SPT Dividend Type Payments
Although SPT has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on Sprout Social, 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 Mon 3:05 PM ET):
| Sprout Social, Inc - Class A (SPT) |
|---|
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 16.82 |
16.83 |
16.83 |
+0.29 |
311K |
- |
1.0B |
SPT Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With SPT at 16.83, 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% |
0.50 |
0.1 |
| 5% |
0.84 |
0.2 |
| 10% |
1.68 |
0.5 |
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 SPT Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Aug 15 |
17.50 |
0.85 |
12 |
7.1 |
0.67 (4.0%) |
| Oct 17 |
17.50 |
1.55 |
75 |
2.1 |
0.67 (4.0%) |
| 5% Yield On SPT Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Aug 15 |
17.50 |
0.85 |
12 |
7.1 |
0.67 (4.0%) |
| Oct 17 |
17.50 |
1.55 |
75 |
2.1 |
0.67 (4.0%) |
| 10% Yield On SPT Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Aug 15 |
17.50 |
0.85 |
12 |
7.1 |
0.67 (4.0%) |
| Oct 17 |
17.50 |
1.55 |
75 |
2.1 |
0.67 (4.0%) |
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