No fair value for NVTS today: only 1 of 4 models has usable inputs, and one model is a guess. A trailing loss of $313M leaves no earnings to multiply. Free cash flow of minus $68M leaves nothing for the cash-flow model or the DCF. Those are its own reported figures, not a gap in our data.
Prices as of 11:49 PM ET, Sep 21. Check the live quote before you send an order.
The put
Skip
Skip the put. It pays a lot because NVTS can drop a lot. Wait, or buy shares.
If it goes against you: you buy 100 shares at $12, which after the $92 you keep works out to $10.58 a share. Below $10.58 you are down on the trade. From that day the shares take above is the one that applies.
The order, if you sell it anyway
You get$92 (limit about $0.92)
If it fallsBuy 100 shares at $12
Cash to hold$1,150
Close earlyBuy back at about $0.55 ($55)
Chance you buy the sharesabout 35 in 100
ContractNVTS Oct 30 $12 put
ActionSell to open
In your broker app: open the stock → Trade → Options → Sell to open → pick the contract shown here.
Why skip
The put: Oct 30, $12 strike, 39 days out. Pays $92. Roughly a 35-in-100 chance you end up buying the shares.
On paper: 75% a year. That number assumes NVTS keeps moving like it did the past two years. Take that away and it is -63% a year. That is why we say skip.
Next earnings Nov 2, after this put ends. We never sell a put across a report.
If you already own 100 shares
Income call
For income on NVTS you already hold: sell the Oct 30 $16 call and take $32 now. If NVTS climbs to $16 by Oct 30, your 100 shares are sold at $16, so only do it if you're happy selling there.
If it climbs past $16 your 100 shares are sold at $16 and you keep the $32. That is the trade working, not a loss.