LAZR Dividend Type Payments
Although LAZR has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on Luminar Technologies, 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 Mon 3:10 PM ET):
| Luminar Technologies, Inc. - Class A (LAZR) |
|---|
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 3.85 |
3.86 |
3.85 |
-0.02 |
1.1M |
- |
0.2B |
LAZR Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With LAZR at 3.85, 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% |
0.12 |
0.0 |
| 5% |
0.19 |
0.1 |
| 10% |
0.39 |
0.1 |
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:
| 3% Yield On LAZR Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| May 2 |
4.00 |
0.09 |
5 |
1.8 |
0.14 (3.6%) |
| May 9 |
4.00 |
0.15 |
12 |
1.3 |
0.14 (3.6%) |
| 5% Yield On LAZR Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| May 2 |
4.00 |
0.09 |
5 |
1.8 |
0.14 (3.6%) |
| May 9 |
4.00 |
0.15 |
12 |
1.3 |
0.14 (3.6%) |
| 10% Yield On LAZR Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| May 2 |
4.00 |
0.09 |
5 |
1.8 |
0.14 (3.6%) |
| May 9 |
4.00 |
0.15 |
12 |
1.3 |
0.14 (3.6%) |
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