EVER Collar Strategy
EVER (EverQuote, Inc.), in the Communication Services sector, (Internet Content & Information industry), listed on NASDAQ.
EverQuote, Inc. operates an online marketplace for insurance shopping in the United States. The company's online marketplace offers consumers shopping for auto, home and renters, life, and health insurance. It serves carriers and agents, as well as indirect distributors. The company was formerly known as AdHarmonics, Inc., and changed its name to EverQuote, Inc. in November 2014. EverQuote, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
EVER (EverQuote, Inc.) trades in the Communication Services sector, specifically Internet Content & Information, with a market capitalization of approximately $667.1M, a trailing P/E of 6.16, a beta of 0.55 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 13.88-28.73, average daily share volume of 1.1M, a public-listing history dating back to 2018, approximately 324 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how EVER stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.55 indicates EVER has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. The trailing P/E of 6.16 is on the value side, where IV often compresses outside event windows because forward growth expectations are already discounted into the share price.
What is a collar on EVER?
A collar pairs long stock with a protective out-of-the-money put financed by a short out-of-the-money call, capping both tails of the position around the current spot.
Current EVER snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $17.57, ATM IV 65.00%, IV rank 30.74%, expected move 18.63%. The collar on EVER below is built from the same end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 34-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on EVER specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; mid-range EVER IV at 65.00% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 18.63% (roughly $3.27 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated EVER expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on EVER should anchor to the underlying notional of $17.57 per share and to the trader's directional view on EVER stock.
EVER collar setup
The EVER collar below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With EVER near $17.57, the first option leg uses a $18.45 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed EVER chain at a 34-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 EVER shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $17.57 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $18.45 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $16.69 | N/A |
EVER collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
Max profit roughly equals short-call strike minus cost basis plus net premium; max loss roughly equals cost basis minus long-put strike minus net premium. Breakeven shifts by the net premium.
EVER collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on EVER. 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.
When traders use collar on EVER
Collars on EVER hedge an existing long EVER stock position; the long put sets a floor while the short call finances it, often run as a near-zero-cost hedge during expected volatility windows.
EVER thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for EVER extends from approximately $14.30 on the downside to $20.84 on the upside. A EVER collar hedges an existing long EVER position with a protective put while financing the put cost via a short call; when the premiums roughly offset, the collar acts as a near-zero-cost insurance band around the current spot. Current EVER IV rank near 30.74% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the collar thesis on EVER should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Communication Services name, EVER options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to EVER-specific events.
EVER collar positions are structurally neutral (protective); 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. EVER positions also carry Communication Services sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move EVER alongside the broader basket even when EVER-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current EVER chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on EVER?
- A collar on EVER is the collar strategy applied to EVER (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral (protective): A collar pairs long stock with a protective out-of-the-money put financed by a short out-of-the-money call, capping both tails of the position around the current spot. With EVER stock trading near $17.57, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed EVER chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are EVER collar max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit roughly equals short-call strike minus cost basis plus net premium; max loss roughly equals cost basis minus long-put strike minus net premium. Breakeven shifts by the net premium. For the EVER collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 65.00%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a EVER collar?
- The breakeven for the EVER collar priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from end-of-day chain premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The current EVER market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 18.63%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on EVER?
- Collars on EVER hedge an existing long EVER stock position; the long put sets a floor while the short call finances it, often run as a near-zero-cost hedge during expected volatility windows.
- How does current EVER implied volatility affect this collar?
- EVER ATM IV is at 65.00% with IV rank near 30.74%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.