Archive for March, 2007

AHM ex-dividend on 4/4 (5%)

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

American Home Mortgage Investment, a mortgage REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $1.12 if you own the stock at market opening on Wednesday, April 4. That’s 5.1% of the share price of $22, or a 20% annual yield. AHM has doubled its dividend over the last 3 years.

GKK ex-dividend on 3/28 (2%)

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Gramercy Capital, a commercial mortgage REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.56 on April 13 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. Flat from the previous payout. Not bad given the turmoil in the mortgage industry right now.

IWA ex-dividend on 3/28 (2.0%)

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Iowa Telecommunications Services, a Telecom provider, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.41 on April 16 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. That’s 2.0% of the share price of $20.550, or a 8% annual yield.

FRP ex-dividend on 3/28 (2%)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Fairpoint Communications, a provider of phone, Internet and broadband services to rural areas, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.40 on April 17 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28 (taxed as earning dividend). That’s 2% of the share price of about $20, or a 8% annual yield.

CT ex-dividend on 3/28 (2%)

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Capital Trust will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.80 on April 15 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. The $0.80 per share dividend represents a $0.05 per share (7 percent) increase from the prior quarter’s regular cash dividend of $0.75 per share.

RSO ex-dividend on 3/28 (2.3%)

Friday, March 16th, 2007

Resource Capital, a commercial financial REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.39 on April 16 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. That’s 2.3% of the share price of $16.920, or a 9% annual yield.

RAS ex-dividend on 3/27 (3%)

Friday, March 16th, 2007

RAIT Investment Trust, a commercial REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.80 on April 17 to holders as of Tuesday, March 27. That’s 2.8% of the share price of $28.910, or a 11% annual yield.

JRT ex-dividend on 3/28 (2.6%)

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

JER Investors Trust, a mortgage REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.44 on April 30 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. That’s 2.6% of the share price of $16.780, or a 10% annual yield.

DF ex-dividend on 4/3 (33%, special)

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

Dean Foods will pay a special dividend of $15.00 on April 2 if you own the stock at market opening on Tuesday, April 3. The dividend will be taxed in part as earning dividend, and in part as return of capital dividend. That’s 32.7% of the share price of $45.890. A big warning flag though: […]

NHI ex-dividend on 3/28 (1.7%)

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

National Health Investors, a health care financial REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.50 on May 10 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. NHI rejected a buyout offer at $33 a share earlier this Month.

FDG ex-dividend on 3/28 (2.4%)

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

Fording Canadian Coal Trust, a fund investing in Industrial Metals and Minerals, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.55 on April 16 to holders as of Wednesday, March 28. That’s 2.4% of the share price of $22.620, or a 10% annual yield. The exact amount of the dividend may varies slightly based on the […]

RGC ex-dividend on 3/26 (9%, special)

Monday, March 12th, 2007

Regal Entertainment will pay a special dividend of $2.00 on April 13 to holders as of Monday, March 26. That’s 9.4% of the share price of $21.190. The dividend will be paid out of the $445 million proceeds received from National CineMedia’s initial public offering completed on February 13. The company also paid a regular […]

GMR ex-dividend on 3/26 (34%, special)

Monday, March 5th, 2007

General Maritime, an oil shipping company, will pay a special dividend of $15.00 on March 23 to holders as of Monday, March 26. That’s 33.8% of the share price of $44. About 10 percent of the special dividend will be taxed as earning dividend, with the rest as Return of Capital. General Maritime plans to […]

USBI ex-dividend on 3/7 (1.4%, special)

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

United Security Bancshares will pay a special dividend of $0.41 on April 2 if you own the stock at market opening on Wednesday, March 7. For this dividend, 26 cents per share represents the regular quarterly dividend of USBI, a 13 percent increase over the dividend declared in the first quarter of 2006. 15 cents […]