ARCO Dividend
Although ARCO has a dividend of 0.06 with an ex-dividend date of Jun 24, you can sell covered calls on Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. Class A Shares to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Wed 4:16 PM ET):
| Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. Class A Shares (ARCO) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid | Ask | Last | Change | Volume | P/E | Market Cap |
| 7.45 | 7.87 | 7.62 | -0.05 | 1.1M | 11 | 1.6B |
ARCO Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With ARCO at 7.62, here's a table showing how big the annual "dividend" (i.e. total annual call premium received) would need to be to attain 3%, 5%, and 10% annual yields. Also shown is the equivalent number of cents/day necessary to achieve each yield:
| Annual Yield | Annual Premium | Cents/Day |
|---|---|---|
| 3% | 0.23 | 0.1 |
| 5% | 0.38 | 0.1 |
| 10% | 0.76 | 0.2 |
So now we need to find out of the money covered calls that pay at least the prescribed cents/day amount of time premium. That will generate income and, because they are out of the money, leave room for some upside potential on the stock. Here are some examples:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 5. | SLV dividend | 10. | INTC dividend | 5. | QUBT dividend | |
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