The most recent short interest data has been released by the NASDAQ for the 01/15/2016 settlement date, which shows a 257,867 share decrease in total short interest for Balchem Corp. , to 1,175,068, a decrease of 18.00% since 12/31/2015.
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Investors eyeing a purchase of Balchem Corp. shares, but cautious about paying the going market price of $57.79/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal.
The most recent short interest data has been released by the NASDAQ for the 05/15/2015 settlement date, which shows a 674,981 share increase in total short interest for Balchem Corp. , to 2,002,654, an increase of 50.84% since 04/30/2015.
Shareholders of Balchem Corp. looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 0.5% annualized dividend yield can sell the November covered call at the $60 strike and collect the premium based on the $3.20 bid, which annualizes to an additional 9.5% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost), for a total of 10% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is not called away.
Shareholders of Balchem Corp. looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 0.5% annualized dividend yield can sell the November covered call at the $60 strike and collect the premium based on the $1.45 bid, which annualizes to an additional 6.4% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost), for a total of 6.9% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is not called away.