Covered Calls With Upcoming Dividends

This report lists what Tim considers to be the best dividend stocks for producing covered call option income with an upcoming ex-dividend date. The idea of this strategy is to collect premium from the covered call, and either have the stock get called away before the ex-dividend date, called away after the ex-dividend date and collect the dividend income, or not be called away at all (and keep all of the premium and dividend income). The criteria for the stocks on this list are that they must have a market cap of $10 billion or greater, have a dividend yield between 2% and 10%, a dividend payout ratio percentage of 90% or less, a liquidity rating of 2 stars or greater, an Algorithm score of 12 or higher, have made at least 10 dividend payments over the last 5 years, and have an upcoming ex-dividend date within the next 45 days. The report is sorted in order of the nearest upcoming dividend date and is intended to find solid dividend stocks that are ideal for selling covered calls on. The report also has direct links to the options chain page for each stock as well.

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Ticker Company Options Chain Bid Ask Premium Return on Investment Premium to Strike Price Ratio Implied Volatility Delta Theta Underlying Stock Price Strike Price Contract Expiration Earnings Overlap? Ex-Dividend Date Previous Dividend Amount Current Dividend Amount 5-Year Dividend Payments Count Total Years Dividends Increasing Liquidity Rating Algorithm Score Safety Score Lists
PWR Quanta Services Inc Options Chain 41.50 43.70 42.60
Profitability Analysis 7.77%
0.08 0.51 0.55 -0.44 549.98 550.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/02 0.11 0.11 21 1 9 61 None
MU Micron Technology Inc Options Chain 34.00 34.50 34.25
Profitability Analysis 10.95%
0.10 0.66 0.55 -0.37 355.46 360.00 5/15/2026 No 3/30 0.12 0.15 19 0 18 74 None
INTU Intuit Inc Options Chain 27.50 30.70 29.10
Profitability Analysis 8.13%
0.07 0.50 0.52 -0.31 416.44 420.00 5/15/2026 No 4/09 1.20 1.20 21 12 13 67 None
AXP American Express Company Options Chain 18.15 19.05 18.60
Profitability Analysis 5.91%
0.06 0.41 0.55 -0.18 292.27 290.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/02 0.82 0.95 21 4 12 70 None
ROP Roper Technologies Inc Options Chain 14.90 20.60 17.75
Profitability Analysis 4.76%
0.05 0.38 0.50 -0.21 351.90 350.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/06 0.91 0.91 21 12 9 63 None
RGLD Royal Gold Inc Options Chain 16.10 17.70 16.90
Profitability Analysis 8.35%
0.07 0.52 0.51 -0.18 237.54 240.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/02 0.47 0.47 21 10 10 70 None
AXP American Express Company Options Chain 14.35 16.55 15.45
Profitability Analysis 6.55%
0.05 0.41 0.51 -0.20 292.27 295.00 5/8/2026 Yes 4/02 0.82 0.95 21 4 12 70 None
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc Options Chain 14.50 15.60 15.05
Profitability Analysis 5.02%
0.05 0.33 0.54 -0.13 292.19 290.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/01 1.79 1.81 21 1 5 64 None
SYK Stryker Corp Options Chain 13.60 15.80 14.70
Profitability Analysis 5.54%
