How Many LFT Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?
At $0.16 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 37,500 LFT shares, about $166,125 at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $4.43. $1,000 a month takes about 75,000 shares, about $332,250. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.
Lument Finance Trust (LFT) pays $0.04 a share quarterly, $0.16 a year, a 3.61% run-rate yield at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $4.43. It has made 96 dividend payments since 2013.
At today’s rate of $0.04 quarterly and the last close of $4.43, this is what LFT pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:
| You hold | Each payment | Per month (avg) | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 share | $0.04 | $0.01 | $0.16 |
| 100 shares | $4.00 | $1.33 | $16.00 |
| $10,000 invested (2,257.3 shares) | $90.29 | $30.10 | $361.17 |
| 37,500 shares ($500/mo) | $1,500.00 | $500.00 | $6,000.00 |
| 75,000 shares ($1,000/mo) | $3,000.00 | $1,000.00 | $12,000.00 |
With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 LFT shares reinvest into 0.90 new shares each payment, about 3.7 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 111 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with LFT’s own history in the LFT DRIP calculator.
- Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
- Coverage (cash flow): does cash from the business cover the dividend rating
- Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
- Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
- Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
- Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
- Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
- Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
- Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
- Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
- Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
- Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
LFT Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range
- LFT yields 3.61% today, at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $4.43.
- Its own 10-year median is 8.85%, so today’s yield is below its usual level.
- No steady norm: its payout changed too much in 3 years to read a steady norm. So this reads today’s yield against its own 10-year history as it is.
Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report
How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.
When Is LFT’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After July 2026
LFT has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual gap of about 92 days the next ex-date was due around Sep 30, 2026, and it is not on file yet: it may be late, or still to be announced. The latest one, $0.04 a share, went ex on Jun 30, 2026 and paid Jul 2, 2026.
- Ex-dates: about every 92 days (quarterly)
- Payment: usually about 2 days after the ex-date
Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.
How Often Does LFT Pay?
LFT pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 92 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.
- Streak: 0 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
- Last raise: Dec 31, 2024 - $0.08 to $0.09 (+$0.01, +12.50%)
- Usual $ step: $0.01 (median of the raises before it)
- FFO payout (approx.): n/a (FFO negative) - $0.16 paid / $-2.36 FFO per share (net income + depreciation & amortization, 4 quarters to Jun 30, 2026)
- Cash-flow payout: 13.0% - $0.16 paid / $1.23 operating cash flow per share (4 quarters to Jun 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 7.2% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
- GAAP EPS payout (context): n/a (EPS negative) - $0.16 paid / -$3.60 EPS (4 quarters to Jun 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 13.7% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
LFT vs Similar Dividend Stocks (BHM, GPMT...)
Against the 10 dividend-paying Real Estate companies closest to LFT in market value, LFT’s 3.61% run-rate yield is below the group’s middle yield of 8.12%, and its raise streak of 0 years is the 3rd longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.
| Ticker | Dividend ⓘ | Yield | Safety Rating | No cut ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LFT $4.43Lument Finance Trust | $0.04/qtr$0.16/yr fwd | 3.61% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 0 yrsno raise streak |
| BHM $7.72Bluerock Homes Trust | $0.125/qtr$0.50/yr fwd | 6.48% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 1 yrno raise streak |
| GPMT $2.66Granite Point Mortgage Trust | $0.01/qtr$0.04/yr fwd | 1.50% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 0 yrsno raise streak |
| SACH $0.70Sachem Capital | $0.01/qtr$0.04/yr fwd | 5.71% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 0 yrsno raise streak |
| JREIF $769.20Japan Real Estate Investment | $16.2859/half-yr$32.57/yr fwd | 4.23% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 2 yrsraised 2 yrs in a row |
| BREUF $1.65Bridgemarq Real Estate Services | $0.079/mo$0.95/yr fwd | 57.45% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 11+ yrsno raise streak |
| SITC $0.68SITE Centers | $1.00/qtr$4.00/yr fwd | 588.24% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 1 yrno raise streak |
| LOAN $3.27Manhattan Bridge Capital | $0.11/qtr$0.44/yr fwd | 13.46% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 0 yrsno raise streak |
| SCCE $24.47Sachem Capital Corp. 6.00% Note | $0.375/qtr$1.50/yr fwd | 6.13% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 3+ yrsraised 1 yr in a row |
| FSP $0.41Franklin Street Properties | $0.01/qtr$0.04/yr fwd | 9.76% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 3 yrsno raise streak |
| SQFTP $6.20Presidio Property Trust | $0.1953/mo$2.34/yr fwd | 37.80% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 3+ yrsno raise streak |
Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: LFT vs BHM, LFT vs GPMT, LFT vs SACH.
