FSLY Dividend Type Payments
Although FSLY has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on Fastly, 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 Tue 4:16 PM ET):
| Fastly, Inc. Class A (FSLY) |
|---|
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 7.64 |
7.66 |
7.67 |
+0.58 |
5.4M |
- |
1.1B |
FSLY Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With FSLY at 7.67, 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% |
0.23 |
0.1 |
| 5% |
0.38 |
0.1 |
| 10% |
0.77 |
0.2 |
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 FSLY Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 6 |
10.00 |
0.11 |
32 |
0.3 |
2.34 (30.5%) |
| Nov 8 |
10.00 |
0.12 |
4 |
3.0 |
2.34 (30.5%) |
| 5% Yield On FSLY Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 6 |
10.00 |
0.11 |
32 |
0.3 |
2.34 (30.5%) |
| Nov 8 |
10.00 |
0.12 |
4 |
3.0 |
2.34 (30.5%) |
| 10% Yield On FSLY Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 6 |
10.00 |
0.11 |
32 |
0.3 |
2.34 (30.5%) |
| Nov 8 |
10.00 |
0.12 |
4 |
3.0 |
2.34 (30.5%) |
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