2 High Yield Covered Calls Trades

Posted on June 18, 2013

Looking for quick income from your trading? There are 2 trades sitting near the top of our Covered Calls Table, which offer annualized yields of well over 25%. These aren’t high dividend paying stocks, but, rather, they’re dividend stocks with high options yields.

These 2 stocks couldn’t be more dissimilar. One is a U.S. homebuilder, and the other is a U.S.-based, multinational tech giant:

MDC Holdings (MDC): MDC’s homebuilding business activities include the purchase of finished lots or development of lots for the construction and sale of single-family detached homes to first-time and first-time move-up homebuyers under the Richmond American Homes name. The company’s financial services business activities comprise the origination of mortgage loans primarily for homebuyers; provision of third-party insurance products to homebuyers; and title agency services to homebuyers in Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Nevada, and Virginia. It also provides insurance coverage on homes sold and for work performed in completed subdivisions; and re-insures the claims. M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Cisco Systems (CSCO): Cisco designs, manufactures, and sells Internet protocol (IP) based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industries worldwide. It offers switching products, including fixed-configuration and modular switches, and storage products that provide connectivity to end users, workstations, IP phones, access points, and servers, as well as function as aggregators on local-area networks and wide-area networks; and routers that interconnects public and private IP networks for mobile, data, voice, and video applications.

Dividends: MDC, which pays a $.25 quarterly dividend, paid out its first 3 2013 dividends in December 2012, to help its shareholders avoid higher dividend tax rates in 2013. Not to worry, however, since you can recapture this amount and more, via selling covered calls. (See below)

CSCO made a hefty raise to its quarterly dividend in late 2012, upping it by over 21%, to $.17, from $.14. CSCO also goes ex-dividend on 7/1/13.

Options: MDC currently has an out-of-the-money September $37.00 put which pays $2.65, which equals 7.25%, or 28.46% annualized for this approx. 3-month trade. If MDC moves to $37.00 or higher, your MDC shares will get assigned, resulting in an additional $.46/share gain, for a total potential annualized assigned yield of over 33%.

(You can see more details on this and over 35 other call option trades in our free Covered Calls Table.)

CSCO has a shorter call expiration, a July $25.00 call option, which pays $0.46, offering you a 27.57% annualized yield. This call is also above CSCO’s share price, so if CSCO rises to $25.00 or above, you’ll receive an additional $.18/share.

There are also attractive put options selling opportunities for MDC, which you can learn more about, in our free Cash Secured Puts Table.

Author: Robert Hauver, copyright 2013 DeMar Marketing, All Rights Reserved.
Disclosure: Author was short MDC put options, and long CSCO shares at the time of this writing.
Disclaimer: This article was written for informational purposes only. Author not responsible for any errors, omissions, or actions taken by third parties as a result of reading this article.

An Undervalued High Dividend Stock With Lucrative Cash Secured Puts

Posted on May 15, 2013

by Robert Hauver
We first wrote an earlier article about Northern Tier Energy LP, (NTI), back in early April, when the big question was whether or not this MLP would continue to pay its huge quarterly dividend. This older article also details NTI’s business model, which we like.
In February, NTI paid out a $1.27 dividend, which equated to an 18.55% forward dividend yield, making it one of the highest yielding dividend paying stocks in the market, and putting at the top of the Energy table in our High Dividend Stocks By Sector Tables.
Well, we’re happy to report that, thanks to a big blowout quarter, in which NTI reported an adjusted net income of $108.2 million, that was 20 times its Q1 2012 adjusted net income, NTI is keeping the faith, with another huge distribution, which goes ex-dividend on May 21,2013:

“The Board of Directors of Northern Tier Energy GP LLC, the general partner of Northern Tier Energy LP, has approved a first quarter distribution of $1.23 per unit that will be paid in cash on May 30, 2013 to common unit holders of record as of the close of business on May 23, 2013.” Cash available for distribution totaled $113.2 million for the first quarter 2013.” (Source: NTI website)

This continuing huge dividend payout raises the same question it did in the 1st quarter of 2013: Will NTI keep making these big quarterly distributions, or will it trim its payouts in the next few quarters?
Fortunately, NTI also has high options yields, which give you some alternatives. We currently have a very attractive September $25.00 put listed for NTI in our Cash Secured Puts Table. This put will pay you $2.60 now, and expires in roughly 4 months, which gives you a 30%-plus annualized yield.
To put this into perspective, even if NTI matches its current $1.23/unit May payout in the next quarterly payout, in August, you’d receive $2.46 in distributions, (possibly), vs. $2.60, for sure, right now, by selling the September $25.00 put. The other benefit of this trade is that it gives you a $22.40 breakeven, which is 16% below NTI’s current price/share.

