Small and large investors in dividend stocks can use covered calls and puts trades to generate monthly income from options premiums and options trading
8.18.23. ISRG $286.54. Puts assigned at $305. Barchart rating is a 24% buy. That trend is weakening a bit. Analysts' average rating is 4.33. High target price is $400, mean is $364 and low is $270. The stock is down 6% from the $305 purchase price. The net debit ($305-$1.50 puts options price per share) is $303.50. I'll write covered calls on ISRG because I expect it to rally.
8.18.23. PAYC $279.31. PAYC was put to me at $330 a share. It is down about 15% from the price I bought it at. Analysts rate the stock at a moderate buy, or an average rating of 4.29 out of a possible 5. The high target price is $450 a share. The mean target is $385.88 and the low target is $310. PAYC will have to rise about 11% to hit $310, 18% to hit $330 and 38% to hit the mean target price of $385.88.
I can sell PAYC 9.15.23 $320 covered calls for about $1.20 a share or PAYC 10.20.23 $330 covered calls for about $2.40 a share. I want to give the stock room to bounce without being called when I sell covered calls over the next year or so.
I'm expecting the stock to recover while my net debit price, which is $327.70, falls as I sell covered calls and collect $0.37 a quarter in dividends. The net debit is $330 minus the $2.30 in puts options premiums I collected when PAYC was at $367.09 and I sold the puts on 7.28.23.
8.17.23. Target (TGT) $131.28, down from three-year high of $298.98 hit in November 2021 and just above its three-year low of $121.67 set on August 15. PE is 17.98 and dividend yield is 3.36%.
On Barchart.com, TGT is an 88% sell. Average analyst rating is a moderate buy at 3.86. High target $202, mean $162.96 and low is $115.
WMT $156.60, down $2.66 on good earnings and guidance. PE 37.73. Dividend yield is 1.46%. Analysts' average rating is strong buy at 4.52 out of a possible buy. High target price $210, mean $172.53, low $155. Barchart.com is a 64% buy.
8.17.23 DOW $54.16. Cost $53 on 5.13.23. After collecting calls premiums and one dividend, net debit is $51.44. Less $0.45 puts premium on assigned puts, Net debit is $50.99. DOW 8.18.23 $57.50 calls expire tomorrow. Ex Dividend for $0.70 on 8.30.23.
Today I sold DOW $8.25.23 (8 days) $54 puts for $0.68, or an ARoR of about 57%. Delta is -.46, OTM probability is about 53%, implied volatility is 26.2%. I hope the stock will dip be low $54 so that the addition shares will be assigned and I'll get the 8.30.23 $0.70 dividend (5.2% annual yield on the $53.32 net debit on the puts trade.)
DOW has a 16% buy rating on Barchart.com. The average analysts' rating is 3.19 out of a possible 5, or a hold. The highest analyst target price is $66. The mean target is $54.94 and the low target is $47 a share. Like my other dividend stocks, DOW is in our IRAs.
8.18.23. ISRG $286.54. Puts assigned at $305. Barchart rating is a 24% buy. That trend is weakening a bit. Analysts' average rating is 4.33. High target price is $400, mean is $364 and low is $270. The stock is down 6% from the $305 purchase price. The net debit ($305-$1.50 puts options price per share) is $303.50. I'll write covered calls on ISRG because I expect it to rally.
8.18.23. PAYC $279.31. PAYC was put to me at $330 a share. It is down about 15% from the price I bought it at. Analysts rate the stock at a moderate buy, or an average rating of 4.29 out of a possible 5. The high target price is $450 a share. The mean target is $385.88 and the low target is $310. PAYC will have to rise about 11% to hit $310, 18% to hit $330 and 38% to hit the mean target price of $385.88.
I can sell PAYC 9.15.23 $320 covered calls for about $1.20 a share or PAYC 10.20.23 $330 covered calls for about $2.40 a share. I want to give the stock room to bounce without being called when I sell covered calls over the next year or so.
I'm expecting the stock to recover while my net debit price, which is $327.70, falls as I sell covered calls and collect $0.37 a quarter in dividends. The net debit is $330 minus the $2.30 in puts options premiums I collected when PAYC was at $367.09 and I sold the puts on 7.28.23.
8.17.23. Target (TGT) $131.28, down from three-year high of $298.98 hit in November 2021 and just above its three-year low of $121.67 set on August 15. PE is 17.98 and dividend yield is 3.36%.
On Barchart.com, TGT is an 88% sell. Average analyst rating is a moderate buy at 3.86. High target $202, mean $162.96 and low is $115.
WMT $156.60, down $2.66 on good earnings and guidance. PE 37.73. Dividend yield is 1.46%. Analysts' average rating is strong buy at 4.52 out of a possible buy. High target price $210, mean $172.53, low $155. Barchart.com is a 64% buy.
8.17.23 DOW $54.16. Cost $53 on 5.13.23. After collecting calls premiums and one dividend, net debit is $51.44. Less $0.45 puts premium on assigned puts, Net debit is $50.99. DOW 8.18.23 $57.50 calls expire tomorrow. Ex Dividend for $0.70 on 8.30.23.
Today I sold DOW $8.25.23 (8 days) $54 puts for $0.68, or an ARoR of about 57%. Delta is -.46, OTM probability is about 53%, implied volatility is 26.2%. I hope the stock will dip be low $54 so that the addition shares will be assigned and I'll get the 8.30.23 $0.70 dividend (5.2% annual yield on the $53.32 net debit on the puts trade.)
DOW has a 16% buy rating on Barchart.com. The average analysts' rating is 3.19 out of a possible 5, or a hold. The highest analyst target price is $66. The mean target is $54.94 and the low target is $47 a share. Like my other dividend stocks, DOW is in our IRAs.