Greenhill & Co Inc (GHL)

Investors considering a purchase of Greenhill & Co Inc shares, but cautious about paying the going market price of $19.12/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the March 2017 put at the $15 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 85 cents.

Trade-Ideas LLC identified Greenhill (GHL) as a weak on high relative volume candidate

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.

The most recent short interest data has been released for the 05/31/2016 settlement date, which shows a 654,460 share increase in total short interest for Greenhill & Company Incorporated , to 4,586,748, an increase of 16.64% since 05/13/2016. 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.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Friday, shares of Greenhill & Company Incorporated were yielding above the 9% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.80), with the stock changing hands as low as $19.75 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.

Trade-Ideas LLC identified Greenhill (GHL) as a weak on high relative volume candidate

TCAP GHL CEO are going ex-dividend Monday, Monday, June 06, 2016

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 6/6/16, Greenhill & Company Incorporated will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.45, payable on 6/22/16. As a percentage of GHL's recent stock price of $20.81, this dividend works out to approximately 2.16%, so look for shares of Greenhill & Company Incorporated to trade 2.16% lower — all else being equal — when GHL shares open for trading on 6/6/16.

These 3 dividend stocks are rated a Hold by TheStreet

The most recent short interest data has been released for the 04/15/2016 settlement date, which shows a 1,115,244 share increase in total short interest for Greenhill & Company Incorporated , to 4,009,437.0, an increase of 38.53% since 03/31/2016. 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.

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These 3 dividend stocks are rated a Hold by TheStreet

Trade-Ideas LLC identified Greenhill (GHL) as a weak on high relative volume candidate

In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and directors of a company tend to have a unique insider's view of the business, and presumably the only reason an insider would choose to take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both.

GHL FNB FLR are going ex-dividend Monday, Monday, February 29, 2016

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/29/16, Greenhill & Company Incorporated will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.45, payable on 3/16/16. As a percentage of GHL's recent stock price of $22.27, this dividend works out to approximately 2.02%, so look for shares of Greenhill & Company Incorporated to trade 2.02% lower — all else being equal — when GHL shares open for trading on 2/29/16.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Tuesday, 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 $22.28 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.

Trade-Ideas LLC identified Greenhill (GHL) as a "perilous reversal" (up big yesterday but down big today) candidate

The most recent short interest data has been released by the NASDAQ for the 01/15/2016 settlement date, which shows a 318,924 share decrease in total short interest for Greenhill & Company Incorporated , to 2,583,774, a decrease of 10.99% since 12/31/2015. 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 September 16th expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 239 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.

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 above average rank, in the top 50% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most "interesting" ideas that merit further research by investors.

These 3 dividend stocks are rated a Hold by TheStreet