PENTAIR plc (PNR) Options Risk Score

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Is it risky to sell options on PENTAIR plc (PNR) right now?

For a 4-week expiry, PENTAIR plc (PNR) carries an options catalyst-risk score of 99 out of 100 (HIGH). The contributing signals are an upcoming earnings report, 12 recent news items and 2 active legal filings within the 4-week window. On TickerRisk's scale 70 and above is HIGH, so a known event is scheduled inside this window — selling premium on PNR here is a bet on that event rather than on time decay. The score measures scheduled event exposure, not which way the stock will move.

PNR shows an IV Rank of 90 — implied volatility is near the top of its own one-year range, so PNR options are historically expensive, which favours premium-selling strategies, with a current implied volatility of about 56%. Read IV Rank alongside the catalyst score: it says how expensive PNR options are, while the score says whether that price is justified by a scheduled event.

PNR reports on 2026-10-27. Any expiry beyond that date carries the gap, and the implied volatility priced in beforehand typically collapses the morning after.

PENTAIR plc (PNR) current implied volatility and IV Rank

As of the latest scan, PENTAIR plc (PNR) shows an IV Rank of 90 with implied volatility around 56%, alongside a TickerRisk options-risk score of 99/100. That's high — options are expensive relative to the past year, which favours premium-selling strategies such as credit spreads, iron condors and covered calls, provided no binary catalyst is working against you.

IV Rank is an index, not a percentage — it says where PNR's implied volatility sits inside its own 1-year range. How to read IV Rank →

PENTAIR plc (PNR) next earnings date — 2026-10-27

PENTAIR plc (PNR) is scheduled to report on 2026-10-27 — about 6 days away, so a standard expiry would carry straight through it. PNR's IV Rank is currently 90. Implied volatility tends to build into the date and drop sharply once results are public. If the premium on PNR looks unusually generous right now, this is the most likely reason.

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