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Date Issued  6/20/2018 Shares Issued  16,000,000    Overallotment Shares   0 S&P Rating   BB+   Moodys Rating   NA Security Ticker Symbol   ESGRP       OTC Temp Ticker   ENSTF Market Traded ON   NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 1st of March, June, September and December beginning on 9/1/2018 Monthly Dividend   .4375   Annual Dividend   1.75 Dividends will float after September 1, 2028 at a rate of 3 month Libor plus 4.015%…

CoreSite Realty Corporation’s (NYSE: COR) upcoming quarterly dividend payout will hike the quarterly distribution 5.1% and be the company’s seventh consecutive annual dividend increase. Over the last five years, the share price growth has nicely complemented the increasing dividend payments, despite a small stumble over the past 12 months. However, the annual dividend boosts managed to outpace the share price…

Featured Image Source: REIT Week 2018: NAREIT’s Investor Forum Presentation from http://www.firstindustrial.com/ First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:FR) boosted its annual dividend distribution more than three-fold over the past five years and currently offers its shareholders a 2.6% dividend yield. The 2008 financial crisis affected the company’s share price negatively and the price dropped more than 93% between September 2008 and March…

After cutting its dividend payout amount during the 2008 financial crisis, the Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE:KRC) offers its shareholders rising dividends once again, with a third annual dividend hike in as many years. The company paid rising dividends in 10 out of the first 11 years after initiating dividend distributions in 1997. However, the rising dividend streak came to a halt…

[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Qualified dividends benefit from lower capital gains tax rates to boost the income that shareholders can keep from their payouts compared to ordinary dividends. This is referred to as the qualified dividend tax advantage — the tax advantage held by qualified dividends adds to their appeal as a reliable source of income for investors. When deciding between specific dividend-paying stocks,…