null Option on Great Southern Bancorp

GSBC Stock  USD 60.51  1.66  2.67%   
Great Southern's latest option contracts expiring on September 19th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.6 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.19 over 20 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 Great Southern'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. Great Southern's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Great Southern's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Great Southern

Analyzing Great Southern's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Great Southern regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Great Southern's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Great Southern's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Great Southern's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Great Southern's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Great Southern Bancorp common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Great stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Great Southern's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Great Southern's Total Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is expected to grow to about 6.3 B, whereas Common Stock is forecasted to decline to about 111.2 K.

Great Southern Bancorp In The Money Call Balance

When Great Southern's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Great Southern Bancorp stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Great Southern's 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 Great Southern Bancorp 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.

Great Current Options Market Mood

Great Southern'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 Great 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 Great Southern's options investors are not very successful. Great Southern'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 Great contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Great Southern Bancorp will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0375% per day over the life of the 2025-09-19 option contract. With Great Southern trading at USD 60.51, that is roughly USD 0.0227. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Great Southern's daily price movement you should consider buying Great Southern Bancorp options at the current volatility level of 0.6%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Purchasing Great Southern 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" Great calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Great Southern Bancorp stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Great Southern Option Chain

When Great Southern's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Great Southern Bancorp 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.
Great Southern's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Great. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Great. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Great Southern 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
GSBC250919C000850001685.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
GSBC250919C00080000080.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
GSBC250919C00075000075.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
GSBC250919C00070000170.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
Call
GSBC250919C00065000665.00.0 - 3.93.9Out
Call
GSBC250919C00060000260.01.0 - 5.01.2In
Call
GSBC250919C00055000155.05.4 - 8.55.52In
Call
GSBC250919C00050000650.09.6 - 13.212.0In
Call
GSBC250919C00045000045.014.6 - 18.314.6In
Call
GSBC250919C00040000040.019.0 - 22.919.0In
 Put
GSBC250919P00085000085.022.3 - 26.222.3In
 Put
GSBC250919P00080000080.017.1 - 20.917.1In
 Put
GSBC250919P00075000075.012.1 - 16.312.1In
 Put
GSBC250919P00070000070.07.8 - 10.67.8In
 Put
GSBC250919P00065000065.02.65 - 6.52.65In
 Put
GSBC250919P00060000160.00.9 - 5.02.2Out
 Put
GSBC250919P00055000055.00.0 - 4.04.0Out
 Put
GSBC250919P00050000150.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
GSBC250919P00045000345.00.0 - 4.84.8Out
 Put
GSBC250919P00040000140.00.0 - 4.84.8Out

Great Southern Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Great Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

629.55 Million

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

Great Southern Corporate Management

When determining whether Great Southern Bancorp offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Great Southern'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 Great Southern Bancorp Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Great Southern Bancorp 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 Great Southern. If investors know Great 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 Great Southern 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
0.301
Dividend Share
1.6
Earnings Share
5.6
Revenue Per Share
18.826
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.104
The market value of Great Southern Bancorp is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Great that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Great Southern's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Great Southern'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 Great Southern's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Great Southern'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 Great Southern's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Great Southern is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Great Southern'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.