MGTX Dividend Type Payments
Although MGTX has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on MeiraGTx Holdings plc - Ordinary Shares 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):
| MeiraGTx Holdings plc - Ordinary Shares (MGTX) |
|---|
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 6.03 |
6.79 |
6.41 |
+0.15 |
397K |
- |
0.5B |
MGTX Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With MGTX at 6.41, 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% |
0.19 |
0.1 |
| 5% |
0.32 |
0.1 |
| 10% |
0.64 |
0.2 |
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 MGTX Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Apr 17 |
7.50 |
0.05 |
87 |
0.1 |
0.71 (11.1%) |
| Jul 18 |
7.50 |
0.95 |
179 |
0.5 |
0.71 (11.1%) |
| 5% Yield On MGTX Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Jul 18 |
7.50 |
0.95 |
179 |
0.5 |
0.71 (11.1%) |
| 10% Yield On MGTX Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Jul 18 |
7.50 |
0.95 |
179 |
0.5 |
0.71 (11.1%) |
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