AZN Dividend Type Payments
Although AZN has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on AstraZeneca PLC - American Depositary Shares 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):
| AstraZeneca PLC - American Depositary Shares (AZN) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid | Ask | Last | Change | Volume | P/E | Market Cap |
| 67.64 | 69.00 | 67.59 | +0.54 | 3.8M | 15 | 33B |
AZN Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With AZN at 67.59, 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% | 2.03 | 0.6 |
| 5% | 3.38 | 0.9 |
| 10% | 6.76 | 1.9 |
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 AZN Using Covered Calls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expiration | Strike | Call Bid | Days | Cents/Day | Upside Potential | |
| May 2 | 69.00 | 1.30 | 16 | 8.1 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
| May 9 | 69.00 | 1.47 | 23 | 6.4 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
| 5% Yield On AZN Using Covered Calls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expiration | Strike | Call Bid | Days | Cents/Day | Upside Potential | |
| May 2 | 69.00 | 1.30 | 16 | 8.1 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
| May 9 | 69.00 | 1.47 | 23 | 6.4 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
| 10% Yield On AZN Using Covered Calls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expiration | Strike | Call Bid | Days | Cents/Day | Upside Potential | |
| May 2 | 69.00 | 1.30 | 16 | 8.1 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
| May 9 | 69.00 | 1.47 | 23 | 6.4 | 0.00 (0.0%) | |
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