GDDY Dividend Type Payments
Although GDDY has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on GoDaddy 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):
| GoDaddy Inc. Class A (GDDY) |
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 123.00 |
127.12 |
126.75 |
+0.67 |
974K |
22 |
17B |
GDDY Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With GDDY at 126.75, 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% |
3.80 |
1.0 |
| 5% |
6.34 |
1.7 |
| 10% |
12.68 |
3.5 |
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 GDDY Using Covered Calls |
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 26 |
127.00 |
0.30 |
4 |
4.5 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| Jan 2 |
127.00 |
1.05 |
11 |
8.5 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| 5% Yield On GDDY Using Covered Calls |
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 26 |
127.00 |
0.30 |
4 |
4.5 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| Jan 2 |
127.00 |
1.05 |
11 |
8.5 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| 10% Yield On GDDY Using Covered Calls |
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 26 |
127.00 |
0.30 |
4 |
4.5 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
| Jan 2 |
127.00 |
1.05 |
11 |
8.5 |
0.00 (0.0%) |
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