Legence Corp. Class A Common stock (LGN) Expected Move

Expected move estimates the probable price range for a given period based on at-the-money options pricing. It reflects the market consensus for volatility over the selected timeframe.

Legence Corp. Class A Common stock (LGN) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Engineering & Construction industry, with a market capitalization near $10.67B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 6,300 people, carrying a beta of 3.80 to the broader market. Legence Corp. Led by Jeffrey Sprau, public since 2000-10-19.

Snapshot as of May 15, 2026.

Spot Price
$82.46
Expected Move
20.1%
Implied High
$99.01
Implied Low
$65.91
Front DTE
34 days

As of May 15, 2026, Legence Corp. Class A Common stock (LGN) has an expected move of 20.07%, a one-standard-deviation implied price range of roughly $65.91 to $99.01 from the current $82.46. Expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market's pricing of a ±1σ move. Roughly 68% of outcomes should fall within this range under lognormal assumptions, though empirical markets have fatter tails.

LGN Strategy Sizing to the Expected Move

With Legence Corp. Class A Common stock pricing an expected move of 20.07% from $82.46, risk-defined strategies sized to the implied range structurally target the modal outcome distribution. Iron condors with wings at the ±1σ expected move boundaries collect premium against the ~68% probability that spot stays inside the range under lognormal assumptions; strangles set wider at ±1.5σ or ±2σ target the tails but pay smaller per-trade premium. Long-vol structures (long straddles, ratio backspreads) profit when realized move exceeds the implied move, the inverse trade: they bet against the lognormal assumption itself, capitalizing on the empirically fatter equity-return tails.

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Per-expiration expected move for LGN derived from ATM implied volatility at each listed expiration. Implied high/low bounds are computed as $82.46 × (1 ± expected move %). One standard-deviation range under lognormal assumptions, roughly 68% of outcomes fall inside.

ExpirationDTEATM IVExpected MoveImplied HighImplied Low
Jun 18, 20263470.0%21.4%$100.08$64.84
Jul 17, 20266369.4%28.8%$106.24$58.68
Aug 21, 20269873.6%38.1%$113.91$51.01
Nov 20, 202618972.5%52.2%$125.48$39.44

Frequently asked LGN expected move questions

What is the current LGN expected move?
As of May 15, 2026, Legence Corp. Class A Common stock (LGN) has an expected move of 20.07% over the next 34 days, implying a one-standard-deviation price range of $65.91 to $99.01 from the current $82.46. The expected move is derived from at-the-money straddle pricing and represents the market consensus for a ±1σ price move.
What does the LGN expected move mean for traders?
Roughly 68% of outcomes should fall within ±1 expected move and 95% within ±2 under lognormal assumptions, though equity returns have empirically fatter tails than log-normal predicts. Strategies sized to the expected move (iron condors at ±1σ, strangles at ±1.5σ) target the typical outcome distribution; strategies that profit from tail moves (long-vol structures, ratio backspreads) target the tails the lognormal model under-prices.
How is LGN expected move calculated?
The expected move displayed here is derived from at-the-money implied volatility scaled to the chosen tenor: expected move % is approximately ATM IV times sqrt(T / 365), where T is days to expiration. An equivalent straddle-based form: the ATM straddle (call + put at the same strike) is roughly sqrt(2/pi) times spot times IV times sqrt(T/365), so the implied one-standard-deviation move is approximately 1.25 times ATM straddle divided by spot. The two formulations agree once the sqrt(2/pi) constant is reconciled.