National Health Investors (NHI) will raise its quarterly dividend by 5.3 percent to $1.00 per share in the first quarter of 2018. This marks the 16th consecutive year of dividend increases by NHI. The current dividend yield is 5.9%.
National Health Investors, Inc. is a real estate investment trust specializing in sale-leaseback, joint-venture, mortgage and mezzanine financing of need-driven and discretionary senior housing and medical investments. NHI's portfolio consists of independent, assisted and memory care communities, entrance-fee retirement communities, skilled nursing facilities, medical office buildings and specialty hospitals.