The traditional, simpler approach is to buy NTI outright, and hold onto the shares long-term, using the dividend stream for income, and to ride out the potential ups and downs of NTI’s future share price and distributions.
We’ve adopted a combo of 2 strategies for NTI, since we believe in its business model: 1. Buy and hold for income and potential price appreciation 2. Sell cash secured puts, in order to gain additional income, and lower our ultimate breakeven cost.

NTI also has Covered Calls, which we list in our Covered Calls Table, where you can also see details on over 30 other covered calls trades.
However, the problem with adopting a short-term Covered Call trade for NTI is the uncertainty surrounding its next quarterly distribution – will it be $1.23 again, or will they cut the next distribution?
The biggest short term obstacle in NTI’s path is that they’ll be doing a scheduled shutdown of their refinery in the 2nd quarter for about 25 days. But there’s a silver lining- they’re doing the shutdown in order to expand their refining capacity. Yes, the 2nd quarter will show lower earnings, BUT, long term, the shutdown is a positive for NTI and its shareholders, due to the expanded capacity.
Institutional investors also believe in NTI’s future growth, as do analysts, who are projecting big EPS growth for 2013 and 2014, making NTI look undervalued on a PEG basis:

Disclaimer: This article was written for informational purposes only and is not intended as investment advice.
Disclosure: The author was long NTI shares and short NTI put options at the time of this writing.

How To Grab A Fast Double-Digit Yield From This Dow Dividend Stock

Posted on May 1, 2013

by Robert Hauver
Dow dividend stock IBM, (IBM), is going ex-dividend next week, on 5/8/13:

IBM dipped below $200.00 again today, 5/1/13, which sets up a high yield, short-term covered call trade:

There are 3 potential income scenarios to this 2-week trade, all of which pay you at least a $2.08/share call option premium:
1. Static – IBM’s share price isn’t above $200.00 at or near expiration, and your IBM shares don’t get assigned/sold. You receive the $2.08 call premium and the $.95 dividend.
2. Assigned before the ex-dividend date- IBM’s share price is above $200.00 before 5/8/13, and your IBM shares get assigned/sold. You receive the $2.08 call option premium, and the price gain of $.37, but not the $.95/share dividend.
3. Assigned after the ex-dividend date- IBM is above $200.00 after 5/8/13, and your IBM shares get assigned/sold on or near the 5/17/13 expiration date. You’d receive the $2.08 call option premium, the $.95/share dividend, and the price gain of $.37:

You can see more details for this and over 35 other high yield options trades in our free Covered Calls Table.

Cash Secured Puts: We also list a short term put-selling trade for IBM which offers a 13.5% annualized yield, in our free Cash Secured Puts Table.

Earnings: IBM got beaten up after its most recent quarterly earnings report disappointed – revenue fell 5%, and diluted normalized EPS fell 7.2%. However, the 15% earnings estimates for 2013 are still strong enough to give it an undervalued 2013 PEG ratio:

Financials: Although it has more debt, IBM’s Mgt. Efficiency ratios are very superior to its peer industry’s averages. This cash cow also has an Interest Coverage ratio of over 35., and also has a 5-year Dividend Growth Rate of over 17%.

Other Valuations: Like many Dow dividend stocks, IBM commands a premium Price/Book value vs.its peers:

Disclaimer: This article was written for informational purposes only and is not intended as investment advice.
Disclosure: The author was short IBM put options at the time of this writing.

An Energy Dividend Stock WIth High Options Yields

Posted on February 4, 2013

by Robert Hauver

Energy Services stock Halliburton, (HAL), has risen over 18% in 2013, and is up nearly 35% since the November 15th lows. This is in spite of the fact that HAL recently posted 4th quarter 2012 earnings that were 32% lower than 2011 4th quarter earnings.