0.04 0.33 0.50 -0.17 327.44 330.00 5/15/2026 Yes 3/31 0.88 0.88 21 16 12 67 None
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Company Options Chain 12.60 14.60 13.60
Profitability Analysis 4.33%
0.05 0.36 0.55 -0.17 282.84 280.00 5/1/2026 Yes 4/06 1.50 1.50 21 15 9 79 None
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Company Options Chain 12.95 13.60 13.28
Profitability Analysis 5.99%
0.05 0.35 0.50 -0.14 282.84 285.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/06 1.50 1.50 21 15 9 79 None
STLD Steel Dynamics Inc Options Chain 12.30 12.90 12.60
Profitability Analysis 7.11%
0.07 0.48 0.55 -0.12 170.97 170.00 5/15/2026 Yes 3/31 0.50 0.53 21 13 10 63 None
DELL Dell Technologies Inc - Class C Options Chain 11.95 12.50 12.23
Profitability Analysis 9.34%
0.07 0.54 0.50 -0.14 171.81 175.00 5/15/2026 No 4/21 0.53 0.63 17 4 14 61 None
WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc Options Chain 10.80 12.30 11.55
Profitability Analysis 4.37%
0.07 0.44 0.54 -0.11 179.47 175.00 5/15/2026 No 4/17 0.66 0.76 21 20 11 57 None
LOW Lowe`s Cos. Inc Options Chain 11.05 11.70 11.38
Profitability Analysis 2.77%
0.05 0.34 0.53 -0.11 236.05 230.00 5/15/2026 No 4/22 1.20 1.20 21 40 9 63 None
ACN Accenture plc - Class A Options Chain 10.30 11.40 10.85
Profitability Analysis 5.61%
0.06 0.43 0.50 -0.12 196.45 195.00 5/15/2026 No 4/09 1.63 1.63 21 6 14 59 None
ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc Options Chain 9.00 11.40 10.20
Profitability Analysis 3.99%
0.04 0.29 0.50 -0.11 261.37 260.00 5/15/2026 Yes 3/31 1.61 1.61 21 30 9 57 None
STLD Steel Dynamics Inc Options Chain 9.90 10.40 10.15
Profitability Analysis 8.60%
0.06 0.47 0.49 -0.12 170.97 175.00 5/15/2026 Yes 3/31 0.50 0.53 21 13 10 63 None
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc Options Chain 8.70 10.50 9.60
Profitability Analysis 6.58%
0.03 0.31 0.42 -0.13 292.19 300.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/01 1.79 1.81 21 1 5 64 None
WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc Options Chain 8.40 9.90 9.15
Profitability Analysis 5.82%
0.05 0.44 0.46 -0.11 179.47 180.00 5/15/2026 No 4/17 0.66 0.76 21 20 11 57 None
NUE Nucor Corp Options Chain 8.10 9.70 8.90
Profitability Analysis 6.79%
0.05 0.41 0.50 -0.10 163.37 165.00 5/15/2026 Yes 3/31 0.56 0.56 21 16 11 66 None
LOW Lowe`s Cos. Inc Options Chain 7.10 9.70 8.40
Profitability Analysis 3.62%
0.04 0.33 0.46 -0.12 236.05 235.00 5/8/2026 No 4/22 1.20 1.20 21 40 9 63 None
NVT nVent Electric plc Options Chain 7.70 9.00 8.35
Profitability Analysis 7.58%
0.07 0.55 0.50 -0.10 119.50 120.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/24 0.21 0.21 21 2 9 59 None
MRVL Marvell Technology Inc Options Chain 7.70 8.15 7.93
Profitability Analysis 4.20%
0.08 0.57 0.54 -0.08 98.84 95.00 5/15/2026 No 4/10 0.06 0.06 21 0 16 64 None
DRI Darden Restaurants Inc Options Chain 6.30 7.90 7.10
Profitability Analysis 5.77%
0.04 0.30 0.47 -0.08 192.49 195.00 5/15/2026 No 4/10 1.50 1.50 21 5 9 62 None
MRVL Marvell Technology Inc Options Chain 6.70 7.25 6.98
Profitability Analysis 2.23%
0.07 0.56 0.55 -0.09 98.84 94.00 5/1/2026 No 4/10 0.06 0.06 21 0 16 64 None
