EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) Declares Monthly Dividend of $0.31

EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) announced 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 is Friday, October 30th.

EPR Properties has increased its dividend by an average of 0.2% annually over the last three years and has raised its dividend every year for the last 1 years. EPR Properties has a payout ratio of 126.1% meaning the company cannot currently cover its dividend with earnings alone and is relying on its balance sheet to cover its dividend payments. 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 Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of EPR Properties stock opened at $55.18 on Friday. EPR Properties has a 1-year low of $48.10 and a 1-year high of $64.97. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.33 and its 200-day simple moving average is $58.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43, a current ratio of 9.51 and a quick ratio of 9.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.23 billion, a PE ratio of 17.74, a P/E/G ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.03.

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

EPR Properties Company Profile

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.