PNTG Straddle Strategy
PNTG (The Pennant Group, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Care Facilities industry), listed on NASDAQ.
The Pennant Group, Inc. provides healthcare services in the United States. It operates in two segments, Home Health and Hospice Services, and Senior Living Services. The company offers home health services, including clinical services, such as nursing, speech, occupational and physical therapy, medical social work, and home health aide services; and hospice services comprising clinical care, education, and counseling services for the physical, spiritual, and psychosocial needs of terminally ill patients and their families. It also provides senior living services, such as residential accommodations, activities, meals, housekeeping, and assistance in the activities of daily living to seniors, who are independent or who require some support. As of December 31, 2021, the company operated 88 home health and hospice agencies, and 54 senior living communities with 4127 Senior Living units in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The Pennant Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Eagle, Idaho.
PNTG (The Pennant Group, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Care Facilities, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.24B, a trailing P/E of 40.76, a beta of 1.28 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 21.73-37.54, average daily share volume of 270K, a public-listing history dating back to 2019, approximately 7K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how PNTG stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.28 places PNTG roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. The trailing P/E of 40.76 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 straddle on PNTG?
A long straddle buys an ATM call and an ATM put at the same strike, profiting from a large move in either direction; max loss equals the combined debit when the underlying pins to the strike at expiration.
Current PNTG snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $35.55, ATM IV 41.10%, IV rank 9.42%, expected move 11.78%. The straddle on PNTG 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 straddle structure on PNTG specifically: PNTG IV at 41.10% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a PNTG straddle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 11.78% (roughly $4.19 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 PNTG expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on PNTG should anchor to the underlying notional of $35.55 per share and to the trader's directional view on PNTG stock.
PNTG straddle setup
The PNTG straddle below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With PNTG near $35.55, the first option leg uses a $35.55 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed PNTG 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 PNTG shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $35.55 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $35.55 | N/A |
PNTG straddle 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
Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the strike minus the combined call plus put debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached when the underlying pins to the strike). Two breakevens at strike plus debit and strike minus debit.
PNTG straddle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the straddle on PNTG. 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 straddle on PNTG
Straddles on PNTG are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy PNTG straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
PNTG thesis for this straddle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for PNTG extends from approximately $31.36 on the downside to $39.74 on the upside. A PNTG long straddle is a pure-volatility play: it profits when the underlying moves far enough from the strike in either direction to overcome the combined call plus put debit, regardless of direction. Current PNTG IV rank near 9.42% 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 PNTG at 41.10%. As a Healthcare name, PNTG options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to PNTG-specific events.
PNTG straddle positions are structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium); 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. PNTG positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move PNTG alongside the broader basket even when PNTG-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current PNTG chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a straddle on PNTG?
- A straddle on PNTG is the straddle strategy applied to PNTG (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium): A long straddle buys an ATM call and an ATM put at the same strike, profiting from a large move in either direction; max loss equals the combined debit when the underlying pins to the strike at expiration. With PNTG stock trading near $35.55, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed PNTG chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are PNTG straddle max profit and max loss calculated?
- Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the strike minus the combined call plus put debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached when the underlying pins to the strike). Two breakevens at strike plus debit and strike minus debit. For the PNTG straddle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 41.10%), 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 PNTG straddle?
- The breakeven for the PNTG straddle 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 PNTG market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 11.78%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a straddle on PNTG?
- Straddles on PNTG are pure-volatility plays that profit from large moves in either direction; traders typically buy PNTG straddles ahead of earnings, FDA decisions, or other catalysts where the realized move is expected to exceed the implied move priced into the chain.
- How does current PNTG implied volatility affect this straddle?
- PNTG ATM IV is at 41.10% with IV rank near 9.42%, 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.