Quantinuum Inc. (QNT) Protective Put Calculator
Calculator · free · no signup · QNTPrice a protective put, zero-cost collar, or put spread on Quantinuum Inc.. Annual cost, max loss, upside cap, tax treatment, auto-filled from current QNT option chain.
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About Quantinuum Inc.
Quantinuum Inc. (QNT) is a public Hardware company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Broomfield, CO. IPO'd Jun 4, 2026.
Last close: $39.52 per share (as of 2026-10-13).
Nasdaq IPO Jun 2026; quantum computing hardware.
Equity grants at Quantinuum Inc. typically include incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs).
Quantinuum formed on November 30, 2021, when Honeywell Quantum Solutions merged with Cambridge Quantum, combining Honeywells trapped-ion hardware with Cambridge Quantums software stack. The company builds quantum computers that trap and manipulate individual charged atoms (ions) with lasers to perform calculations; its third-generation system, Helios, launched commercially in November 2025 with 98 physical qubits and 99.921% two-qubit gate fidelity, a measure of how often paired-qubit operations run error-free. Quantinuum priced an upsized IPO at $60 per share on June 3, 2026, raising $1.68 billion, and began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on June 4, 2026 under ticker QNT.
Sources: thequantuminsider.com · cnbc.com · honeywell.com · quantinuum.com
Equity comp at Quantinuum Inc.
- Quantinuum is a Honeywell majority-owned spinoff (approximately 49% post-IPO voting power retained by Honeywell) with an Up-C corporate structure (a dual-entity arrangement where the public company holds membership units in an operating LLC rather than owning assets directly). The 2023 Equity Incentive Plan includes a one-time liquidity award worth $25 million in equity securities that vests 25% per year over four years from the IPO effective date, conditioned on continued employment. Standard restricted share grants vest 25% per year over four years. Change-in-control acceleration is double-trigger, meaning it requires both a qualifying corporate transaction and either a qualifying termination or a continued-service condition. Section 83(b) elections (a tax form filed within 30 days of a restricted share grant, allowing the recipient to pay income tax at grant-date value rather than waiting for shares to vest) are the sole responsibility of the participant to file.
- Recent share-sale events (industry term: tender offers):
- Jan 2024: $5B implied valuation, led by JPMorgan Chase · honeywell.com
- Sep 2025: $10B implied valuation, led by Honeywell and co-investors including NVIDIA NVentures, Quanta Computer, Mitsui, and Amgen · honeywell.com
Researched 2026-05-28.
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A protective put caps your downside on the QNT 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 QNT option chain, with annual cost, max loss, and tax-treatment notes.
Example: a 5,000-share QNT position at $39.52 is worth $197,600. A 1-year 30%-OTM put on that position typically runs 2-4% of position value per year (about $3,952 to $7,904) before any premium offset from a short call. The calculator prices both structures off QNT's current option chain so you see the actual cost for your chosen floor, tenor, and cap.
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Quantinuum Inc. equity questions
- How much does it cost to hedge QNT 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 QNT'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 QNT option chain and shows the annual cost, maximum loss, and tax treatment.
- Does Quantinuum Inc. grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at Quantinuum Inc. typically takes the form of incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs). Incentive stock options can trigger the alternative minimum tax (AMT) when you exercise.
- When did the Quantinuum Inc. IPO lockup expire?
- Quantinuum Inc. (QNT) went public on June 4, 2026. The standard post-IPO lockup runs 180 days, so employee and insider shares generally became sellable around December 1, 2026. Confirm against your own grant paperwork, since some lockups release early or in stages.
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