YieldBoost Federal Signal Corp. From 0.8% To 7.4% Using Options

Shareholders of Federal Signal Corp. (FSS) looking to boost their income beyond the stock's 0.8% annualized dividend yield can sell the August covered call at the $17.50 strike and collect the premium based on the 55 cents bid, which annualizes to an additional 6.6% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost), for a total of 7.4% annualized rate in the scenario where the stock is not called away..