HAL’s 2012 full year earnings fell in its biggest region, North America, but rose in its other regions:

What are investors seeing? Analysts are predicting nearly flat 2013 sales, BUT, they’re forecasting 2014 sales to rise substantially, up 32%, which gives HAL a very low .42 2014 PEG ratio:

Dividends: HAL is certainly not a high dividend stock - it has kept its quarterly dividend at just $.09 since 2007, and yields under 1%:

High Options Yields: However, you can still earn good income from HAL, via selling options. We’ve listed below a short term trade for HAL, from our free Covered Calls Table. This April $41.00 call option pays over 18 times HAL’s quarterly dividend amount:

With HAL being so near its 52-week high, you may want to consider a more defensive way of trading it. Like selling covered call options, selling cash secured puts gives you immediate income, and a lower break-even cost, if you sell them below or close to the stock’s share price.

You can find more details on this and over 30 other put trades in our free Cash Secured Puts Table. The put income for this April trade is higher than the call income, and this put also pays much more than HAL’s quarterly dividend. (Note: Put sellers don’t receive dividends – we only list them on our tables for comparison.)

Financials: Although it has a lower Operating Margin, HAL’s Mgt. efficiency and Debt ratios are better than its industry’s averages.

Disclosure: The author held no Halliburton shares at the time of this writing.

Disclaimer: This article was written for informational purposes only and isn’t intended as investment advice.

A Tech Dividend Stock With Undervalued Growth

Posted on January 5, 2013

by Robert Hauver

Looking for Tech dividend stocks with growth in 2013? Many investors have taken note of the fact that the Tech sector grew its dividends fastest of any sector in 2012. Couple this with the potential for earnings growth in this sector, and it makes for a compelling dividend hunt.

We found a Tech stock which not only pays a regular dividend, but also recently paid a special dividend, and has a low PEG ratio for its upcoming fiscal year.

Founded in 1982, Maryland-based Tessco, (TESS), services organizations responsible for building, using and maintaining wireless broadband systems. It offers many different product lines, including base station infrastructure, installation test/maintenance, network systems, and mobile devices/accessories.

TESS is a micro-cap stock, with a $195 million market cap, and is listed in the Tech section of our High Dividend Stocks By Sector Tables, after the firm’s special dividend doubled its dividend yield.

Earnings: Tessco’s fiscal year typically ends at the end of March, so, even though the chart below shows much better growth in 2014 than 2013, Tessco’s 2014 fiscal year will begin soon, in April 2013:

TESS also had good growth in its most recent quarter, and a low .75 5-year PEG ratio. Using the 15% 5-year growth figure and a risk-adjusted discount rate of 10.89%, gives a $39.27 estimated value for TESS, which closed this week at $24.24:

Dividends: TESS did the right thing by its shareholders, by declaring a special dividend of $.75, when nobody knew what US dividend tax policy would be in 2013. With its low debt load, the company had the cash to do this. TESS has paid dividends since 2009, and has nearly tripled its quarterly payouts since then, going from $.0667, to the current $.18/quarter.

Unfortunately, TESS isn’t listed in our Covered Calls Table, or our Cash Secured Puts Table, as there are no options available for it at present.

Financials: Although TESS works on slimmer margins, this should be improving soon, as it is transitioning from a low margin business with a major Tier 1 carrier, to more profitable business elsewhere. Its management efficiency ratios and debt load look favorable vs. its industry’s averages:

Performance/Technical Data: TESS had quite a run in 2012, and is also up 8.7% for the first 3 trading days of 2013. This stock should be a good one to add to your watch list, and buy on the dips that will most likely happen when our pals in DC start doing the debt ceiling tango in a few weeks.

Disclosure: The author was long TESS shares at the time of this writing.

Disclaimer: This article was written for informational purposes only and isn’t intended as investment advice.

The Strongest Dividend Growth Sector In 2012

Posted on November 29, 2012

by Robert Hauver

Up until the 2008 market crash, the financial sector was one of the dividend kingpins of the S&P 500, contributing over 20% of all dividends for the index. However, in 2009, this sector’s contribution shrank to only 9%, and even dipped below that in 2010. In 2012, the financial sector has contributed 12.54% thus far.

Meanwhile, the tech sector has kept expanding its amount of dividend paying stocks, which now stands at 56% and has the largest contribution of dividends to the S&P 500 in 2012:

Which tech firms represent these new dividend stocks? We’ve listed below the four new payers for 2012, and then the stocks with the highest dividend increases:

Click to enlarge images.

