5 Monthly Dividend REITs to Buy Now
By: Olivia Faucher,
While most real estate investment trusts (REITs) generally offer higher than average dividend yields, monthly dividend REITs also offer investors a steady source of income due to their frequent distributions.
REITs generally offer high dividend payouts because of their tax status. To maintain the favorable tax status which allows monthly dividend REITs to have no corporate tax liability, these legal entities must distribute almost all of their earnings as dividends. To qualify for taxation as a REIT, these equities must distribute at least 90% of their earnings as dividends to their stakeholders. These incentives push dividend payouts amounts and yields to levels that are generally higher than the yields of many other equity types.
The monthly dividend payouts are frequent enough to align well with investors’ monthly expenses. This fact is also important for many investors who are on a fixed income, such as retirees. While seeking high dividend yields with a reliable income flow, investors also look for equities that offer at least minimal capital gains to accompany the high dividend yields in order to ensure overall gains.
Since a dividend yield could rise because of a falling stock price, asset appreciation in excess of the dividend yield indicates that the share price contributed to the equity’s total returns and did not offset any dividend gains over the trailing one-year period.
Additionally, the following 5 monthly dividend REITs have demonstrated their ability to withstand the implications of the current financial crisis. Investors can safely rely on these REITs to continue to payout a monthly dividend.
5 Monthly Dividend REITs to Buy Now: #5
Gladstone Land Corporation (NASDAQ:LAND)
Dividend Yield: 2.1%
The Gladstone Land Corporation is a publicly traded REIT that invests in farmland and farm-related properties that are located in major agricultural markets in the United States. The REIT then leases this land to unrelated third-party farmer-tenants.
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Gladstone Land’s stock price has been on a five year upward trend. Over the trailing 5-year period, the stocks has grown 159.7% with most of that growth happening in the last 3 years. This has brought the stock price to its current value of $25.89 on August 7th, 2022. While the stock has suffered a 20% dip year-to-date (YTD), its long-term prospects are still strong — there is a high probability the stock will rebound and bring faithful investors a handsome payday.
The company has paid over 100 consecutive monthly dividends since 2013, and has increased its dividend every year over the last 7 years. It currently yields 2.1% from its $0.05 monthly dividend distribution.
5 Monthly Dividend REITs to Buy Now: #4
STAG Industrial, Inc. (NYSE:STAG)
Dividend Yield: 4.5%
Headquartered in Boston and incorporated in 2011, STAG Industrial, Inc. is an industrial real estate operating company that focuses on the acquisition, ownership and operation of single-tenant industrial properties throughout the United States.
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STAG’s stock price has been trending generally upward over the last 5 years, boasting 49.6% returns over this period and 30.3% returns in the trailing 3 years. In 2022, however, the stock has suffered, reporting a YTD loss of 30.1%. Although the industry as a whole has declined YTD — the average industrial company lost 15.7% this year — STAG maintained sharper losses than the typical company.
But this may not be a bad thing. The drop in price means this monthly dividend-paying REIT is being offered at a heavy discount. Despite its falling share price, STAG has continued to pay out a steady monthly dividend of $0.12 every month since it first increased it to that level in 2015. The dividend yield is an impressive 4.5% — a strong number considering the consistency the company pays dividends with despite the financial trials it may be facing.
5 Monthly Dividend REITs to Buy Now: #3
Realty Income Corporation (NYSE: O)
Dividend Yield: 4.1%
Realty Income Corporation, also known as The Monthly Dividend Company, is a company dedicated to providing stockholders with dependable monthly income. Realty Income owns more than 6,500 real estate properties that are under long-term lease agreements with commercial tenants.
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Realty Income Corporation has delivered over 600 consecutive monthly dividend payouts in its 50-year history. Realty Income Corp. is also classified as a Dividend Aristocrat, meaning the company has a record of boosting their annual dividend distribution amount for at least the last 25 consecutive years. Realty Income Corporation has established a reputation of paying reliable dividends to its investors.
The current $0.25 monthly payout results in an annualized payout of $2.97 and a dividend yield of 4.1%. Over the last ten years the company managed to maintain an average dividend growth rate of 5.4% per year.
The current price per share of Realty Income stock is $72.76, which is near the 52-week high of $75.40. The stock price has been moving on a steady upward trend over the last 5 years, but has certainly suffered as a result of the widespread financial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. Realty Income Corporation’s stock took a tremendous hit in March 2020, alongside much of the rest of the United Stated market. Since then the stock has been slowly recovering and still has room to improve.
5 Monthly Dividend REITs to Buy Now: #2
LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE:LTC)
Dividend Yield: 5.5%
Headquartered in Westlake Village, California, and founded in 1992, LTC Properties, Inc. operates as a health care REIT. The company invests in senior housing and long-term health care properties, including skilled nursing properties, assisted living properties and independent living properties through mortgage loans, property lease transactions and other investments.
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Unlike many other equities that slashed their dividends drastically in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, LTC merely paid a flat annual dividend in 2009 and resumed its annual dividend hikes the following year. Since briefly suspending dividend payouts in 2001, LTC has advanced its annual payout by 440%. This corresponds to an average annual growth rate of 10.4%.
The current monthly distribution from LTC is $0.19. This monthly payout converts to a $2.28 annual payout and a 5.5% dividend yield. LTC has sustained their dividend payout throughout the financial crisis without having to cut the payout amount, demonstrating that the company is equipped to withstand the impacts of the economic downturn.
LTC stock was trading at a price near $50 before taking a significant hit due to the financial crisis. The stock price fell down to $25.30 in March 2020, and has since made a recovery to reach the current price of $41.81. Despite this recovery, the price is still somewhat depressed relative to its normal share price before the financial crisis. Now is a favorable time to buy LTC stock while the price is lower than usual.
5 Monthly Dividend REITs to Buy Now: #1
Gladstone Commercial Corporation (NASDAQ:GOOD)
Dividend Yield: 7.5%
The Gladstone Commercial Corporation is a publicly traded REIT that pays monthly cash distributions to its stockholders and invests in net leased industrial, commercial and retail real property. It also selectively makes long-term industrial and commercial mortgage loans.
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Gladstone Commercial’s stock price has been on a five year upward trend. The price per share took a considerable hit when it fell from $21.53 to $9.54 in a matter of weeks during March 2020 at the peak of the financial crisis. However, since that hit the stock has made a recovery, and the stock price currently sits at $20.04. The company’s resiliency during the financial crisis and ability to sustain its dividend throughout the crisis speaks volumes about the confidence that investors can have in Gladstone Commercial.
The company’s current $0.13 monthly dividend amount corresponds to a $1.50 annualized payout and currently yields 7.5%. GOOD has been paying a monthly dividend since 2003, demonstrating that the company pays a dependable dividend.
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Olivia Faucher is an investment writer intern at Eagle Financial Publications who writes for www.dividendinvestor.com.
