Universal Insurance Holdings Inc (UVE)

Shareholders of Universal Insurance Holdings Inc looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 2.3% annualized dividend yield can sell the November covered call at the $25 strike and collect the premium based on the $1.65 bid, which annualizes to an additional 16.4% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost), for a total of 18.7% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is not called away. Any upside above $25 would be lost if the stock rises there and is called away, but UVE shares would have to climb 2% from current levels for that to occur, meaning that in the scenario where the stock is called, the shareholder has earned a 8.8% return from this trading level, in addition to any dividends collected before the stock was called.

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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. Universal Insurance Holdings Inc 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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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. Universal Insurance Holdings Inc 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.

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In trading on Thursday, shares of Universal Insurance Holdings Inc crossed below their 200 day moving average of $19.97, changing hands as low as $19.60 per share. Universal Insurance Holdings Inc shares are currently trading off about 4.5% on the day.

Investors eyeing a purchase of Universal Insurance Holdings Inc shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $21.95/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the May 2017 put at the $17.50 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 95 cents.

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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. Universal Insurance Holdings Inc presently has a stellar rank, in the top 10% 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 6/13/16, Universal Insurance Holdings Inc will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.14, payable on 7/5/16. As a percentage of UVE's recent stock price of $19.14, this dividend works out to approximately 0.73%, so look for shares of Universal Insurance Holdings Inc to trade 0.73% lower — all else being equal — when UVE shares open for trading on 6/13/16.

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Investors considering a purchase of Universal Insurance Holdings Inc shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $17.05/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the November put at the $10 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 40 cents.

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.

The most recent short interest data was recently released by the NASDAQ for the 02/12/2016 settlement date, and Universal Insurance Holdings Inc is one of the most shorted stocks of the Russell 3000, based on 13.62 "days to cover" versus the median component at 5.27. There are a number of ways to look at short data, but one metric that we find particularly useful is the "days to cover" because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares typically traded.