ASAN Dividend Type Payments
Although ASAN has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on Asana, Inc. Class A to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Fri 4:16 PM ET):
| Asana, Inc. Class A (ASAN) |
|---|
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 14.19 |
14.30 |
14.18 |
+0.02 |
4.7M |
- |
3.4B |
ASAN Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With ASAN at 14.18, 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% |
0.43 |
0.1 |
| 5% |
0.71 |
0.2 |
| 10% |
1.42 |
0.4 |
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:
| 3% Yield On ASAN Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 12 |
14.50 |
0.25 |
8 |
3.1 |
0.20 (1.4%) |
| Dec 19 |
14.50 |
0.35 |
15 |
2.3 |
0.20 (1.4%) |
| 5% Yield On ASAN Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 12 |
14.50 |
0.25 |
8 |
3.1 |
0.20 (1.4%) |
| Dec 19 |
14.50 |
0.35 |
15 |
2.3 |
0.20 (1.4%) |
| 10% Yield On ASAN Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 12 |
14.50 |
0.25 |
8 |
3.1 |
0.20 (1.4%) |
| Dec 19 |
14.50 |
0.35 |
15 |
2.3 |
0.20 (1.4%) |
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