Gartner (IT) Protective Put Calculator
Calculator · free · no signup · ITPrice a protective put, zero-cost collar, or put spread on Gartner. Annual cost, max loss, upside cap, tax treatment, auto-filled from current IT option chain.
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About Gartner
Gartner (IT) is a public Data company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Stamford, CT.
Last close: $184.8 per share (as of 2026-10-04).
Equity grants at Gartner typically include restricted stock units (RSUs).
Gartner, Inc. is an American research and advisory firm focusing on business and technology topics. Gartner provides its products and services through research reports, conferences, and consulting. Its clients include large corporations, government agencies, technology companies, and investment firms.
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Gideon Gartner left Wall Street research in 1979 to sell technology analysis to buyers rather than investors, and the subscription research model he built still defines the company. Clients pay annually for access to analysts and written assessments used to justify enterprise software purchases, which makes contract value and renewal rate the numbers that matter more than revenue in any quarter. A conferences business and a consulting arm attach to the same analyst base. Because the product is opinion delivered by people, headcount growth is the main lever and the main constraint. Headquarters are in Stamford, Connecticut.
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Equity comp at Gartner
- Gartner has been public since 1993, so standard employee RSUs vest on a time-based schedule alone (ratably over four years), not gated by a liquidity event. Separately, change-in-control (M&A) acceleration has evolved: for equity awards granted on or before February 7, 2019, all unvested awards vest in full immediately upon a change in control (single trigger). For awards granted after that date, CEO equity awards vest on a change in control only if employment is also terminated within 24 months following the transaction (double trigger). RSU award agreements also provide that unvested RSUs vest immediately if a successor corporation does not assume them in a change in control.
- 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 2026-08-23.
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A protective put caps your downside on the IT 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 IT option chain, with annual cost, max loss, and tax-treatment notes.
Example: a 5,000-share IT position at $184.8 is worth $924,000. A 1-year 30%-OTM put on that position typically runs 2-4% of position value per year (about $18,480 to $36,960) before any premium offset from a short call. The calculator prices both structures off IT's current option chain so you see the actual cost for your chosen floor, tenor, and cap.
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Gartner equity questions
- How much does it cost to hedge IT 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 IT'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 IT option chain and shows the annual cost, maximum loss, and tax treatment.
- Does Gartner grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at Gartner typically takes the form of restricted stock units (RSUs). Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
- Do Gartner RSUs use double-trigger vesting?
- No. Gartner 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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