USMC Dividend Type Payments
Although USMC has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on PRINCIPAL US MEGA-CAP MULTI-FACTOR INDEX ETF to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Tue 4:16 PM ET):
| PRINCIPAL US MEGA-CAP MULTI-FACTOR INDEX ETF (USMC) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid | Ask | Last | Change | Volume | P/E | Market Cap |
| 27.24 | 27.24 | 27.24 | +0.03 | 5K | - | 17B |
USMC Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With USMC at 27.24, 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% | 0.82 | 0.2 |
| 5% | 1.36 | 0.4 |
| 10% | 2.72 | 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:
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| Top 10 Open Interest For Aug 17 Expiration | Top 5 High Yield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | SPY dividend | 6. | BAC dividend | 1. | M dividend | |
| 2. | EEM dividend | 7. | AABA dividend | 2. | UVXY dividend | |
| 3. | QQQ dividend | 8. | FXI dividend | 3. | JWN dividend | |
| 4. | SPX dividend | 9. | FB dividend | 4. | CGC dividend | |
| 5. | XLF dividend | 10. | GLD dividend | 5. | A dividend | |
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