YieldBoost Carriage Services To 13.2% Using Options

Shareholders of Carriage Services, Inc. (CSV) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 0.5% annualized dividend yield can sell the April 2015 covered call at the $20 strike and collect the premium based on the $1.00 bid, which annualizes to an additional 12.7% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost), for a total of 13.2% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is not called away..