A Agilent Technologies Inc Options Chain 6.10 7.00 6.55
Profitability Analysis 5.96%
0.06 0.38 0.55 -0.07 110.24 110.00 5/15/2026 No 3/31 0.26 0.26 21 0 12 60 None
TOL Toll Brothers Inc Options Chain 5.60 6.60 6.10
Profitability Analysis 7.81%
0.05 0.40 0.46 -0.08 131.12 135.00 5/15/2026 No 4/10 0.25 0.26 21 5 11 60 None
TGT Target Corp Options Chain 5.60 5.75 5.68
Profitability Analysis 8.58%
0.05 0.34 0.51 -0.06 116.80 120.00 5/15/2026 No 5/13 1.14 1.14 21 40 11 57 None
ZTS Zoetis Inc - Class A Options Chain 5.10 6.10 5.60
Profitability Analysis 6.86%
0.05 0.37 0.49 -0.07 113.35 115.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/20 0.53 0.53 21 13 11 55 None
STT State Street Corp Options Chain 5.00 5.90 5.45
Profitability Analysis 3.36%
0.04 0.37 0.46 -0.06 127.02 125.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/01 0.84 0.84 21 1 12 68 None
NTR Nutrien Ltd Options Chain 4.80 5.10 4.95
Profitability Analysis 6.41%
0.07 0.42 0.55 -0.05 75.65 75.00 5/15/2026 Yes 3/31 0.55 0.55 21 8 11 65 None
PNR Pentair plc Options Chain 4.40 5.50 4.95
Profitability Analysis 6.24%
0.06 0.40 0.53 -0.05 84.92 85.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/17 0.27 0.27 21 6 12 64 None
RY Royal Bank Of Canada Options Chain 2.80 6.40 4.60
Profitability Analysis 3.77%
0.03 0.24 0.46 -0.05 160.20 160.00 5/15/2026 No 4/23 1.64 1.64 21 15 11 77 None
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc Options Chain 3.90 4.85 4.38
Profitability Analysis 7.32%
0.08 0.56 0.54 -0.05 56.40 56.00 5/8/2026 Yes 4/15 0.15 0.15 21 0 11 59 None
NTAP Netapp Inc Options Chain 3.70 5.00 4.35
Profitability Analysis 4.26%
0.04 0.38 0.44 -0.05 105.38 105.00 5/15/2026 No 4/02 0.52 0.52 21 2 14 67 None
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc Options Chain 4.20 4.40 4.30
Profitability Analysis 6.01%
0.05 0.38 0.52 -0.04 79.92 80.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/02 0.41 0.42 21 15 7 59 None
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc Options Chain 3.65 4.40 4.03
Profitability Analysis 8.48%
0.07 0.58 0.51 -0.05 56.40 57.00 5/8/2026 Yes 4/15 0.15 0.15 21 0 11 59 None
A Agilent Technologies Inc Options Chain 3.80 4.10 3.95
Profitability Analysis 8.13%
0.03 0.36 0.41 -0.06 110.24 115.00 5/15/2026 No 3/31 0.26 0.26 21 0 12 60 None
NTR Nutrien Ltd Options Chain 3.70 4.00 3.85
Profitability Analysis 8.26%
0.05 0.43 0.46 -0.05 75.65 77.50 5/15/2026 Yes 3/31 0.55 0.55 21 8 11 65 None
CLX Clorox Company Options Chain 3.50 3.90 3.70
Profitability Analysis 7.06%
0.04 0.35 0.42 -0.05 102.69 105.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/22 1.24 1.24 21 40 13 57 None
APA APA Corporation Options Chain 3.20 4.05 3.63
Profitability Analysis 7.86%
0.08 0.60 0.54 -0.04 44.39 44.00 5/8/2026 Yes 4/22 0.25 0.25 21 0 9 58 None
APA APA Corporation Options Chain 3.45 3.80 3.63
Profitability Analysis 10.11%
0.08 0.61 0.52 -0.04 44.39 45.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/22 0.25 0.25 21 0 9 58 None
NYT New York Times Co. - Class A Options Chain 3.30 3.60 3.45
Profitability Analysis 6.15%
