UNH Dividend Type Payments

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP dividend

Although UNH has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 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):

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP (UNH)
Bid Ask Last Change Volume P/E Market Cap
267.30 268.39 267.30 -5.27 3.8M 22 262B

UNH Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls

With UNH at 267.30, here's a table showing how big the annual "dividend" (ie. 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% 8.02 2.2
5% 13.37 3.7
10% 26.73 7.3

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 UNH Using Covered Calls
Expiration Strike Call Bid Days Cents/Day Upside Potential
Oct 19 272.50 0.10 3 3.3 4.11 (1.5%)
Oct 26 275.00 0.27 10 2.7 6.61 (2.5%)
5% Yield On UNH Using Covered Calls
Expiration Strike Call Bid Days Cents/Day Upside Potential
Oct 19 270.00 0.49 3 16.3 1.61 (0.6%)
Oct 26 272.50 0.76 10 7.6 4.11 (1.5%)
10% Yield On UNH Using Covered Calls
Expiration Strike Call Bid Days Cents/Day Upside Potential
Oct 19 270.00 0.49 3 16.3 1.61 (0.6%)
Oct 26 272.50 0.76 10 7.6 4.11 (1.5%)

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