SCHA Dividend Type Payments
Although SCHA has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 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):
| Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF (SCHA) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid | Ask | Last | Change | Volume | P/E | Market Cap |
| 25.84 | 26.20 | 26.00 | +0.27 | 2.9M | - | 17B |
SCHA Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With SCHA at 26.00, 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% | 0.78 | 0.2 |
| 5% | 1.30 | 0.4 |
| 10% | 2.60 | 0.7 |
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 SCHA Using Covered Calls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expiration | Strike | Call Bid | Days | Cents/Day | Upside Potential | |
| Apr 17 | 28.50 | 0.30 | 119 | 0.3 | 2.30 (8.8%) | |
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| Top 10 Open Interest For Jan 17 Expiration | Top 5 High Yield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | NVDA dividend | 6. | INTC dividend | 1. | RGTI dividend | |
| 2. | SLV dividend | 7. | SPY dividend | 2. | NMRA dividend | |
| 3. | AAPL dividend | 8. | TSLA dividend | 3. | HUMA dividend | |
| 4. | EEM dividend | 9. | IWM dividend | 4. | DLO dividend | |
| 5. | XLF dividend | 10. | TLT dividend | 5. | MARA dividend | |
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