BETR Dividend Type Payments
Although BETR has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on Better Home - Class A to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Fri 4:16 PM ET):
| Better Home - Class A (BETR) |
|---|
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 56.00 |
57.00 |
57.34 |
-3.24 |
589K |
- |
0.9B |
BETR Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With BETR at 57.34, 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% |
1.72 |
0.5 |
| 5% |
2.87 |
0.8 |
| 10% |
5.73 |
1.6 |
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 BETR Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 19 |
100.00 |
1.75 |
43 |
4.1 |
43.00 (75.0%) |
| Nov 21 |
100.00 |
0.20 |
15 |
1.3 |
43.00 (75.0%) |
| 5% Yield On BETR Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 19 |
100.00 |
1.75 |
43 |
4.1 |
43.00 (75.0%) |
| Nov 21 |
100.00 |
0.20 |
15 |
1.3 |
43.00 (75.0%) |
| 10% Yield On BETR Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 19 |
100.00 |
1.75 |
43 |
4.1 |
43.00 (75.0%) |
| Nov 21 |
60.00 |
4.30 |
15 |
28.7 |
3.00 (5.2%) |
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