Phillips Edison (PECO) monthly dividend hiked to $0.1025
4th consecutive year of increases in 2024 | 3.3% dividend yield for Retail REIT
On September 28, 2021, Phillips Edison & Co (PECO) announced a dividend increase of 5.1% to $0.1025 monthly per share. The commercial REIT initiated a montly dividend of $0.085 per share in 2021 and this marks the 4th increase. record on October 15, 2021. At a stock price of $38.49 the dividend yield for PECO is 3.3%.
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc., one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of high-quality, grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers, today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved a 5.1% increase to the monthly dividend distributions payable October 1, 2024 and November 1, 2024 to common stockholders of record as of September 16, 2024 and October 15, 2024, respectively.
The Board approved the distribution at a rate of $0.1025 per share of the Company’s common stock. When annualized, this is equal to a rate of $1.23 per share, representing an increase of 5.1% over the previous annualized rate of $1.17 per share. Operating partnership unit holders receive distributions at the same rate as common stockholders, subject to the required tax withholding.
Jeff Edison, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PECO stated: “The continued strength of our operating performance and growth of our cash flows allow us to increase our monthly dividend distribution once again. This increase is attributed to the success of our differentiated and focused strategy of owning right-sized, high-quality, grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers, the PECO team’s ability to drive results at the property level and the many advantages of the suburban markets where we operate our centers. The PECO team is well positioned to continue to deliver solid earnings growth, market-leading operating metrics and long-term value creation.”
Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (“PECO”), an internally-managed REIT, is one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of grocery-anchored shopping centers. Founded in 1991, PECO has generated strong results through its vertically-integrated operating platform and national footprint of well-occupied shopping centers. PECO’s centers feature a mix of national and regional retailers providing necessity-based goods and services in fundamentally strong markets throughout the United States. PECO’s top grocery anchors include Kroger, Publix, Ahold Delhaize, and Albertsons. As of June 30, 2022, PECO manages 289 shopping centers, including 269 wholly-owned centers comprising 30.9 million square feet across 31 states, and 20 shopping centers owned in one institutional joint venture. PECO is exclusively focused on creating great omni-channel, grocery-anchored shopping experiences and improving communities, one neighborhood shopping center at a time.
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