Shareholders of Comcast Corp (NASD: CMCSA) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 1.9% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2015 covered call at the $47 strike and collect the premium based on the $2.34 bid, which annualizes to an additional 3.7% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost), for a total of 5.6% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is not called away. Any upside above $47 would be lost if the ...
Shareholders of Comcast Corp (NASD: CMCSA) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 1.9% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2015 covered call at the $47 strike and collect the premium based on the $2.34 bid, which annualizes to an additional 3.7% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost), for a total of 5.6% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is not called away. Any upside above $47 would be lost if the ...
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