MESO Dividend Type Payments
Although MESO has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on Mesoblast Limited - American Depositary Shares 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):
| Mesoblast Limited - American Depositary Shares (MESO) |
|---|
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 14.70 |
14.90 |
14.82 |
-0.55 |
185K |
- |
0.0B |
MESO Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With MESO at 14.82, 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% |
0.44 |
0.1 |
| 5% |
0.74 |
0.2 |
| 10% |
1.48 |
0.4 |
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 MESO Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Oct 17 |
22.00 |
0.05 |
36 |
0.1 |
7.10 (47.9%) |
| Sep 19 |
15.00 |
0.40 |
8 |
5.0 |
0.10 (0.7%) |
| 5% Yield On MESO Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Sep 19 |
15.00 |
0.40 |
8 |
5.0 |
0.10 (0.7%) |
| Jan 16 |
15.00 |
1.95 |
127 |
1.5 |
0.10 (0.7%) |
| 10% Yield On MESO Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Sep 19 |
15.00 |
0.40 |
8 |
5.0 |
0.10 (0.7%) |
| Jan 16 |
15.00 |
1.95 |
127 |
1.5 |
0.10 (0.7%) |
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