancorporation's option chain provides insight into all available option contracts written on West Bancorporation's stock. Investors can see outstanding put and call contracts with pricing information and greeks for a given expiration period. In addition, each of West Bancorporation'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 West option contract.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on West Bancorporation

Analyzing West Bancorporation's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in West Bancorporation regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when West Bancorporation's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money West Bancorporation's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with West Bancorporation's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
West Bancorporation's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of West Bancorporation common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell West stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If West Bancorporation's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
The current year's Stock Based Compensation To Revenue is expected to grow to 0.02, whereas Total Stockholder Equity is forecasted to decline to about 162 M.

West Current Options Market Mood

West Bancorporation'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 West 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 West Bancorporation'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. West Bancorporation'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 West Bancorporation'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 West contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that West Bancorporation 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 West Bancorporation trading at USD 16.55, that is roughly USD 0.0. If you think that the market is fully incorporating West Bancorporation's daily price movement you should consider buying West Bancorporation 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 West Bancorporation 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" West calls. Remember, the seller must deliver West Bancorporation stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

West Bancorporation Option Chain

When West Bancorporation's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against West Bancorporation 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.
West Bancorporation's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on West. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for West. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a West Bancorporation 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 $2.50.97770.002102024-06-2112.6 - 16.30.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $5.00.96010.005502024-06-2110.1 - 13.80.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $7.50.95690.009902024-06-217.3 - 11.30.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $10.00.93760.019502024-06-214.8 - 8.80.0In
Call
2024-06-21 CALL at $12.50.89290.043402024-06-212.4 - 6.30.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $20.0-0.93880.062402024-06-211.55 - 5.30.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $22.5-0.61430.042602024-06-214.0 - 7.70.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $25.0-0.92540.032502024-06-216.6 - 10.40.0In
 Put
2024-06-21 PUT at $30.0-0.89470.026902024-06-2112.1 - 15.20.0In

West Bancorporation Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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West Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

162.04 Million

At present, West Bancorporation's Total Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

Additional Information and Resources on Investing in West Stock

When determining whether West Bancorporation offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of West Bancorporation'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 West Bancorporation Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on West Bancorporation Stock:
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Is Regional Banks 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 West Bancorporation. If investors know West 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 West Bancorporation 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
(0.26)
Dividend Share
1
Earnings Share
1.32
Revenue Per Share
4.573
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.09)
The market value of West Bancorporation is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of West that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of West Bancorporation's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is West Bancorporation'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 West Bancorporation's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect West Bancorporation'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 West Bancorporation's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if West Bancorporation is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, West Bancorporation'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.