ESCO Technologies Stock Options Expiring on 19th of September

ESE Stock  USD 192.99  3.25  1.66%   
ESCO Technologies' latest option contracts expiring on September 19th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.31 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.01 over 24 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on September 19th 2025.

Open Interest Against September 19th 2025 Option Contracts

The chart above shows ESCO Technologies' 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. ESCO Technologies' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for ESCO Technologies' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

ESCO Technologies Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-09-19 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 ESCO Technologies close to expiration to expire worthless. 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, ESCO Technologies' option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
ESCO Technologies' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of ESCO Technologies common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell ESCO stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If ESCO Technologies' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, ESCO Technologies' Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Other Stockholder Equity is expected to grow to about 184 M, whereas Common Stock Total Equity is forecasted to decline to about 281.4 K.

ESCO Technologies In The Money Call Balance

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

ESCO Current Options Market Mood

ESCO Technologies' 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 ESCO 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

Unfortunately, most ESCO Technologies' options investors are not very successful. ESCO Technologies' 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 ESCO contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that ESCO Technologies will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0194% per day over the life of the 2025-09-19 option contract. With ESCO Technologies trading at USD 192.99, that is roughly USD 0.0374. If you think that the market is fully incorporating ESCO Technologies' daily price movement you should consider buying ESCO Technologies options at the current volatility level of 0.31%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.

ESCO Technologies Option Chain

When ESCO Technologies' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against ESCO Technologies 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.
ESCO Technologies' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on ESCO. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for ESCO. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a ESCO Technologies 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 IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
ESE250919C002400000240.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
ESE250919C002300000230.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
ESE250919C002200000220.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
ESE250919C00210000135210.01.6 - 3.42.46Out
Call
ESE250919C002000000200.02.65 - 7.52.65Out
Call
ESE250919C001950002195.05.0 - 9.89.72Out
Call
ESE250919C0019000042190.07.6 - 12.46.1Out
Call
ESE250919C001850003185.011.1 - 15.911.7In
Call
ESE250919C001800003180.016.1 - 19.317.2In
Call
ESE250919C001750001175.020.1 - 23.420.1In
Call
ESE250919C0017000041170.023.5 - 28.323.5In
Call
ESE250919C001650004165.028.9 - 32.327.0In
Call
ESE250919C001600003160.032.5 - 37.423.64In
Call
ESE250919C001500003150.042.0 - 46.942.0In
 Put
ESE250919P002400000240.044.5 - 49.544.5In
 Put
ESE250919P002300000230.034.5 - 39.534.5In
 Put
ESE250919P002200000220.024.6 - 29.424.6In
 Put
ESE250919P002100000210.015.6 - 20.415.6In
 Put
ESE250919P002000000200.08.5 - 13.38.5In
 Put
ESE250919P001950000195.05.6 - 10.45.6In
 Put
ESE250919P001900000190.03.5 - 8.33.5In
 Put
ESE250919P001850002185.02.05 - 6.92.05Out
 Put
ESE250919P001800000180.00.5 - 4.40.5Out
 Put
ESE250919P001750000175.00.0 - 3.53.5Out

ESCO Technologies Market Cap Over Time

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ESCO Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

1.49 Billion

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

ESCO Technologies Corporate Directors

Gloria ValdezIndependent DirectorProfile
Vinod KhilnaniIndependent DirectorProfile
Robert PhillippyIndependent DirectorProfile
Patrick DewarIndependent DirectorProfile
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Is Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components 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 ESCO Technologies. If investors know ESCO 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 ESCO Technologies 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
(0.10)
Dividend Share
0.32
Earnings Share
4.56
Revenue Per Share
41.584
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.088
The market value of ESCO Technologies is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of ESCO that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of ESCO Technologies' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is ESCO Technologies' 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 ESCO Technologies' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect ESCO Technologies' 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 ESCO Technologies' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if ESCO Technologies is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, ESCO Technologies' 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.