DoorDash (DASH) Protective Put Calculator
Calculator · free · no signup · DASHPrice a protective put or zero-cost collar on DoorDash. Annual cost, max loss, upside cap, tax treatment, auto-filled from current DASH option chain.
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DoorDash (DASH) is a public Marketplace company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in San Francisco, CA. IPO'd Dec 9, 2020.
Last close: $170.03 per share (as of 2026-06-16).
Equity grants at DoorDash typically include incentive stock options (ISOs), non-qualified stock options (NSOs), and restricted stock units (RSUs).
DoorDash, Inc. is an American company operating online food ordering and food delivery. It trades under the symbol DASH. With a 56% market share, DoorDash is the largest food delivery platform in the United States. It also has a 60% market share in the convenience delivery category. As of December 31, 2020, the platform was used by 450,000 merchants, 20 million consumers, and had over one million delivery couriers.
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Tony Xu, Stanley Tang, Andy Fang, and Evan Moore founded DoorDash in 2013 while at Stanford, starting as PaloAltoDelivery.com to handle last-mile logistics for local restaurants. The San Francisco company expanded into grocery, retail, and convenience delivery before listing on the NYSE under DASH in December 2020, raising roughly $3.37 billion. In 2025, Marketplace Gross Order Value reached $102 billion on 3.2 billion orders, and revenue rose to $13.7 billion from $10.7 billion in 2024. DoorDash also closed acquisitions of Deliveroo and SevenRooms that year.
Sources: ir.doordash.com · bloomberg.com · sec.gov
Equity comp at DoorDash
- RSUs use single-trigger vesting: shares become yours as each portion vests on schedule, and the value is taxed as ordinary income at that point. No IPO or acquisition is required.
Researched 2026-05-07.
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A protective put caps your downside on the DASH position at a chosen floor; a zero-cost collar pays for that floor by capping the upside. This calculator prices both structures off the current DASH option chain, with annual cost, max loss, and tax-treatment notes.
Example: a 5,000-share DASH position at $170.03 is worth $850,150. A 1-year 30%-OTM put on that position typically runs 2-4% of position value per year (about $17,003 to $34,006) before any premium offset from a short call. The calculator prices both structures off DASH's current option chain so you see the actual cost for your chosen floor, tenor, and cap.
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DoorDash equity questions
- How much does it cost to hedge DASH stock?
- The cost of a protective put depends on how far below the current price you set the floor, how long the protection lasts, and DASH's option-implied volatility. A zero-cost collar lowers that cost by selling away some upside. The calculator above prices both structures off the current DASH option chain and shows the annual cost, maximum loss, and tax treatment.
- Does DoorDash grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at DoorDash typically takes the form of incentive stock options (ISOs), non-qualified stock options (NSOs), and restricted stock units (RSUs). Incentive stock options can trigger the alternative minimum tax (AMT) when you exercise. Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
- Do DoorDash RSUs use double-trigger vesting?
- No. DoorDash restricted stock units (RSUs) use single-trigger vesting: each tranche becomes yours as it vests on schedule, taxed as ordinary income at that point, with no liquidity event required.
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