EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) Shareholders to Collect $0.31 Monthly Dividend

EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) declared a monthly dividend on Thursday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 30th will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share by the real estate investment trust on Monday, November 16th. This represents a $3.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 30th.

EPR Properties has increased its dividend by an average of 0.2% annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 1 years. EPR Properties has a dividend payout ratio of 126.1% indicating that the company cannot currently cover its dividend with earnings alone and is relying on its balance sheet to cover its dividend payments. Research analysts expect EPR Properties to earn $5.50 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $3.72 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 67.6%.

EPR Properties Price Performance

Shares of NYSE EPR opened at $55.18 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.23 billion, a PE ratio of 17.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.03. EPR Properties has a fifty-two week low of $48.10 and a fifty-two week high of $64.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 9.51 and a current ratio of 9.51. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $58.33 and its 200-day simple moving average is $58.09.

EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.05. EPR Properties had a net margin of 35.45% and a return on equity of 11.34%. The business had revenue of $196.08 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $158.13 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.26 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 30.4% on a year-over-year basis. EPR Properties has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.410-5.570 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that EPR Properties will post 5.38 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About EPR Properties

EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) is a specialty real estate investment trust focused on experiential properties. The company owns and leases real estate used for activities and destinations that bring people together, including movie theaters, eat-and-play venues, attractions, cultural institutions, ski resorts, and other entertainment-oriented properties.

EPR generally leases its properties to operators under long-term agreements and seeks to generate rental income from diversified experiential real estate.