UDR Dividend Calculator
UDR, Inc. yields 10.28%, more than three times the 2.88% median across US dividend payers. A yield that far above the market is the numerator and denominator moving in opposite directions — and the calculations below take it at face value, which is exactly why the caveats underneath them matter.
UDR paid $3.45 per share over the last twelve months on a monthly schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.
Your investment
UDR
UDR, Inc.
10.28%
yield
Dividend income
$10,000 in UDR pays you
$1,028.32
per year
- Paid each month
- $85.69
- Monthly average
- $85.69
- Shares bought
- 298.06
- Payments a year
- 12
Total over 10 years, taken as cash
$10,283.16
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.
UDR dividend income by investment amount
Based on the current yield of 10.28%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.
| Invested | Per year | Per payment | Monthly average |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $102.83 | $8.57 | $8.57 |
| $5,000 | $514.16 | $42.85 | $42.85 |
| $10,000 | $1,028.32 | $85.69 | $85.69 |
| $25,000 | $2,570.79 | $214.23 | $214.23 |
| $50,000 | $5,141.58 | $428.46 | $428.46 |
| $100,000 | $10,283.16 | $856.93 | $856.93 |
UDR with dividends reinvested
$10,000 in UDR, 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
- $27,841
- After 20 years
- $77,514
- After 30 years
- $215,808
$20,283 taking the income as cash
$30,566 taking the income as cash
$40,849 taking the income as cash
What makes up UDR's 10.28% yield
UDR paid $3.45 per share over the last twelve months against a share price of $33.55, which is where the 10.28% comes from. Special and one-off distributions are excluded from that figure — they do not recur, and including them would overstate every projection below.
A yield rises for two very different reasons, and they are indistinguishable in the number itself: the company raised its payment, or its share price fell. At more than three times the market median the second explanation is common enough to have a name — the yield trap — and it matters here because every projection on this page multiplies the current yield forward. If the price fell because the market expects the payment to be cut, these figures are calculated from a rate that will not survive.
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 UDR pays, and what that changes
UDR pays monthly, so the "per payment" column above is a genuine monthly figure rather than a quarterly sum divided down. For income being drawn rather than reinvested, that alignment with monthly outgoings is the practical difference between a monthly payer and a quarterly one.
Frequency also compounds slightly faster when the income is reinvested: twelve reinvestments a year at the same annual rate finish marginally ahead of four, and the reinvestment figures above already reflect UDR's actual schedule rather than an assumed quarterly one.
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. UDR's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.
Is UDR's dividend covered by earnings?
UDR's payout ratio of 0.00 means roughly 0% of earnings go to the dividend, leaving the rest retained. A margin that size is what allows a payment to be maintained through a weaker year without being funded from borrowing.
Earnings in a regulated business are unusually steady, which makes this ratio more informative than the same figure struck on cyclical profits — there is less risk that it simply reflects a good year. The corresponding limit is that regulated returns are capped, so the retained portion funds slower growth than an unconstrained business could deliver.
These projections hold the dividend flat, which understates UDR if its recent record continues — the payment has increased in each of the last 16 years. Growth is left out rather than estimated because choosing a growth rate, not the arithmetic, is what determines a decade-long projection.
UDR dividend calculator FAQ
- How much does $10,000 in UDR pay in dividends?
- At UDR's current yield of 10.28%, $10,000 pays about $1,028.32 a year — roughly $85.69 per payment, paid monthly, or $85.69 a month averaged out.
- What would UDR be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
- Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in UDR would grow to about $27,841 after 10 years, against $20,283 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 UDR pay dividends?
- UDR pays monthly — 12 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
- Is UDR'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 UDR's full payment history before relying on any of it.
- Why is UDR's dividend yield so high?
- UDR yields 10.28% against a 2.88% 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.
- Does UDR pay dividends monthly?
- Yes. UDR pays monthly — twelve payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule. At the current 10.28% yield, $10,000 produces about $85.69 a month before tax.
- Has UDR increased its dividend every year?
- UDR has raised its dividend in each of the last 16 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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UDR, Inc. is a common stock trading at $33.55 per share, paying monthly. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.