T Dividend Type Payments
Although T has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on AT&T Inc. 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):
| AT&T Inc. (T) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid | Ask | Last | Change | Volume | P/E | Market Cap |
| 25.52 | 25.61 | 25.62 | -0.31 | 61.8M | 8.4 | 184B |
T Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With T at 25.62, 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% | 0.77 | 0.2 |
| 5% | 1.28 | 0.4 |
| 10% | 2.56 | 0.7 |
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 T Using Covered Calls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expiration | Strike | Call Bid | Days | Cents/Day | Upside Potential | |
| Dec 5 | 25.50 | 0.35 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
| Dec 12 | 25.50 | 0.37 | 19 | 1.4 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
| 5% Yield On T Using Covered Calls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expiration | Strike | Call Bid | Days | Cents/Day | Upside Potential | |
| Dec 5 | 25.50 | 0.35 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
| Dec 12 | 25.50 | 0.37 | 19 | 1.4 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
| 10% Yield On T Using Covered Calls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expiration | Strike | Call Bid | Days | Cents/Day | Upside Potential | |
| Dec 5 | 25.50 | 0.35 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
| Dec 12 | 25.50 | 0.37 | 19 | 1.4 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | NVDA dividend | 6. | EEM dividend | 1. | RZLT dividend | |
| 2. | IBIT dividend | 7. | TLT dividend | 2. | IMNM dividend | |
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