First week of ADNT June 16 Options Trading
Investors in Adient plc (ticker: ADNT) saw new options start trading this week, for the June 16 expiry. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula scoured the ADNT options channel for new contracts on June 16 and identified one put contract and one call contract of particular interest.
The put contract at the strike price of $30.00 has a current bid of 10 cents. If an investor were to sell to open this put contract, they agree to buy the stock at $30.00, but will also collect the premium, placing the base cost of the stock at $29.90 (before brokerage commissions ). For an investor already interested in buying shares of ADNT, this could represent an attractive alternative to paying $34.54/share today.
Since the $30.00 strike represents a discount of approximately 13% off the current stock price (in other words, it is out of the money by that percentage), it is also possible that the sales contract expires worthless. Current analytical data (including Greeks and implied Greeks) suggests that the current chance of this happening is 88%. Stock Options Channel will track these odds over time to see how they change, by posting a table of these numbers on our website under the contract detail page for that contract. If the contract expires worthless, the premium would represent a return of 0.33% on the cash commitment, or 5.53% annualized – at Stock Options Channel, we call this the Yield increase.
Below is a chart showing the last 12 months trading history for Adient plc, and highlighting in green where the $30.00 strike falls in relation to that history:
On the call side of the options chain, the call contract at the strike price of $35.00 has a current bid of $1.15. If an investor were to buy ADNT shares at the current price level of $34.54/share and then sell to open this call contract as a “covered call”, they are committing to selling the stock at 35 $.00. Assuming the call seller will also collect the premium, this would result in a total return (excluding dividends, if any) of 4.66% if the stock is called at the June 16 expiry (before brokerage commissions) . Of course, a lot of upside could potentially be left on the table if ADNT shares really soar, which is why it’s important to look at Adient plc’s past 12-month trading history, as well as Study the fundamentals of business. Below is a chart showing ADNT’s past twelve month trading history, with the $35.00 strike highlighted in red:
Considering that the strike price of $35.00 represents a premium of approximately 1% to the current stock price (in other words, it is out of the price by that percentage), it It is also possible for the covered call contract to expire worthless, in which case the investor would keep both his shares and the premium collected. Current analytical data (including Greeks and implied Greeks) suggests that the current chance of this happening is 51%. On our website, under the contract detail page for that contract, the Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change and publish a table of those numbers (the option contract’s trading history will be also plotted). If the covered call contract expires worthless, the premium would represent a 3.33% increase in incremental return to the investor, or 55.24% annualized, what we call the Yield increase.
The implied volatility in the example sell contract is 62%, while the implied volatility in the example buy contract is 55%.
Meanwhile, we calculate the actual volatility for the last twelve months (considering the closing values of the last 251 trading days as well as today’s price of $34.54) at 52%. For more put and call options contract ideas worth considering, visit StockOptionsChannel.com.
Also see:
• FNTC options chain
• WCN Dividend History
• Top ten hedge funds holding PIKE
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
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