City Office REIT, Inc. (CIO) to Distribute Quarterly Dividend of $0.10 on April 24th

City Office REIT, Inc. (NYSE:CIO) declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 14th, RTT News reports. Investors of record on Thursday, April 10th will be paid a dividend of 0.10 per share by the real estate investment trust on Thursday, April 24th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.90%.

City Office REIT has decreased its dividend by an average of 22.0% annually over the last three years. City Office REIT has a dividend payout ratio of -133.3% indicating that the company cannot currently cover its dividend with earnings alone and is relying on its balance sheet to cover its dividend payments. Research analysts expect City Office REIT to earn $1.01 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.40 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 39.6%.

City Office REIT Trading Up 3.9 %

NYSE CIO opened at $5.06 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.42, a current ratio of 2.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02. City Office REIT has a 52 week low of $4.09 and a 52 week high of $6.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $204.29 million, a PE ratio of -8.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 2.00. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $5.13 and a two-hundred day moving average of $5.44.

City Office REIT (NYSE:CIO) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.12) by $0.40. City Office REIT had a negative net margin of 10.33% and a negative return on equity of 2.74%. The business had revenue of $41.92 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $42.79 million. As a group, research analysts expect that City Office REIT will post 1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

City Office REIT Company Profile

City Office REIT is an internally-managed real estate company focused on acquiring, owning and operating high-quality office properties located predominantly in Sun Belt markets. City Office currently owns or has a controlling interest in 5.7 million square feet of office properties. The Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for U.S.