LFT Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2013
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Frequency | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 | $0.04 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Apr 2, 2026 | $0.04 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Jan 2, 2026 | $0.04 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 | $0.04 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 2, 2025 | $0.06 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Apr 2, 2025 | $0.08 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Jan 2, 2025 | $0.09 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Oct 2, 2024 | $0.08 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | $0.08 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Mar 29, 2024 | $0.07 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 1, 2024 | $0.07 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Oct 2, 2023 | $0.07 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Jul 3, 2023 | $0.06 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Apr 3, 2023 | $0.06 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 29, 2022 | Jan 17, 2023 | $0.60 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Oct 17, 2022 | $0.60 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Jul 15, 2022 | $0.60 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 30, 2022 | Apr 15, 2022 | $0.60 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 18, 2022 | $0.90 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Oct 15, 2021 | $0.90 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 29, 2021 | Jul 15, 2021 | $0.90 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 30, 2021 | Apr 15, 2021 | $0.90 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 30, 2020 | Jan 15, 2021 | $1.30 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 29, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | $0.85 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 29, 2020 | Jul 15, 2020 | $0.75 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 30, 2020 | Apr 15, 2020 | $0.75 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 30, 2019 | Jan 15, 2020 | $0.75 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Oct 15, 2019 | $0.75 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 27, 2019 | Jul 15, 2019 | $0.75 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 28, 2019 | Apr 15, 2019 | $0.70 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 28, 2018 | Jan 15, 2019 | $0.60 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 27, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 | $0.60 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 14, 2018 | Jun 29, 2018 | $0.20 | Monthly | Regular |
| May 14, 2018 | May 30, 2018 | $0.20 | Monthly | Regular |
| Apr 13, 2018 | Apr 27, 2018 | $0.20 | Monthly | Regular |
| Mar 14, 2018 | Mar 29, 2018 | $0.333 | Monthly | Regular |
| Feb 14, 2018 | Feb 27, 2018 | $0.333 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jan 12, 2018 | Jan 30, 2018 | $0.333 | Monthly | Regular |
| Dec 14, 2017 | Dec 28, 2017 | $0.50 | Monthly | Regular |
| Nov 14, 2017 | Nov 29, 2017 | $0.50 | Monthly | Regular |
| Oct 13, 2017 | Oct 30, 2017 | $0.50 | Monthly | Regular |
| Sep 14, 2017 | Sep 28, 2017 | $0.50 | Monthly | Regular |
| Aug 11, 2017 | Aug 30, 2017 | $0.50 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jul 13, 2017 | Jul 28, 2017 | $0.50 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jun 13, 2017 | Jun 29, 2017 | $0.50 | Monthly | Regular |
| May 11, 2017 | May 30, 2017 | $0.50 | Monthly | Regular |
| Apr 12, 2017 | Apr 27, 2017 | $0.50 | Monthly | Regular |
| Mar 13, 2017 | Mar 30, 2017 | $0.50 | Monthly | Regular |
| Feb 13, 2017 | Feb 27, 2017 | $0.50 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jan 12, 2017 | Jan 30, 2017 | $0.50 | Monthly | Regular |
| Dec 13, 2016 | Dec 29, 2016 | $0.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Nov 17, 2016 | Dec 26, 2016 | $13.275 | Monthly | Special |
| Nov 10, 2016 | Nov 29, 2016 | $0.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Oct 13, 2016 | Oct 28, 2016 | $0.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Sep 13, 2016 | Sep 29, 2016 | $0.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Aug 11, 2016 | Aug 30, 2016 | $0.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jul 13, 2016 | Jul 28, 2016 | $0.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jun 13, 2016 | Jun 29, 2016 | $0.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| May 12, 2016 | May 27, 2016 | $0.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Apr 13, 2016 | Apr 28, 2016 | $0.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Mar 11, 2016 | Mar 30, 2016 | $0.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Feb 11, 2016 | Feb 26, 2016 | $0.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jan 13, 2016 | Jan 28, 2016 | $0.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Dec 11, 2015 | Dec 30, 2015 | $1.00 | Monthly | Regular |
