STZ Cash-Secured Put Strategy
STZ (Constellation Brands, Inc.), in the Consumer Defensive sector, (Beverages - Alcoholic industry), listed on NYSE.
Constellation Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces, imports, markets, and sells beer, wine, and spirits in the United States, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and Italy. The company offers beer under the Corona Extra, Corona Familiar, Corona Hard Seltzer, Corona Light, Corona Non-Alcoholic, Corona Premier, Corona Refresca, Modelo Especial, Modelo Chelada, Modelo Negra, Modelo Oro, Victoria, Vicky Chamoy, and Pacifico brands. It also offers wine under the Cook’s California Champagne, Kim Crawford, Meiomi, Mount Veeder, Ruffino, SIMI, My Favorite Neighbor, Robert Mondavi Winery, Schrader, and The Prisoner Wine Company brands; and spirits under the Casa Noble, Copper & Kings, High West, Mi CAMPO, Nelson’s Green Brier, and SVEDKA brands. The company provides its products to wholesale distributors, retailers, on-premise locations, and state alcohol beverage control agencies. Constellation Brands, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is based in Rochester, New York.
STZ (Constellation Brands, Inc.) trades in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically Beverages - Alcoholic, with a market capitalization of approximately $22.88B, a trailing P/E of 12.64, a beta of 0.40 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 126.45-171, average daily share volume of 2.2M, a public-listing history dating back to 1992, approximately 9K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how STZ stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.40 indicates STZ has historically moved less than the broader market, dampening realized volatility and producing tighter expected-move bands per unit of dollar exposure. STZ pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a cash-secured put on STZ?
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.
STZ snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $138.69, ATM IV 26.80%, IV rank 10.68%, expected move 7.68%. The cash-secured put on STZ 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 28-day expiry.
Why this cash-secured put structure on STZ specifically: STZ IV at 26.80% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which means a premium-selling STZ cash-secured put collects less credit per unit of strike-width risk, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 7.68% (roughly $10.66 on the underlying). The 28-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated STZ expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on STZ should anchor to the underlying notional of $138.69 per share and to the trader's directional view on STZ stock.
STZ cash-secured put setup
The STZ 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 STZ at $138.69 on that close, the first option leg uses a $132.00 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed STZ chain at a 28-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 STZ shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sell 1 | Put | $132.00 | $1.55 |
STZ cash-secured put risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- +$155.00
- Max Profit (per contract)
- $155.00
- Max Loss (per contract)
- -$13,044.00
- Breakeven(s)
- $130.45
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- 0.012
Max profit equals premium times 100; max loss equals strike minus premium times 100 (at zero, assuming assignment). Breakeven is strike minus premium.
STZ cash-secured put payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the cash-secured put on STZ. 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% | -$13,044.00 |
| $30.67 | -77.9% | -$9,977.60 |
| $61.34 | -55.8% | -$6,911.20 |
| $92.00 | -33.7% | -$3,844.79 |
| $122.67 | -11.6% | -$778.39 |
| $153.33 | +10.6% | +$155.00 |
| $183.99 | +32.7% | +$155.00 |
| $214.66 | +54.8% | +$155.00 |
| $245.32 | +76.9% | +$155.00 |
| $275.99 | +99.0% | +$155.00 |
When traders use cash-secured put on STZ
Cash-secured puts on STZ earn premium while a trader waits to acquire STZ stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning STZ.
STZ thesis for this cash-secured put
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for STZ extends from approximately $128.03 on the downside to $149.35 on the upside. A STZ cash-secured put lets a trader earn premium while waiting to acquire STZ 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 STZ IV rank near 10.68% 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 STZ at 26.80%. As a Consumer Defensive name, STZ options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to STZ-specific events.
STZ 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. STZ positions also carry Consumer Defensive sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move STZ alongside the broader basket even when STZ-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Short-premium structures like a cash-secured put on STZ carry tail risk when realized volatility exceeds the implied move; review historical STZ earnings reactions and macro stress periods before sizing. Always rebuild the position from current STZ chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cash-secured put on STZ?
- A cash-secured put on STZ is the cash-secured put strategy applied to STZ (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 STZ stock at $138.69 on the August 14, 2026 close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed STZ chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are STZ 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 STZ cash-secured put priced from the August 14, 2026 end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 26.80%), the computed maximum profit is $155.00 per contract and the computed maximum loss is -$13,044.00 per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a STZ cash-secured put?
- The breakeven for the STZ cash-secured put priced on this page is roughly $130.45 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 STZ market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 7.68%; 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 STZ?
- Cash-secured puts on STZ earn premium while a trader waits to acquire STZ stock at a target strike below the current quote; most attractive when IV is rich and the trader is comfortable owning STZ.
- How does current STZ implied volatility affect this cash-secured put?
- STZ ATM IV is at 26.80% with IV rank near 10.68%, 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.