CTRI Cash-Secured Put Strategy
CTRI (Centuri Holdings, Inc.), in the Utilities sector, (Regulated Gas industry), listed on NYSE.
Centuri Holdings, Inc. delivers specialized utility infrastructure services across North America. The company's operations are divided into four key segments: Gas Utility Services in the U.S., Gas Utility Services in Canada, Union Electric Utility Services, and Non-Union Electric Utility Services. For natural gas distribution utilities, Centuri provides a comprehensive suite of services, including routine maintenance, system replacements, repairs, and new installations, all with an emphasis on modernizing their infrastructure. Similarly, within the electric utility sector, the company offers services ranging from the upkeep and replacement of existing systems to the repair, upgrade, and expansion of urban transmission and local distribution networks. Centuri's clientele primarily consists of electric, gas, and integrated utility providers. Furthermore, it extends its services to emerging markets such as renewable energy projects, data centers, and 5G telecommunications infrastructure.
CTRI (Centuri Holdings, Inc.) trades in the Utilities sector, specifically Regulated Gas, with a market capitalization of approximately $2.40B, a trailing P/E of 83.16, a beta of 1.11 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 19.04-42.985, average daily share volume of 1.6M, a public-listing history dating back to 2024, approximately 10K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CTRI stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.11 places CTRI roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 83.16 is on the rich side, which tends to correlate with higher earnings-window IV expansion as the market debates whether forward growth supports the multiple.
What is a cash-secured put on CTRI?
A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike.
CTRI snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $23.48, ATM IV 50.40%, IV rank 15.15%, expected move 14.45%. The cash-secured put on CTRI below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 154-day expiry.
Why this cash-secured put structure on CTRI specifically: CTRI IV at 50.40% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling CTRI cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 14.45% (roughly $3.39 on the underlying). The 154-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CTRI expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CTRI should anchor to the underlying notional of $23.48 per share and to the trader's directional view on CTRI stock.
CTRI cash-secured put setup
The CTRI cash-secured put below is built from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CTRI at $23.48 on that close, the first option leg uses a $22.50 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CTRI chain at a 154-day expiry; the cross-strike IV skew is reflected directly in the per-leg values rather than approximated. Quantity sizing assumes one contract per option leg (or 100 CTRI shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $22.50 | $3.00 |
CTRI cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$300.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $300.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$1,949.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $19.50
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.154
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
CTRI cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on CTRI. Each row is one sampled price point from the computed payoff curve; the full curve uses 200 price points internally before being summarized into 10 rows here.
| Underlying Price | % From Spot | P&L at Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | -100.0% | -$1,949.00 |
| $5.20 | -77.9% | -$1,429.95 |
| $10.39 | -55.7% | -$910.91 |
| $15.58 | -33.6% | -$391.86 |
| $20.77 | -11.5% | +$127.18 |
| $25.96 | +10.6% | +$300.00 |
| $31.15 | +32.7% | +$300.00 |
| $36.34 | +54.8% | +$300.00 |
| $41.53 | +76.9% | +$300.00 |
| $46.72 | +99.0% | +$300.00 |
When traders use cash-secured put on CTRI
Cash-secured puts on CTRI earn premium while a trader waits to acquire CTRI stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning CTRI.
CTRI thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CTRI extends from approximately $20.09 on the downside to $26.87 on the upside. A CTRI cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire CTRI at the strike price; the strategy is most attractive when the trader is comfortable holding the underlying at that level and IV is rich enough to compensate for the assignment risk. Current CTRI IV rank near 15.15% sits in the lower third of its 1-year distribution, where IV often re-expands toward the mean; this favors premium-buying structures and disadvantages premium-selling structures on CTRI at 50.40%. As a Utilities name, CTRI options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CTRI-specific events.
CTRI cash-secured put positions are structurally neutral to slightly bullish; the modeled P&L assumes European-style exercise at expiration and ignores early assignment, transaction costs, dividends paid before expiry on the stock leg (when present), and the bid-ask spread on the listed chain. CTRI positions also carry Utilities sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CTRI alongside the broader basket even when CTRI-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on CTRI carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical CTRI earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current CTRI chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on CTRI?
- A cash-secured put on CTRI is the cash-secured put strategy applied to CTRI (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral to slightly bullish: A cash-secured put sells an out-of-the-money put while holding cash equal to the strike-times-100 obligation, keeping the premium when the underlying stays above the strike. With CTRI stock at $23.48 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CTRI chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CTRI cash-secured put max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium. For the CTRI cash-secured put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 50.40%), the computed maximum profit is $300.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$1,949.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a CTRI cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the CTRI cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $19.50 at expiration, derived from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The CTRI market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 14.45%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a cash-secured put on CTRI?
- Cash-secured puts on CTRI earn premium while a trader waits to acquire CTRI stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning CTRI.
- How does current CTRI implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- CTRI ATM IV is at 50.40% with IV rank near 15.15%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.