URI Dividend Type Payments

United Rentals, Inc dividend

Although URI has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on United Rentals, Inc to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Thu 4:16 PM ET):

United Rentals, Inc (URI)
Bid Ask Last Change Volume P/E Market Cap
108.30 108.88 108.88 +0.58 2.2M - 0.0B

URI Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls

With URI at 108.88, 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% 3.27 0.9
5% 5.44 1.5
10% 10.89 3.0

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 URI Using Covered Calls
Expiration Strike Call Bid Days Cents/Day Upside Potential
Dec 21 125.00 0.10 9 1.1 16.12 (14.8%)
Dec 28 127.00 0.15 16 0.9 18.12 (16.6%)
5% Yield On URI Using Covered Calls
Expiration Strike Call Bid Days Cents/Day Upside Potential
Dec 21 123.00 0.15 9 1.7 14.12 (13.0%)
Dec 28 124.00 0.25 16 1.6 15.12 (13.9%)
10% Yield On URI Using Covered Calls
Expiration Strike Call Bid Days Cents/Day Upside Potential
Dec 21 120.00 0.30 9 3.3 11.12 (10.2%)
Dec 28 121.00 0.50 16 3.1 12.12 (11.1%)

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