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.
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 |
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CAT | Caterpillar Inc | Options Chain | 13.90 | 15.65 | 14.78 |
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0.04 | 0.25 | 0.51 | -0.16 | 398.14 | 400.00 | 8/22/2025 | Yes | 7/21 | 1.41 | 1.51 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 69 | None | |
GE | General Electric Company | Options Chain | 11.55 | 12.80 | 12.18 |
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0.05 | 0.34 | 0.50 | -0.14 | 247.30 | 250.00 | 8/22/2025 | Yes | 7/07 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 62 | None | |
ACN | Accenture plc - Class A | Options Chain | 9.10 | 10.70 | 9.90 |
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0.03 | 0.22 | 0.52 | -0.10 | 304.78 | 305.00 | 8/22/2025 | No | 7/10 | 1.48 | 1.48 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 64 | None | |
DELL | Dell Technologies Inc - Class C | Options Chain | 6.20 | 6.35 | 6.28 |
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0.05 | 0.35 | 0.54 | -0.07 | 125.22 | 125.00 | 8/15/2025 | No | 7/22 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 64 | None | |
DRI | Darden Restaurants Inc | Options Chain | 5.80 | 6.40 | 6.10 |
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0.03 | 0.21 | 0.49 | -0.06 | 220.27 | 220.00 | 8/15/2025 | No | 7/10 | 1.40 | 1.50 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 66 | None | |
DELL | Dell Technologies Inc - Class C | Options Chain | 5.60 | 6.45 | 6.03 |
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0.05 | 0.36 | 0.49 | -0.07 | 125.22 | 127.00 | 8/22/2025 | No | 7/22 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 64 | None | |
DG | Dollar General Corp | Options Chain | 4.80 | 6.50 | 5.65 |
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0.05 | 0.32 | 0.54 | -0.05 | 114.11 | 113.00 | 8/22/2025 | No | 7/08 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 62 | None | |
ABT | Abbott Laboratories | Options Chain | 4.45 | 5.30 | 4.88 |
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0.04 | 0.24 | 0.53 | -0.04 | 134.44 | 134.00 | 8/22/2025 | Yes | 7/15 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 70 | None | |
DGX | Quest Diagnostics Inc | Options Chain | 4.30 | 5.20 | 4.75 |
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0.03 | 0.25 | 0.43 | -0.07 | 176.92 | 180.00 | 8/15/2025 | Yes | 7/07 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 63 | None | |
DG | Dollar General Corp | Options Chain | 3.80 | 5.45 | 4.63 |
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0.04 | 0.31 | 0.48 | -0.05 | 114.11 | 115.00 | 8/22/2025 | No | 7/08 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 62 | None | |
ABT | Abbott Laboratories | Options Chain | 3.90 | 4.75 | 4.33 |
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0.03 | 0.23 | 0.49 | -0.04 | 134.44 | 135.00 | 8/22/2025 | Yes | 7/15 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 70 | None | |
CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | Options Chain | 2.15 | 3.80 | 2.98 |
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0.03 | 0.22 | 0.52 | -0.03 | 92.78 | 93.00 | 8/22/2025 | Yes | 7/18 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 63 | None | |
FCX | Freeport-McMoRan Inc | Options Chain | 2.46 | 2.90 | 2.68 |
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0.06 | 0.39 | 0.53 | -0.03 | 45.82 | 46.00 | 8/22/2025 | Yes | 7/15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 60 | None | |
EIX | Edison International | Options Chain | 2.50 | 2.60 | 2.55 |
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0.05 | 0.38 | 0.50 | -0.03 | 52.57 | 52.50 | 8/15/2025 | Yes | 7/07 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 68 | None | |
DRI | Darden Restaurants Inc | Options Chain | 2.00 | 2.60 | 2.30 |
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0.01 | 0.20 | 0.24 | -0.05 | 220.27 | 230.00 | 8/15/2025 | No | 7/10 | 1.40 | 1.50 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 66 | None | |
CARR | Carrier Global Corp | Options Chain | 1.95 | 2.40 | 2.18 |
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0.03 | 0.30 | 0.43 | -0.04 | 75.64 | 77.50 | 8/15/2025 | Yes | 7/21 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 57 | None | |
EIX | Edison International | Options Chain | 1.50 | 1.60 | 1.55 |
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0.03 | 0.38 | 0.36 | -0.03 | 52.57 | 55.00 | 8/15/2025 | Yes | 7/07 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 68 | None | |
GIS | General Mills Inc | Options Chain | 0.75 | 0.90 | 0.83 |
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0.02 | 0.23 | 0.32 | -0.02 | 53.83 | 55.00 | 8/15/2025 | No | 7/10 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 61 | None |