0.04 0.35 0.46 -0.05 83.54 85.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/01 0.18 0.23 21 7 12 55 None
EIX Edison International Options Chain 3.10 3.40 3.25
Profitability Analysis 5.44%
0.05 0.32 0.52 -0.03 70.30 70.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/07 0.88 0.88 21 1 15 77 None
BMO Bank of Montreal Options Chain 2.55 3.50 3.03
Profitability Analysis 6.03%
0.02 0.25 0.39 -0.04 131.76 135.00 5/15/2026 No 4/29 1.67 1.67 21 4 14 74 None
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Options Chain 2.63 3.20 2.92
Profitability Analysis 5.14%
0.05 0.34 0.55 -0.03 58.54 58.00 5/8/2026 Yes 4/02 0.63 0.63 21 4 15 60 None
SYY Sysco Corp Options Chain 2.65 2.95 2.80
Profitability Analysis 3.16%
0.03 0.27 0.48 -0.03 83.21 82.50 5/15/2026 Yes 4/02 0.54 0.54 21 10 10 63 None
TD Toronto Dominion Bank Options Chain 2.60 2.85 2.73
Profitability Analysis 3.74%
0.03 0.24 0.46 -0.03 92.84 92.50 5/15/2026 No 4/09 1.08 1.08 21 15 17 76 None
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Options Chain 2.06 2.82 2.44
Profitability Analysis 6.03%
0.04 0.34 0.49 -0.03 58.54 59.00 5/8/2026 Yes 4/02 0.63 0.63 21 4 15 60 None
BNS Bank Of Nova Scotia Options Chain 2.00 2.60 2.30
Profitability Analysis 4.71%
0.03 0.24 0.51 -0.02 67.71 67.50 5/15/2026 No 4/07 1.10 1.10 21 4 13 65 None
USB U.S. Bancorp. Options Chain 1.91 2.53 2.22
Profitability Analysis 5.68%
0.04 0.35 0.50 -0.03 50.85 51.00 5/8/2026 Yes 3/31 0.52 0.52 21 15 12 66 None
FITB Fifth Third Bancorp Options Chain 1.95 2.40 2.18
Profitability Analysis 6.83%
0.05 0.37 0.49 -0.02 44.54 45.00 5/15/2026 Yes 3/31 0.40 0.40 21 15 8 64 None
EIX Edison International Options Chain 1.95 2.30 2.13
Profitability Analysis 7.41%
0.03 0.31 0.40 -0.03 70.30 72.50 5/15/2026 Yes 4/07 0.88 0.88 21 1 15 77 None
VZ Verizon Communications Inc Options Chain 2.00 2.13 2.07
Profitability Analysis 4.90%
0.04 0.29 0.52 -0.02 50.31 50.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/10 0.69 0.71 21 21 9 74 None
CMCSA Comcast Corp - Class A Options Chain 1.35 1.95 1.65
Profitability Analysis 5.82%
0.06 0.37 0.55 -0.01 28.33 28.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/01 0.33 0.33 21 6 10 60 None
BNS Bank Of Nova Scotia Options Chain 0.90 1.50 1.20
Profitability Analysis 6.78%
0.02 0.23 0.35 -0.02 67.71 70.00 5/15/2026 No 4/07 1.10 1.10 21 4 13 65 None
ING ING Groep N.V. Options Chain 1.10 1.25 1.18
Profitability Analysis 7.72%
0.05 0.41 0.46 -0.01 25.12 25.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/17 0.20 0.88 13 3 13 60 None
GIS General Mills Inc Options Chain 1.00 1.20 1.10
Profitability Analysis 7.57%
0.03 0.32 0.39 -0.01 36.45 37.50 5/15/2026 No 4/10 0.61 0.61 21 6 10 61 None
VZ Verizon Communications Inc Options Chain 0.99 1.06 1.03
Profitability Analysis 7.81%
0.02 0.28 0.32 -0.02 50.31 52.50 5/15/2026 Yes 4/10 0.69 0.71 21 21 9 74 None
CMCSA Comcast Corp - Class A Options Chain 0.72 1.28 1.00
Profitability Analysis 7.06%
0.03 0.32 0.44 -0.01 28.33 29.00 5/15/2026 Yes 4/01 0.33 0.33 21 6 10 60 None
HST Host Hotels & Resorts Inc Options Chain 0.70 0.95 0.83
Profitability Analysis 6.32%
0.04 0.34 0.49 -0.01 18.84 19.00 5/15/2026 Yes 3/31 0.15 0.20 21 0 10 51 None