My First dividend payment for December 2019

My First dividend payment for December 2019 came in from Arbor Reality Trust which is a REIT.

TICKER: ABR
DIVIDEND PER SHARE: $0.30
FREQUENCY: QUARTERLY 

PRICE PER SHARE: $15.16

I first did a video review of Arbor Reality back in September of 2019. 

The stock was trading around $13.08 per share back then. Since that the stock has grown 15% + up to the current price now of $15.16 per share.

If we look at the line chart above we can see that over the five-year period Arbor has also grown 121% , while still paying a pretty high dividend of7.92% currently.

Arbor Realty Trust has consistently increased their dividends for the last 8 years since 2012, as you can see from the line chart above.

A look in the dividend tracker above shows the dividend payments per year has increased every year since 2012. 

if you notice there's a similarity between the line chart of the actual stock and the dividend payment history line chart. Both appear to be going up a hill. Which indicates that they are steadily increasing dividends year-over-year and stock is on the same path of growth.

These are the kind of characteristics that I look for when purchasing a dividend stock.

I love the fact that Arbor has good growth over a five-year period and also over that same five-year period They have steadily increase their dividends.

Currently the dividend price is $0.30 per share and when you take into consideration that the stock is only trading at $15 per share right now that is an amazing dividend yield.  

An unrelated stock by comparison: Bank of America stock the ticker is BAC trades right now for $33 per share and the dividend payment is only $0.18 per share so you are clearly getting a lot of bang for your buck by investing in Arbor Reality.

But don't take my word for it.  Do your own due diligence go to the Arbor reality website and go over the financials. Look at the quarterly Reports, look at the annual reports and then use this information to make your decision.

Also don't just be a numbers geek. Look at the modus operandi of the company to see if you actually like their business.

See if the way the company operates make sense to you logically.

Because a company can have perfect financials on the books but the business model is fading or it makes no sense whatsoever and they have no means to protect themselves against competition.

Thank you so much for reading this article let me know what you think about Arbor

 reality in the comment section below.