Forget Timing the Bottom: Earn 10% While You Wait for LVS on Sale

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At about $53.88 a share, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) is trading about 22% below its 52W high.

Do you think LVS stock is a good long-term bet at current levels? What about at a 30% discount at about $37.5 per share? If you think that is a steal, and have some cash ready to go, here is a trade.

10% annualized yield at 30% margin of safety, by selling Put Options.

  • Sell a long-dated Put option expiring 3/19/2027, with a strike price of $37.5
  • Collect roughly $220 in premium per contract (each contract represents 100 shares)
  • That’s about 6.1% annualized yield on the $3,750 you’re setting aside for the possibility of buying the stock
  • This cash parked in a savings or money market account will earn an extra 4.0%, taking total yield to 10.1%
  • And you give yourself a chance to buy LVS stock at deep discounted price of $37.5

However, this is not the only stock strategy in town. Trefis High Quality Portfolio is a sophisticated framework designed to reduce stock-specific risk while giving upside exposure.

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Trefis: LVS Stock Insights

Possible Trade Outcomes: You Win Either Way

Stock Price Outcome What It Means For You
 
LVS stays above $37.5 You keep the full $220 premium – 5.9% extra income over the next 353 days on cash that might otherwise earn you 4.0% or less. You never buy the stock and simply walk away with the cash.
 
LVS closes below $37.5 You’ll be obligated to buy 100 shares at $37.5. But thanks to $220 premium, your effective cost basis is just $35.3 per share – a roughly 34% discount from current level.
 

But to hold this trade with conviction, you want to see long term upside in the stock. Because if it comes to it, you want to be excited about buying the stock cheap.

Check out Buy or Sell LVS Stock and Las Vegas Sands Investment Highlights

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