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Data last updated: Sep 21, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 21, 2026): Kimco Realty Corporation (KIM) pays a $1.06 annual dividend ($0.28 quarterly), yielding 4.71% at $22.52/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-09-04. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 4.71%
Annual Dividend: $1.06 per share
Payout Ratio: 119.7%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-09-04
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Real Estate
Years of Dividend History: 35
Kimco Realty Corporation dividend investors are looking at one of North America's largest owners of open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers, with 400 properties and 70 million square feet of leasable space across top U.S. metropolitan markets. KIM currently pays a 4.71% yield. The trailing annual dividend rate is $1.06 per share, paid quarterly, with the next ex-dividend date on September 4, 2026. That yield, backed by grocery-anchored retail demand, makes KIM a stock oriented toward income-focused investors rather than dividend growth.
Kimco Realty Corporation pays out 119.7% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as high (above 75%). The grocery-anchored nature of KIM's portfolio, with tenants tied to everyday consumer needs, provides a degree of demand continuity that supports ongoing operations, but Kimco Realty Corporation dividend safety is directly pressured by a payout ratio that exceeds 100% of reported earnings. A payout above earnings means the dividend is not fully covered by current profits, which is the most significant data-supported risk factor here.
Kimco Realty Corporation dividend history shows a CAGR of 2.9% per year from 2010 to 2025. Per-share annual dividends moved from $0.66 to $1.01 over that period (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the CAGR calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 23.5% in 2022, but the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, most visibly in 2020, when annual dividends dropped to $0.54. Growth is slow at the headline level, and the path has not been linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +6.3% | $0.84 (2022) | $1.01 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +13.3% | $0.54 (2020) | $1.01 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +0.4% | $0.97 (2015) | $1.01 (2025) |
KIM fits income-focused investors who want exposure to grocery-anchored retail real estate and can accept an elevated payout ratio in exchange for a high current yield. At 4.71%, the yield sits above its 5-year average of 4.01%, which means buyers today are getting more income per dollar than the historical norm. The trade-off is real: a payout ratio of 119.7% leaves little margin, and the dividend history includes a meaningful cut. What KIM offers is a high (above 4%) yield from a large, established REIT. What it asks investors to accept is dividend volatility and a payout that currently exceeds reported earnings.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | $0.2800 |
| 2026-06-05 | $0.2600 |
| 2026-03-06 | $0.2600 |
| 2025-12-05 | $0.2600 |
| 2025-09-05 | $0.2500 |
| 2025-06-06 | $0.2500 |
| 2025-03-07 | $0.2500 |
| 2024-12-05 | $0.2500 |
| 2024-09-05 | $0.2400 |
| 2024-06-06 | $0.2400 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.8000 |
| 2025 | $1.0100 |
| 2024 | $0.9700 |
| 2023 | $1.0200 |
| 2022 | $0.8400 |
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