Here’s how these stocks compare for earnings growth, ranked by estimated PEG for their next fiscal year:

As is often the case, Apple (AAPL), by virtue of its low P/E and strong growth, is at the top of the list. However, Visa (V) is also an interesting growth story due to its 2012 earnings being skewed downward by a big one-time litigation settlement.

On an adjusted basis, Visa’s P/E is around 23.66 vs. the 46- 79 range some of the financial websites are reporting. In addition, unlike Nvidea (NVDA), which has underperformed in 2012, Visa has a strong defensive element — it has done well in rallies and in pullbacks:

Options:

With its 44% gain this year, you may want to wait for Visa to dip in price before diving in. At present, it looks overbought on its stochastic chart.

An alternative strategy for capitalizing on the next price dip would be to sell cash secured puts below Visa’s stock price, which will offer you immediate income and a lower breakeven price. Here’s a comparison of two put trades for Visa, which illustrates the difference in actual put option premium money received, their respective annualized yields, and breakevens.

You can find more info on these and over 30 other trades in our Cash Secured Puts Table:

Disclosure: I’m long V, via being short V put options.

Disclaimer: This article was written for informational purposes only and isn’t intended as investment advice.

A Defensive Dividend Stock That’s Beating The Market This Fall

Posted on November 7, 2012

by Robert Hauver

Wondering where to hide out for the rest of the year? What with Mario Draghi reminding the world of Europe’s problems, (as if we’d forgotten), and post-election profit-taking sending the S&P down 2.37% in one day, defensive dividend stocks are looking more and more attractive. Here’s an old familiar name that’s been bucking the fall pullback, and only fell .41% during Wednesday’s big sell-off.

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, (DPS), has beaten the market since the September 14 highs, and also has done well during the summer rally. and during the spring pullback. Year to date, it has kept pace with the S&P, with a whole lot less drama:

Dividends: Since its spinoff in 2008 from Cadbury Schweppes, DPS has more than doubled its annualized dividend payouts, starting with its first quarterly $.15 dividend in December 2009, to its present $.34 level:

Earnings Valuation: DPS isn’t an undervalued high growth story. Indeed, its 2013 PEG and 5-year PEG are high, and its P/E sits above the median level of its 5-year P/E range:

You also can’t make the case for it being undervalued on a Price/Book or Price/Sales basis, vs. its peers:

Financials: However, it does have better Management Efficiency ratios, and a much higher Operating Margin than industry averages. Its debt load is higher, but it also has a higher Interest Coverage figure:

With its low beta, DPS doesn’t currently have enough volatility to offer high options yields, like some of the other dividend stocks we’ve covered in recent articles, but it looks like it can offer you some stability in these uncertain times.

Profile: Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. is an integrated refreshment beverage business, marketing more than 50 beverage brands throughout North America. In addition to its flagship Dr Pepper and Snapple brands, the company’s portfolio includes 7UP, Mott’s, A&W, Sunkist Soda, Hawaiian Punch, Canada Dry, Schweppes, Squirt, RC Cola, Diet Rite, Peñafiel, Rose’s, Yoo-hoo, Clamato, Mr & Mrs T and other well-known consumer favorites. Based in Plano, Texas, DPSG employs approximately 20,000 people and operates 24 bottling and manufacturing facilities and more than distribution centers across the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Disclosure: Author held no DPS shares at the time of this writing.

Disclaimer: This article is written for informational purposes only and isn’t intended as investment advice.

A Stealthy Oversold High Dividend Stock With Growth

Posted on September 21, 2012

by Robert Hauver

We live in the Age of Information, where small investors can get an amazing amount of data on publicly traded stocks, just by clicking a mouse or touching a touchpad. But sometimes, it looks like the Age of Misinformation – Espy Mfg., (ESP), is a good case in point. Many of the finance websites that list a stock’s dividend history are overlooking something significant for Espy – a big special dividend that they’ve been paying out in December since 2008.

Consequently, many sites show Espy’s dividend yield as being below 4%, when it’s actually ranged from around 8% to well over 12% since 2008. The table below simply uses the year ending stock prices to determine dividend yields, but you could check on the yearly price ranges to come up with more data. 2008 also had another special dividend in March, which hasn’t been repeated:

(ESP is listed in the Industrials section of our High Dividend Stocks by Sector Tables.)

