Greenhill & Co. Inc. (GHL)

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/6/18, Greenhill & CO Inc will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.05, payable on 3/21/18. As a percentage of GHL's recent stock price of $20.05, this dividend works out to approximately 0.25%.

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Greenhill & Co Inc , where a total of 3,846 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 384,600 underlying shares. That amounts to about 63.5% of GHL's average daily trading volume over the past month of 605,760 shares.

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Greenhill & CO Inc crossed above their 200 day moving average of $18.82, changing hands as high as $20.10 per share. Greenhill & CO Inc shares are currently trading up about 6.7% on the day.

Shareholders of Greenhill & Co Inc looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 1% annualized dividend yield can sell the September covered call at the $20 strike and collect the premium based on the $1.70 bid, which annualizes to an additional 13.3% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost), for a total of 14.3% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is not called away. Any upside above $20 would be lost if the stock rises there and is called away, but GHL shares would have to climb 3.6% from current levels for that to occur, meaning that in the scenario where the stock is called, the shareholder has earned a 12.4% return from this trading level, in addition to any dividends collected before the stock was called.

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 12/5/17, Greenhill & Company Incorporated will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.05, payable on 12/20/17. As a percentage of GHL's recent stock price of $20.10, this dividend works out to approximately 0.25%.

The most recent short interest data has been released for the 11/15/2017 settlement date, which shows a 933,482 share increase in total short interest for Greenhill & Company Incorporated , to 6,996,084, an increase of 15.40% since 10/31/2017. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.

The most recent short interest data has been released for the 10/31/2017 settlement date, which shows a 897,585 share decrease in total short interest for Greenhill & Company Incorporated , to 6,062,602, a decrease of 12.90% since 10/13/2017. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.

Investors in Greenhill & Co Inc saw new options become available this week, for the June 2018 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 234 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.

Investors in Greenhill & Co Inc saw new options become available this week, for the November 17th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the GHL options chain for the new November 17th contracts and identified the following call contract of particular interest.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 9/12/17, Greenhill & Company Incorporated will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.45, payable on 9/27/17. As a percentage of GHL's recent stock price of $14.15, this dividend works out to approximately 3.18%, so look for shares of Greenhill & Company Incorporated to trade 3.18% lower — all else being equal — when GHL shares open for trading on 9/12/17.

Greenhill & Company Incorporated has been named as a Top 25 dividend stock, according the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report. The report noted that among the coverage universe, GHL shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of Greenhill & Company Incorporated were yielding above the 11% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.80), with the stock changing hands as low as $16.25 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market's total return.

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Greenhill & Co Inc , where a total of 2,791 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 279,100 underlying shares. That amounts to about 59.7% of GHL's average daily trading volume over the past month of 467,865 shares.

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The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. Greenhill & Company Incorporated presently has an excellent rank, in the top 25% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most "interesting" ideas that merit further research by investors.

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 6/5/17, Greenhill & Company Incorporated will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.45, payable on 6/21/17. As a percentage of GHL's recent stock price of $20.35, this dividend works out to approximately 2.21%, so look for shares of Greenhill & Company Incorporated to trade 2.21% lower — all else being equal — when GHL shares open for trading on 6/5/17.

Investors considering a purchase of Greenhill & Co Inc shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $21.80/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the December put at the $17.50 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 90 cents.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of Greenhill & Company Incorporated were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.80), with the stock changing hands as low as $21.70 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market's total return.

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. Greenhill & Company Incorporated presently has an excellent rank, in the top 25% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most "interesting" ideas that merit further research by investors.