Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) Dividend History

• Pays: quarterly — currently $0.17 per share (reaffirmed July 31, 2026).
• Paying since: 2004 — a long record of raises that reversed hard in 2025.
• The cuts: $0.43 → $0.30 (declared May 2025) and $0.30 → $0.17 (declared May 8, 2026). Cumulative reduction: 60% in twelve months.
• What it is: a mortgage REIT and direct lender focused on multifamily bridge loans, plus a large agency (Fannie/Freddie/FHA) lending and servicing platform (~$36.7B serviced).
• The stress underneath: Q2 2026 distributable earnings of $0.10 per share against a $0.17 dividend; GAAP net loss; ongoing foreclosures and legacy-loan losses; leverage that peaked near 4:1 in 2023.

Arbor has been the subject of sustained short-seller scrutiny and issued its own release responding to 'negative press from short interest.' The company has bought back stock at deep discounts to book. None of that changes the arithmetic: the dividend exceeds distributable earnings as of mid-2026.

ABR pays quarterly. Each point below is one dividend since 2004 — a long climb, then two steep steps down in 2025-26.

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Each point is one payment; the line ends at the most recent payout. The table below totals them by year.

• Trailing 12 months: $0.94 per share across 4 payments — down 36% from $1.46 in the 12 months before. What a change like that does to your income →
• Current pace: recent payments annualize to $1.20 — 28% above the trailing figure. When those two disagree, the trailing yield is quoting the past. Live cut & raise board →
• Share price, same 12 months: down 57% (dividends excluded) — income and principal are one story. Erosion Index →
• Record: 77 payments over 22 years; the largest single payment was $0.72 (Apr 2006).
• Payment drops ≥20% below trend, last 24 months: 6. Get alerted to the next one →

Every figure above is computed from ABR's actual payment record and share-price history as of the date shown — not copied from a fact sheet. Recomputed regularly; the chart above always shows the live data.

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"Next expected" is estimated from ABR's recent payment rhythm — the fund announces exact dates shortly before each payout, and the data feed can lag a few days. You must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout; the cash typically arrives days later. See every fund's upcoming date on the live dividend calendar.

A real total-return estimate, assuming every payout was reinvested — including what happened to the share price. Before taxes and fees. Past performance does not predict the future.

Arbor built a celebrated dividend-growth record lending short-term 'bridge' loans to apartment investors during the cheap-money years. Those loans reset at far higher rates after 2022, borrowers struggled, and the lender's earnings and dividend followed — first a 30% cut in 2025, then a further 43% in 2026. The chart's shape is the multifamily credit cycle itself.

The contrast is STWD, the commercial lender that held $0.48 through the same years, and the agency REITs that raised (DX, NLY). Overlay them on the compare tool and model the cuts against your own income with the impact calculator.

Data source: Yahoo Finance. Figures are per share; the current year may be partial and figures should be verified against official sources.

Calculated from complete calendar years in the data above. Past results don't guarantee future payments.