Assume I have a choice of buying options or shares at say...

Assume I have a choice of buying options or shares at say today's prices. If the share price eventually went to say 25c I make 500+% on my initial purchase. However if I instead owned options, I would have to pay the exercise 20c to make 5c which would be about 200% return on my initial purchase. It would seem to be a worse scenario for options if the share price only ever got to the high teens. Why would you buy options? If I am missing something really obvious please go easy on me lol.