SMLF Dividend Type Payments
Although SMLF has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF 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):
| iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF (SMLF) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid | Ask | Last | Change | Volume | P/E | Market Cap |
| 77.61 | 79.88 | 77.80 | -0.87 | 114K | - | 0.1B |
SMLF Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With SMLF at 77.80, 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% | 2.33 | 0.6 |
| 5% | 3.89 | 1.1 |
| 10% | 7.78 | 2.1 |
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:
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| Top 10 Open Interest For Feb 20 Expiration | Top 5 High Yield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | NVDA dividend | 6. | QQQ dividend | 1. | BE dividend | |
| 2. | SLV dividend | 7. | EWZ dividend | 2. | OCUL dividend | |
| 3. | KWEB dividend | 8. | CORZ dividend | 3. | SMCI dividend | |
| 4. | GLD dividend | 9. | INTC dividend | 4. | WDC dividend | |
| 5. | IBIT dividend | 10. | SPY dividend | 5. | IREN dividend | |
Want more examples? SMHI Dividend | SMLL Dividend
