- Pays: monthly — $0.31 per share ($3.72 a year) since the April 2026 payment, after a 5.1% raise from $0.295 announced February 25, 2026.
- Paying since: 1997 — with one gap: dividends were suspended after the May 2020 payment during the pandemic and resumed July 2021 at $0.25 a month.
- Still below the old peak: the pre-suspension rate was $0.3825 a month; five years of raises have rebuilt it to $0.31.
- What it is: a net-lease REIT specializing in experiential properties — movie theaters, eat-and-play venues, ski resorts, attractions, experiential lodging — plus a small education portfolio.
- The latest: $0.31 declared August 13, 2026 (record August 31, payable September 15).
Theater exposure is the known risk — it's why 2020 forced a suspension and why EPR's yield runs above other net-lease REITs. The rebuild since 2021 has been steady, and the monthly cadence has been unbroken since it resumed.
EPR pays monthly. Each point below is one dividend since 1997 — note the 2020-21 gap, then the staircase back.
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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: $3.63 per share across 12 payments — up 4% from $3.48 in the 12 months before. What a change like that does to your income →
- Current pace: recent payments annualize to $3.72 — 2% above the trailing figure. When those two disagree, the trailing yield is quoting the past. Live cut & raise board →
- Share price, same 12 months: up 13% (dividends excluded) — income and principal are one story. Erosion Index →
- Record: 209 payments over 29 years; the largest single payment was $0.84 (Mar 2008).
- Payment drops ≥20% below trend, last 24 months: none. Get one short email if that changes →
- Payment steadiness: the last 12 checks wobble ±2% around their median. Compare that against any fund →
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"Next expected" is estimated from EPR'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.
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EPR is the net-lease REIT whose tenants need people to show up — theaters, ski hills, TopGolf — and in 2020 nobody could. The dividend stopped for fourteen months; the chart shows the empty stretch plainly. What it also shows is the discipline since: resumed at $0.25, raised roughly every year, now $0.31 and still climbing toward the old $0.3825.
For monthly net-lease income without the theater risk, Realty Income is the benchmark; for the experiential landlord that never paused, see VICI. Overlay them on the compare tool.
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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.
When Is EPR's Next Ex-Dividend Date?
EPR pays monthly. The exact date of each payout is announced by the fund only shortly beforehand, so no site can promise the next date — but the live schedule box above shows the most recent ex-dividend date and the expected window for the next one, computed from EPR's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.
Twenty-Nine Years, One Fourteen-Month Gap
EPR has paid since 1997 and monthly for most of its life. The chart's defining feature is the empty stretch from mid-2020 to mid-2021 — a full suspension, not a cut — followed by a resumption at $0.25 and a steady climb to today's $0.31. The year-by-year table shows 2020 and 2021 as the two lean years.
Why Experiential Pays More, and Why It Paused
Net leases on theaters and attractions carry higher rents and higher yields than leases on drugstores because the tenants are riskier — and 2020 was the stress test that proved it. EPR survived it, diversified away from theaters at the margin, and has raised the dividend roughly yearly since resuming. The monthly cadence since July 2021 has been unbroken.
Where EPR Fits
As the higher-yielding, higher-risk member of the net-lease group — the REIT for investors who accept tenant risk for a larger monthly check. For the steadier versions see O and VICI. Next expected date on the live calendar.
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