NorthStar Realty Finance, a diversified REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.36 on May 15 to holders as of Thursday, May 3. That’s 2.4% of the share price of $15.120, or a 10% annual yield. The dividend is one cent more than last quarter and about a 35 percent bump from five quarters […]

iPCS, the Sprint PCS Affiliate of Sprint Nextel Corp, will pay a special dividend of $11.00 on May 16 to holders as of Friday, May 4. The dividend will be taxed as return of capital dividend. That’s 22.4% of the share price of $49.150.

Arbor Realty Trust, a REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.62 on May 25 to holders as of Monday, May 14. That’s 2.0% of the share price of $31.580, or a 8% annual yield

Deutsche Telecom will pay a regular yearly dividend of $0.76 to holders as of Tuesday, May 1. That’s 4.4% of the share price of $17.50.

Domino’s Pizza will pay a special dividend of $13.50 on May 4 to holders as of Monday, May 7. That’s 40% of the share price of $34. This is part of a $1.85 billion refinancing that also includes a $200 million share buyback program. Never a good idea to take on debt to pay dividends […]

Cambrex will pay a special dividend of $14.00 on May 3 to holders as of Friday, May 4. That’s 55% of the share price of $25. However, the biotech service provider will be discontinuing its small quarterly dividend. One quarter of the special dividend will be financed through borrowings under a new five-year credit facility.

Dorchester Minerals LP, an independant Oil and Gas producer, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.46 on May 3 to holders as of Thursday, April 19. That’s 2.0% of the share price of $23, or a 8% annual yield

iStar Financial, a commercial financial REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.82 on April 30 to holders as of Thursday, April 12.

Luminent, a mortgage REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.30 on May 9 if you own the stock at market opening on Monday, April 9. That’s 3.4% of the share price of $8.820, or a 14% annual yield.

TNS, a secure financial data transmission service company, will pay a special dividend of $4.00 on April 12 to holders as of Friday, April 13. That’s 24.7% of the share price of $16.22. The dividend results from a $240 million recapitalization of its balance sheet. You may want to focus on the cool down though: […]

Impac Mortgage Holdings, a mortgage REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.10 on April 17 to holders as of Wednesday, April 4. That’s 2.1% of the share price of $4.810, or a 8% annual yield. IMH slashed its quarterly dividend 60 percent, and expects further operating losses at its taxable real estate investment […]

Volvo will pay a regular yearly dividend of $3.58 if you own the stock at market opening on Monday, April 9. That’s 4.2% of the share price of $84.500.