PDD Dividend Type Payments
Although PDD has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on PDD Holdings Inc. - 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):
| PDD Holdings Inc. - American Depositary Shares (PDD) |
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 115.62 |
115.88 |
115.75 |
+2.36 |
5.6M |
47 |
142B |
PDD Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With PDD at 115.75, 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% |
3.47 |
1.0 |
| 5% |
5.79 |
1.6 |
| 10% |
11.58 |
3.2 |
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 PDD Using Covered Calls |
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Feb 6 |
116.00 |
3.80 |
36 |
10.6 |
0.12 (0.1%) |
| Jan 9 |
116.00 |
1.57 |
8 |
19.6 |
0.12 (0.1%) |
| 5% Yield On PDD Using Covered Calls |
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Feb 6 |
116.00 |
3.80 |
36 |
10.6 |
0.12 (0.1%) |
| Jan 9 |
116.00 |
1.57 |
8 |
19.6 |
0.12 (0.1%) |
| 10% Yield On PDD Using Covered Calls |
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Feb 6 |
116.00 |
3.80 |
36 |
10.6 |
0.12 (0.1%) |
| Jan 9 |
116.00 |
1.57 |
8 |
19.6 |
0.12 (0.1%) |
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