Shiloh Industries, an automobile part maker, will pay a special dividend of $2.50 on January 19 if you own the stock at market opening on Wednesday, January 3. That’s 13.2% of the share price of $18.950. The special dividend came in spite of a worse-than-expected Q4 loss and a bleak outlook.

American Home Mortgage Investment, a mortgage REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $1.06 on January 30 to holders as of Friday, January 5. That’s 3.0% of the share price of $35.240, or a 12% annual yield. AHM has doubled its dividend over the last 3 years.

Biovail will pay a dividend of $0.50 to holders as of Monday, January 8. That’s 2.4% of the share price of $21. BVF also plans to triple its annual dividend to $1.50 a share in 2007, and next April, to pay down all of its existing long-term debt. Seems like a cash-flow rich company. Except […]

Highland Hospitality, a REIT owner of 26 hotel properties in the U.S. and Mexico, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.22 on January 16 to holders as of Wednesday, December 27. The company has been steadily increasing its dividends, this time from 19c to 22c, thanks to a three-year earnings growth rate of 50 […]

Luminent, a mortgage REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.30 on January 31 to holders as of Wednesday, December 27. That’s 3.1% of the share price of $9.810, or a 12% annual yield.

Newcastle Investment, a diversified REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.69 on January 30 to holders as of Wednesday, December 27. That’s 2.2% of the share price of $31.980, or a 9% annual yield. Last quarter dividend was 65c. NCT has increased its dividend by over 10pct per year since their IPO in […]

National Health Realty, a REIT, will pay a dividend of $0.43 on January 16 if you own the stock at market opening on Wednesday, December 27. That’s 2.0% of the share price of $21.290. This includes a fourth quarter regular dividend of 33.25 cents per share and a special dividend of 10 cents per share.

RAIT Investment Trust, a commercial REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.75 on January 9 to holders as of Tuesday, December 26. That’s 2.2% of the share price of $34.450, or a 9% annual yield.

Arizona Land Income, a REIT, will pay a special dividend of $1.00 on January 26 to holders as of Wednesday, January 3. That’s 7.2% of the share price of $13.900. This was preannounced as part of the Oct 4 $570m acquisition of the West Coast office portfolio of the Shidler Group. The deal will transform […]

National Health Investors, a health care financial REIT, will pay a dividend of $0.93 on January 31 to holders as of Tuesday, December 26. That’s 2.8% of the share price of $32.830, or a 11% annual yield. 45 cents of this represents a special dividend that stems from one-time taxable income totaling $14.4 million related […]

Iowa Telecommunications Services, a Telecom provider, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.41 on January 16 to holders as of Wednesday, December 27. That’s 2.1% of the share price of $19.750, or a cool 8% annual yield. In early November, IWA posted third-quarter earnings of 25 cents per share, 4% above Wall Street estimates. […]

British Telecom will pay a regular semi-annual dividend of $0.97 to holders as of Wednesday, December 27

Fording Canadian Coal Trust, a fund investing in Industrial Metals and Minerals, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.83 on January 15 to holders as of Wednesday, December 27. That’s 3.6% of the share price of $23.170, or a 14% annual yield. The exact amount of the dividend may varies slightly based on the […]

Crystal River Capital, a REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.66 on January 26 to holders as of Wednesday, December 27. That’s 2.6% of the share price of $24.970, or an impressive 11% annual yield. Quite impressive also was the third-quarter results. CRZ should successfully continues to seek investment opportunities with a particular […]

Fairpoint Communications, a provider of phone, Internet and broadband services to rural areas, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.40 on January 16 to holders as of Wednesday, December 27 (taxed as earning dividend). That’s 2.1% of the share price of $19.160, or a 8% annual yield.