MAA Dividend Calculator
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. yields 5.21%, comfortably above the 2.97% median across US dividend payers. That puts MAA in the range where the income is the main reason to hold it, and where the durability of the payment does most of the work in any long-run figure.
MAA paid $6.11 per share over the last twelve months on a quarterly schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.
Your investment
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
5.21%
yield
Dividend income
$10,000 in MAA pays you
$520.64
per year
- Paid each quarter
- $130.16
- Monthly average
- $43.39
- Shares bought
- 85.28
- Payments a year
- 4
Total over 10 years, taken as cash
$5,206.38
Based on the trailing twelve-month dividend, assuming it stays flat. Payments are not guaranteed and can be cut or suspended at any time. Figures are before tax and exclude any change in the share price.
MAA dividend income by investment amount
Based on the current yield of 5.21%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.
| Invested | Per year | Per payment | Monthly average |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $52.06 | $13.02 | $4.34 |
| $5,000 | $260.32 | $65.08 | $21.69 |
| $10,000 | $520.64 | $130.16 | $43.39 |
| $25,000 | $1,301.59 | $325.40 | $108.47 |
| $50,000 | $2,603.19 | $650.80 | $216.93 |
| $100,000 | $5,206.38 | $1,301.59 | $433.86 |
MAA with dividends reinvested
$10,000 in MAA, every dividend reinvested, holding the payment and share price flat. Deliberately conservative — most calculators assume years of uninterrupted growth, and that assumption drives most of the result.
- After 10 years
- $16,775
- After 20 years
- $28,139
- After 30 years
- $47,201
$15,206 taking the income as cash
$20,413 taking the income as cash
$25,619 taking the income as cash
What makes up MAA's 5.21% yield
MAA paid $6.11 per share over the last twelve months against a share price of $117.26, which is where the 5.21% comes from. Special and one-off distributions are excluded from that figure — they do not recur, and including them would overstate every projection below.
Yields at this level usually have a structural explanation rather than a mispricing: the company is organised to distribute income rather than retain it. Worth checking how MAA's current yield compares with its own history, since a sharp recent rise more often reflects a falling price than a raised payment.
REITs are required to distribute the large majority of their taxable income to keep their tax status, which is why the yield is high by construction rather than by choice. It also means the payout ratio reads badly against accounting earnings: depreciation charges on property push reported earnings well below the cash actually collected, so the dividend is judged against funds from operations instead.
When MAA pays, and what that changes
MAA pays quarterly, the standard schedule for US-listed payers, so the "per payment" column is one quarter of the annual figure and the "monthly average" column is a smoothed figure rather than a description of when cash arrives — nothing is paid in eight months of the year.
Each payment has an ex-dividend date, and it is the date that governs entitlement: shares bought on or after it do not carry that payment. MAA's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.
Is MAA's dividend covered by earnings?
MAA's payout ratio of 1.77 exceeds reported earnings, which is normal rather than alarming for a REIT: depreciation on property is a large non-cash charge that pushes accounting earnings well below the cash the business collects. The ratio is close to meaningless here, and the dividend is judged against funds from operations instead.
These projections hold the dividend flat, which understates MAA if its recent record continues — the payment has increased in each of the last 15 years. Growth is left out rather than estimated because choosing a growth rate, not the arithmetic, is what determines a decade-long projection.
MAA dividend calculator FAQ
- How much does $10,000 in MAA pay in dividends?
- At MAA's current yield of 5.21%, $10,000 pays about $520.64 a year — roughly $130.16 per payment, paid quarterly, or $43.39 a month averaged out.
- What would MAA be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
- Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in MAA would grow to about $16,775 after 10 years, against $15,206 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.
- How often does MAA pay dividends?
- MAA pays quarterly — 4 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
- Is MAA's dividend guaranteed?
- No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check MAA's full payment history before relying on any of it.
- Why is MAA's dividend yield so high?
- MAA yields 5.21% against a 2.97% median across US dividend payers. A yield is a ratio, so it rises either because the payment went up or because the share price came down — and the figure alone does not say which. As a REIT it is required to distribute most of its taxable income, so a high yield is structural here rather than a signal.
- Has MAA increased its dividend every year?
- MAA has raised its dividend in each of the last 15 years on our records, which are derived from split-adjusted payment history and are approximate. The projections above deliberately ignore that growth and hold the payment flat, so a continuation of the record would put the real outcome above the figures shown.
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Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. is a common stock trading at $117.26 per share, paying quarterly. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.