PAPI yields 7.32% · MRK yields 2.81%● Live data
📍 MRK pulled ahead of the other in Year 5
Combined, PAPI + MRK cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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PAPI primarily invests in an equity portfolio of durable dividend payers selected from the Russell 3000 Index using a proprietary investment process that considers 12-month yield and risk level. The fund attempts to achieve broad diversification by weighting all sectors equally and then assigning equal weights to the top-ranking stocks within each sector. In an attempt to generate incremental income, PAPI systematically writes short-dated (2-week) out-of-the-money call options in tranches, with expirations staggered every 3 to 4 days. The call options, which may include FLEX options, are written on the underlying ETF (SPY) or the S&P 500 Index. The fund earns some premium from writing calls, but this caps the funds upside potential. PAPI may incorporate tax loss harvesting within the long equity portfolio to maximize realization of losses. Investors should note that naked call writing, or selling call options without owning the underlying asset, is a high-risk options strategy.
Full PAPI Calculator →Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, and diabetes, as well as vaccine products, such as preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. It serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, and government agencies; managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions; and physicians and physician distributors, veterinarians, and animal producers. The company has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; Ridgeback Biotherapeutics; and Gilead Sciences, Inc. to jointly develop and commercialize long-acting treatments in HIV. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey.
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