GoDaddy (GDDY) Protective Put Calculator
Calculator · free · no signup · GDDYPrice a protective put, zero-cost collar, or put spread on GoDaddy. Annual cost, max loss, upside cap, tax treatment, auto-filled from current GDDY option chain.
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About GoDaddy
GoDaddy (GDDY) is a public Cloud/SaaS company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Tempe, AZ.
Equity grants at GoDaddy typically include restricted stock units (RSUs).
GoDaddy Inc. is an American publicly traded Internet domain registry, domain registrar and web hosting company headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, and incorporated under the Delaware General Corporation Law. As of 2023, GoDaddy is the world's fifth-largest web host by market share, with over 62 million registered domains. The company primarily serves small and micro companies, which make up most of its 20 million customers.
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Bob Parsons founded the company in 1997, and aggressive Super Bowl advertising made it the best-known domain registrar. Domains bring customers in at low margin; the business earns on what attaches to them: hosting, website builders, email, security certificates, and commerce tools sold to small businesses and independent contractors. That subscription base renews annually with high retention. The company went public in 2015 after a private equity investment, and Parsons departed in 2018. Headquarters are in Tempe, Arizona.
Sources: aboutus.godaddy.net · en.wikipedia.org
Equity comp at GoDaddy
- 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 GDDY 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 GDDY option chain, with annual cost, max loss, and tax-treatment notes.
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GoDaddy equity questions
- How much does it cost to hedge GDDY 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 GDDY'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 GDDY option chain and shows the annual cost, maximum loss, and tax treatment.
- Does GoDaddy grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at GoDaddy typically takes the form of restricted stock units (RSUs). Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
- Do GoDaddy RSUs use double-trigger vesting?
- No. GoDaddy 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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