General Growth Properties will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.500 on Jul 31st to holders as of Tuesday, July 15. The current dividend represents an increase of 11 percent over the comparable period one year ago.

CenturyTel will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.700 on Jul 21st if you own the stock at market opening on Wednesday, July 2. That’s 2% of the share price of $35.490, or a 8% annual yield. Part of a big hike in the company\’s annual cash dividend to $2.80 from $0.27 per share. This […]

Educational Development will pay a special dividend of $0.400 on May 19th to holders as of Wednesday, May 7. That’s 6.2% of the share price of $6.450. 30 cents out of 40 corresponds to a regular quarterly dividend (up from 22 cents last quarter), with the remaining 10 cents being the special dividend. The dividend […]

National Health Investors, a health care financial REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.630 on May 9th if you own the stock at market opening on Thursday, March 27. That’s 2.1% of the share price of $30.200, or a 8% annual yield. Includes a special dividend of 8 cents.

iStar Financial, a commercial financial REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.870 on Apr 30th if you own the stock at market opening on Thursday, March 13. That’s 3.9% of the share price of $22.170, or a 16% annual yield.

LaCrosse Footwear will pay a special dividend of $1.125 on Mar 18th if you own the stock at market opening on Wednesday, February 20. That’s 6.7% of the share price of $16.750. Includes a quarterly dividend of 12.5 cents per share.

Sonesta Hotels will pay a special dividend of $1.000 on Feb 12th if you own the stock at market opening on Wednesday, January 30. That’s 3.6% of the share price of $27.500.

Sun Communities, a residential REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.630 on Jan 22nd to holders as of Wednesday, January 9. That’s 3.2% of the share price of $19.520, or a 13% annual yield. Dividend is flat over last two quarters… quite an achievement for a real-estate company those days. Their strategy of […]

National Health Investors, a health care financial REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $1.350 on Jan 31st if you own the stock at market opening on Thursday, December 27. That’s 4.6% of the share price of $29, or a 18% annual yield. Includes a special dividend of 85 cents.

Omega Flex, a manufacturer of flexible metal hose, will pay a special dividend of $0.700 on Jan 17th to holders as of Monday, December 31. That’s 5% of the share price of $14.050. This will be the second special dividend the company has declared since going public in 2005.

JER Investors Trust, a mortgage REIT, will pay a special dividend of $1.100 on Jan 30th if you own the stock at market opening on Wednesday, December 26. That’s 9.7% of the share price of $11.350. Includes a 65 cents special dividend on top of the 45 cents regular dividend.

Rubber and plastic manufacturer Myers Industries will pay a special dividend of $0.340 on Jan 2nd to holders as of Tuesday, December 18. That’s 2.4% of the share price of $14.250. Includes a 6 cents regular dividend. This is part of an agreement that extends the closing date of its $1.1 billion acquisition by Goldman […]

Imperial Sugar will pay a special dividend of $2.500 on Jan 3rd to holders as of Thursday, December 20. That’s 12.9% of the share price of $19.450. Like many commodities, Sugar seems to be a good business those days, with gross margins above 15% for the second year in a row. The company already paid […]

City Bank, will pay a dividend of $1.000 on Jan 11th if you own the stock at market opening on Wednesday, December 19. That’s 4.5% of the share price of $22.390.

iStar Financial, a commercial financial REIT, will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.870 on Dec 31st to holders as of Thursday, December 13. That’s 2.9% of the share price of $29.790, or a 12% annual yield.