PETS Bear Put Spread Strategy
PETS (PetMed Express, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Pharmaceuticals industry), listed on NASDAQ.
PetMed Express, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a pet pharmacy in the United States. The company markets prescription and non-prescription pet medications, health products, and other supplies for dogs, cats, and horses. It offers non-prescription medications and supplies, such as flea and tick control products, bone and joint care products, vitamins, treats, nutritional supplements, hygiene products, and supplies; and prescription medications, including heartworm preventatives, flea and tick preventatives, arthritis, dermatitis, thyroid, diabetes, pain medications, heart/blood pressure, and other specialty medications, as well as generic substitutes. The company also sells food, beds, crates, stairs, and other pet supplies. It sells its products through its Internet website; mobile app; telephone contact center; and direct mail/print, which includes brochures and postcards, as well as television advertising under the 1-800-PetMeds and PetMeds brands. PetMed Express, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida.
PETS (PetMed Express, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Pharmaceuticals, with a market capitalization of approximately $48.4M, a beta of 0.79 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.57-4.32, average daily share volume of 84K, a public-listing history dating back to 1999, approximately 287 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how PETS stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.79 places PETS roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline.
What is a bear put spread on PETS?
A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width.
Current PETS snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $2.23, ATM IV 30.70%, IV rank 2.22%, expected move 8.80%. The bear put spread on PETS 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 bear put spread structure on PETS specifically: PETS IV at 30.70% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a PETS bear put spread, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 8.80% (roughly $0.20 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 PETS expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PETS should anchor to the underlying notional of $2.23 per share and to the trader's directional view on PETS stock.
PETS bear put spread setup
The PETS bear put spread below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With PETS near $2.23, the first option leg uses a $2.23 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PETS 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 PETS shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Put | $2.23 | N/A |
| Sell 1 | Put | $2.12 | N/A |
PETS bear put spread 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 equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-put strike minus net debit.
PETS bear put spread payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the bear put spread on PETS. 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 bear put spread on PETS
Bear put spreads on PETS reduce the cost of a bearish PETS stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
PETS thesis for this bear put spread
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PETS extends from approximately $2.03 on the downside to $2.43 on the upside. A PETS bear put spread caps both the risk and the reward of a bearish position; relative to an outright long put on PETS, the spread reduces the cost basis but limits the maximum profit to the strike width minus net debit. Current PETS IV rank near 2.22% 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 PETS at 30.70%. As a Healthcare name, PETS options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PETS-specific events.
PETS bear put spread positions are structurally moderately bearish; 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. PETS positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move PETS alongside the broader basket even when PETS-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Long-premium structures like a bear put spread on PETS are particularly exposed to IV-crush risk through scheduled events (earnings, FDA decisions, central-bank meetings) where IV typically contracts post-event regardless of the directional outcome. Always rebuild the position from current PETS chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a bear put spread on PETS?
- A bear put spread on PETS is the bear put spread strategy applied to PETS (stock). The strategy is structurally moderately bearish: A bear put spread buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put at a lower strike for defined risk and defined reward bounded by the strike width. With PETS stock trading near $2.23, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PETS chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are PETS bear put spread max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit equals strike width minus net debit times 100; max loss equals net debit times 100. Breakeven is long-put strike minus net debit. For the PETS bear put spread priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 30.70%), 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 PETS bear put spread?
- The breakeven for the PETS bear put spread 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 PETS market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 8.80%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a bear put spread on PETS?
- Bear put spreads on PETS reduce the cost of a bearish PETS stock position by selling a lower-strike put; suited to moderate-decline theses where price reaches but does not vastly exceed the short strike.
- How does current PETS implied volatility affect this bear put spread?
- PETS ATM IV is at 30.70% with IV rank near 2.22%, 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.