Even Yahoo, which has Espy’s dividend history correct, shows a current yield of only 3.60%. Why are the sites listing it incorrectly? Because it’s a “special dividend”, and there’s no guarantee of it happening each year.

So, will they pay it again in 2012? The special dividend is based on financial results for the most recent fiscal year, which ends on June 30th, and capital requirements for the current year. They’ve supported their dividends by paying out 90% of earnings and also using some Retained Earnings. Management prefers to reward shareholders, by utilizing some retained earnings, instead of earning next to nothing on this excess cash.

Judging by Espy’s earnings and current record order backlog, prospects look good for another $1.00 dividend in 2012, particularly as ESP already ramped up its manufacturing capabilities last year, in order to meet increasing demand. ESP’s order backlog grew by over 31% for its fiscal year ending 6/31/12, to $50.8 million.

Earnings Growth: Using the 2 lowest past Order Backlog-to-Sales Conversion rates, and the lowest Net EPS %, we came up with a fiscal 2013 EPS range for Espy of $2.17 to $2.43:

These 2 estimates translate into a 2013 PEG ratio ranging from a very low .55, up to 1.34.

Technical Buy Signal: In addition to most likely being undervalued on a PEG and P/Book basis, ESP just crossed above the oversold line on its Stochastic chart, which is seen as a buy signal by technical analysts:

Options: There are no call options or put options available for ESP.

Financials/Valuations: Excepting ROE, Espy’s ratios outshine the Defense industry averages, and it also looks undervalued on a Price/Book basis.

Company Profile:Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp, located in Saratoga Springs, NY, is a Power Electronics Design and Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) company with a long history of developing and delivering highly reliable products for use in military and severe environment applications.

Espey’s primary products are power supplies, power converters, filters, power transformers, magnetic components, power distribution equipment, ups systems, antennas and high power radar systems. The applications of these products include AC and DC locomotives, shipboard power, shipboard radar, Airborne power, ground-based radar, and ground mobile power.

Espey is on the eligible list of contractors on the United States Department of Defense and generally is automatically solicited by such agencies for procurement needs falling within the major classes of products produced by the company. (Source: Espy website)

Disclosure: Author was long ESP shares at the time of this writing.

Disclaimer: This article is written for informational purposes only and isn’t intended as investment advice.

This Hot High Dividend Stock May Still Be Undervalued

Posted on September 14, 2012

by Robert Hauver

Our quest for undervalued high dividend paying stocks keeps leading us back to the Energy sector, which took a beating in the second quarter, but has come back strong since late June. In a previous article, we wrote about Pioneer Southwest Energy, (PSE), an energy stock which had been left behind in the summer rally.

This article focuses on Calumet Specialty Products Partners, (CLMT), an LP which is a combo oil & gas processor/refiner. With its 8%-plus dividend yield, CLMT is listed in our High Dividend Stocks By Sector Tables. Unlike PSE, CLMT hasn’t been left behind this summer, and has greatly outperformed the S&P since late June. It also looks closer to being overbought than oversold on its stochastic chart:

Undervalued Thesis: Thanks to a series of acquisitions, CLMT had great growth in 2011, and thus far in 2012, with 2012 EPS estimated at $3.34 on average, a torrid 151% pace. Its long-term 5-year growth projection of 26.81% gives it a very low 0.36 PEG:

Here’s the rub – analysts are currently estimating a -3.89% downturn in EPS for 2013:

But analysts may be underestimating the 2013 earnings impact of CLMT’s acquisitions, if the last 2 quarters are any harbinger of what’s to come. CLMT earned $0.97 in the first quarter, and increased to $1.14 in the 2nd quarter of 2012, an approximately 87% to 100% increase over the previous year’s quarters.

So, if CLMT matches the lower, $.97 1st quarter figure over the next 2 quarters, it would earn $4.05 in 2012, and probably even more in 2013, since it has made more acquisitions since the 2nd quarter, which will be accretive to earnings:

(Source: Yahoo Finance)

Using a risk-adjusted discounted rate of 8.37% vs. future earnings also shows CLMT to be undervalued, with a whopping value of $132.97.

