First Community Stock Options Expiring on 21st of March 2025

FCBC Stock  USD 46.12  0.27  0.59%   
First Community's latest option contracts expiring on 2025-03-21 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.64 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.0 over 1 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2025-03-21.
First Community's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of First Community Banc common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell First stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If First Community's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, First Community's Stock Based Compensation is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

First Current Options Market Mood

First Community'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 First 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

Unfortunately, most First Community's options investors are not very successful. First Community'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.

Rule 16 of the current First contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that First Community Bancshares will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.04% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With First Community trading at USD 46.12, that is roughly USD 0.0184. If you think that the market is fully incorporating First Community's daily price movement you should consider buying First Community Bancshares options at the current volatility level of 0.64%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  

First Community Option Chain

When First Community's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against First Community Bancshares 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.
First Community's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on First. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for First. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a First Community 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.
Open IntExpirationCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
FCBC Option Call 21-03-2025 50102025-03-210.0 - 4.82.0Out

First Community Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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First Community Market Cap Over Time

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First Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

292.35 Million

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

First Community Corporate Management

When determining whether First Community Banc offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of First Community'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 First Community Bancshares Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on First Community Bancshares 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 First Community. If investors know First 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 First Community 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
(0.09)
Dividend Share
1.2
Earnings Share
2.76
Revenue Per Share
8.864
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.03)
The market value of First Community Banc is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of First that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of First Community's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is First Community'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 First Community's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect First Community'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 First Community's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if First Community is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, First Community'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.