| Nov 12, 2015 | Nov 27, 2015 | $1.00 | Monthly | Regular |
| Oct 13, 2015 | Oct 29, 2015 | $1.00 | Monthly | Regular |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Sep 29, 2015 | $1.00 | Monthly | Regular |
| Aug 12, 2015 | Aug 28, 2015 | $1.00 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jul 13, 2015 | Jul 30, 2015 | $1.00 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jun 11, 2015 | Jun 29, 2015 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| May 13, 2015 | May 28, 2015 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Apr 13, 2015 | Apr 29, 2015 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Mar 12, 2015 | Mar 30, 2015 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Feb 12, 2015 | Feb 26, 2015 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jan 13, 2015 | Jan 29, 2015 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Dec 11, 2014 | Dec 30, 2014 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Nov 12, 2014 | Nov 26, 2014 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Oct 10, 2014 | Oct 30, 2014 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Sep 11, 2014 | Sep 29, 2014 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Aug 13, 2014 | Aug 28, 2014 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jul 11, 2014 | Jul 30, 2014 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jun 12, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| May 13, 2014 | May 29, 2014 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Apr 29, 2014 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Mar 13, 2014 | Mar 28, 2014 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Feb 12, 2014 | Feb 27, 2014 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jan 13, 2014 | Jan 30, 2014 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Dec 12, 2013 | Dec 30, 2013 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Nov 13, 2013 | Nov 27, 2013 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Oct 10, 2013 | Oct 30, 2013 | $1.25 | Monthly | Regular |
| Sep 12, 2013 | Sep 27, 2013 | $1.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Aug 13, 2013 | Aug 29, 2013 | $1.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jul 11, 2013 | Jul 30, 2013 | $1.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Jun 12, 2013 | Jun 27, 2013 | $1.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| May 13, 2013 | May 30, 2013 | $1.60 | Monthly | Regular |
| Apr 18, 2013 | Apr 29, 2013 | $1.30 | Monthly | Regular |
What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for LFT
LFT Dividend Questions
How often does LFT pay dividends?
LFT pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 92 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.
Does LFT pay dividends monthly?
No. LFT pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.
When is the next LFT dividend?
LFT has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual gap of about 92 days the next ex-date was due around Sep 30, 2026, and it is not on file yet: it may be late, or still to be announced. The latest one, $0.04 a share, went ex on Jun 30, 2026 and paid Jul 2, 2026. The current rate is $0.04 per share, $0.16 a year.
Did LFT pay a dividend in July 2026?
Yes: $0.04 a share, ex-date Jun 30, 2026, paid Jul 2, 2026. The next one is not on file yet.
How much does LFT pay per share?
LFT pays $0.04 a share quarterly, $0.16 a year. At the Nov 12, 2026 close of $4.43 that is a 3.61% run-rate yield, below its usual level: its own 10-year median is 8.85%.
Has LFT raised its dividend?
LFT has no current streak of yearly raises. The latest raise, on Dec 31, 2024, took the rate from $0.08 to $0.09 (+12.50%). Over five years the dividend grew -46.3% a year.
Is LFT’s dividend safe?
No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. LFT paid out 13% of its cash flow as dividends over the 4 quarters to Jun 30, 2026. This is data, not investment advice. The full 7-check rating comes with a plan.
How do I track my LFT dividends?
Add LFT to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run LFT in the DRIP calculator.