ITM Dividend Type Payments
Although ITM has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Mon 4:16 PM ET):
| VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF (ITM) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid | Ask | Last | Change | Volume | P/E | Market Cap |
| 42.27 | 46.00 | 45.33 | +0.02 | 346K | - | 1.6B |
ITM Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With ITM at 45.33, 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% | 1.36 | 0.4 |
| 5% | 2.27 | 0.6 |
| 10% | 4.53 | 1.2 |
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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| Top 10 Open Interest For Jul 18 Expiration | Top 5 High Yield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SLV dividend | 6. | TSLA dividend | 1. | COGT dividend | |
| 2. | NVDA dividend | 7. | IWM dividend | 2. | ALT dividend | |
| 3. | SPY dividend | 8. | FXI dividend | 3. | RUN dividend | |
| 4. | GLD dividend | 9. | AAPL dividend | 4. | APLD dividend | |
| 5. | TLT dividend | 10. | CLSK dividend | 5. | HTZ dividend | |
Want more examples? ITGR Dividend | ITOT Dividend
