Shareholders of Global Medical REIT Inc (GMRE) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 9.4% annualized dividend yield can sell the August covered call at the $7.50 strike and collect the premium based on the 5 cents bid, which annualizes to an additional 31.6% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost), for a total of 41% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is not called away. Any upside above $7.50 would be lost if the stock rises there and is called away, but GMRE shares would have to advance 16.8% from current levels for that to happen, meaning that in the scenario where the stock is called, the shareholder has earned a 17.6% return from this trading level, in addition to any dividends collected before the stock was called.

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