Dividends: After paying its first 2 quarterly distributions of $.63 in 2007, CLMT’s payout slipped to $.45/quarter in 2008-2009, but has increased steadily ever since – $.46 in 2010, form $.47 up to $.50 in 2011, and from $.53 to $.59 in 2012.

Even though it still looks undervalued on a long term basis, given the big run that CLMT has had…

You may want to wait for a pullback, or, alternatively, sell Covered Calls, to achieve a lower break-even cost.

Here’s a trade for CLMT from our Covered Calls Table, which lists 30 other high yield trades:

This 5-month trade offers a few different income scenarios:

1. Static – Maximum income of $2.48, (dividends and call premium), if CLMT doesn’t rise above the $30.00 call strike price near its ex-dividend dates, or at expiration.

2. Assigned – Minimum income of $2.15, ($.85 price gain + call premium), if CMLT does rise above the $30.00 call strike price near its first ex-dividend date, and your shares are assigned. Maximum income of $3.33 if CMLT gets assigned at expiration, AND you collect both quarterly $.59 dividends.

CLMT also has put options available, but the only high yield is on a $30.00 strike price, which is above the current price/share.

Financials: CLMT has good Mgt. Efficiency ratios, but does carry more debt than industry averages. However, it has 4.1 Interest Coverage Ratio. Its Operating Margins should improve, as it integrates its acquisitions.

Company Profile: Calumet is a master limited partnership and is a leading independent producer of high-quality, specialty hydrocarbon products in North America. Calumet processes crude oil and other feedstocks into customized lubricating oils, solvents, waxes and asphalt used in consumer, industrial, and automotive products. Calumet also produces fuel products including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Calumet is based in Indianapolis, Indiana and has nine facilities located in northwest Louisiana, northwest Wisconsin, western Pennsylvania, southeastern Texas and eastern Missouri. (Source: Calumet website)

Disclosure: Author had no positions in any of the stocks mentioned in this article at the time of this writing.

Disclaimer: This article is written for informational purposes only and isn’t intended as investment advice.

A High Dividend Stock That’s Ready To Rise

Posted on September 7, 2012

by Robert Hauver

Looking for cheap high dividend paying stocks? MV Oil Trust, (MVO), has shown a recurring pattern of price troughs that rise into peaks as it approaches its quarterly ex-dividend dates, which fall around the 12th of January, April, July, and October. It recently crossed back above the oversold line on its stochastic chart:

Dividends: With its 11%-plus dividend yield, MVO sits atop the Energy section of our High Dividend Stocks By Sector Tables. By law, trusts are required to pay out at least 90% of their income in distributions, in return for not paying taxes. MVO’s next ex-dividend date should be around October 12th. (Trust dividends are referred to as distributions.)

Dividend History: MVO will need to pay out at least $.76 in October, to keep pace with its 2011 payout level. Judging by its earnings, (see below), this should be achievable.

Earnings: MVO is one of only of a handful of energy trusts which had strong earnings growth in 2011, (up over 25%), and in the most recent quarter. As noted below, MVO earns royalties from assets which are 98% oil, vs. only 2% natural gas, hence its advantage over natural gas trusts, many of which had been hurt by plummeting prices.

Profile: MV Oil Trust was formed in August 2006, by MV Partners, LLC. MV Partners conveys a term net profits interest to the trust that represents the right to receive 80% of the net proceeds from all of MV Partners’ interests in oil and natural gas properties, which are located in the Mid-Continent region in the States of Kansas and Colorado. As of June 30, 2006, the underlying properties produced predominantly oil from approximately 985 wells, and the projected reserve life of the underlying properties was in excess of 50 years.

Production from the underlying properties for the year ended December 31, 2005, was approximately 98% oil and approximately 2% natural gas and natural gas liquids. The underlying properties are all located in mature fields that are characterized by long production histories and numerous additional development opportunities to help reduce the natural decline in production from the underlying properties.

The net profits interest will terminate on the later to occur of (1) June 30, 2026, or (2) the time when 14.4 MMBoe have been produced from the underlying properties and sold (which amount is the equivalent of 11.5 MMBoe in respect of the trust’s right to receive 80% of the net proceeds from the underlying properties pursuant to the net profits interest).

Options: There are no put options or call options available for MVO.

Disclosure: Author had no positions in any of the stocks mentioned in this article at the time of this writing.

Disclaimer: This article is written for informational purposes only and isn’t intended as investment advice.