Electronic Arts (EA) Protective Put Calculator
Calculator · free · no signup · EAPrice a protective put, zero-cost collar, or put spread on Electronic Arts. Annual cost, max loss, upside cap, tax treatment, auto-filled from current EA option chain.
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About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (EA) is a public Gaming company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Redwood City, CA.
Equity grants at Electronic Arts typically include restricted stock units (RSUs).
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by former Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and promoted the designers and programmers responsible for its games as "software artists". EA published numerous games and some productivity software for personal computers, all of which were developed by external individuals or groups until 1987's Skate or Die! The company shifted toward internal game studios, often through acquisitions, such as Distinctive Software becoming EA Canada in 1991.
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Trip Hawkins left Apple to found the company in 1982, packaged games like record albums, and credited developers as artists on the covers. EA now runs on franchises with annual cadence: the sports titles built on FIFA, now EA Sports FC, plus Madden, The Sims, Apex Legends, and Battlefield. Live services and in-game purchases supply a large majority of revenue, which shifted the business from box sales to recurring spending. Studios sit worldwide, including DICE, BioWare, and Respawn, with headquarters in Redwood City, California.
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Equity comp at Electronic Arts
- 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 2026-08-17.
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A protective put caps your downside on the EA 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 EA option chain, with annual cost, max loss, and tax-treatment notes.
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Electronic Arts equity questions
- How much does it cost to hedge EA 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 EA'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 EA option chain and shows the annual cost, maximum loss, and tax treatment.
- Does Electronic Arts grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at Electronic Arts typically takes the form of restricted stock units (RSUs). Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
- Do Electronic Arts RSUs use double-trigger vesting?
- No. Electronic Arts 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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