Diversified Healthcare (DHC) Options Chain
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Expiration date
- Expiration
- Dec 18, 2026
- Days to expiration
- 68
- Share price
- $7.50
- Put/call ratio (OI)
- 0.25
- Put/call ratio (volume)
- 3.36
- Expected move
- ±$1.68
- Open interest (C / P)
- 6.91K / 1.75K
DHC options summary
The DHC options chain for the December 18, 2026 expiration lists 6 call and 4 put contracts, with 68 days until expiration. Open interest stands at 6,909 calls and 1,753 puts, a put/call ratio of 0.25, which is tilted bullish, with calls outnumbering puts. At-the-money implied volatility near the $7.50 strike is 52.0%, which implies the market expects a move of about ±$1.68 (22.4%) in Diversified Healthcare stock by expiration.
The most open interest sits at the $7.50 call (3.09K contracts) and the $2.50 put (698 contracts).
Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology
DHC options chain · December 18, 2026
| Calls | Puts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last | Bid | Ask | Strike | Bid | Ask | Last | |||||
| 7.00 | 5.00 | 6.40 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.25 | |||||
| 3.30 | 1.25 | 2.95 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.55 | 0.10 | |||||
| 0.63 | 0.45 | 0.70 | 7.50 | 0.10 | 0.65 | 0.34 | |||||
| 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 10.00 | 0.15 | 3.00 | 1.77 | |||||
| 0.03 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 12.50 | — | — | — | |||||
| 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 15.00 | — | — | — | |||||
In-the-money callsIn-the-money puts. IV = implied volatility, OI = open interest (contracts). Each contract covers 100 shares. Quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.
Frequently asked questions
What is the DHC put/call ratio?
For the December 18, 2026 expiration, the DHC put/call ratio based on open interest is 0.25 (1,753 puts vs 6,909 calls), and 3.36 based on today's volume. A ratio above 1 means more puts than calls.
What is DHC's implied volatility?
At-the-money implied volatility for DHC options expiring December 18, 2026 is about 52.0%, an annualized estimate of how much the market expects Diversified Healthcare stock to move.
How many DHC option expiration dates are there?
DHC has 5 listed expiration dates, from Oct 16, 2026 to Dec 17, 2027.
What does "in the money" mean?
A call is in the money when the strike price is below the current share price; a put is in the money when the strike is above it. In-the-money contracts have intrinsic value and are shaded in the table.