DDOG Dividend Type Payments
Although DDOG has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on Datadog, Inc. - 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):
| Datadog, Inc. - Class A (DDOG) |
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 129.08 |
130.88 |
130.13 |
-1.12 |
4.0M |
386 |
43B |
DDOG Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With DDOG at 130.13, 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% |
3.90 |
1.1 |
| 5% |
6.51 |
1.8 |
| 10% |
13.01 |
3.6 |
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 DDOG Using Covered Calls |
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Feb 6 |
131.00 |
4.90 |
15 |
32.7 |
0.12 (0.1%) |
| Feb 13 |
131.00 |
8.10 |
22 |
36.8 |
0.12 (0.1%) |
| 5% Yield On DDOG Using Covered Calls |
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Feb 6 |
131.00 |
4.90 |
15 |
32.7 |
0.12 (0.1%) |
| Feb 13 |
131.00 |
8.10 |
22 |
36.8 |
0.12 (0.1%) |
| 10% Yield On DDOG Using Covered Calls |
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Feb 6 |
131.00 |
4.90 |
15 |
32.7 |
0.12 (0.1%) |
| Feb 13 |
131.00 |
8.10 |
22 |
36.8 |
0.12 (0.1%) |
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