Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund, Inc. · RQI · NYSE
Distribution report · updated Nov 10, 2026
$11.78 -1.51% on the day, -$0.18
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Yearly payout / yield
$1.08·9.17%
$0.09 monthly x 12 ⓘ
Next payment
$0.09/mo
pays Nov 30 ⓘ
Next ex-date
Nov 10
ex today ⓘ
Paying since
2002
245 payments on file
Pays
Monthly
12 payments a year
Yield vs history ⓘ
80
Above its usual yield
RQI share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
RQI Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y +11.6%3Y +3.9%5Y +2.4%10Y +1.2%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). Light bar = declared, not yet paid. Orange = special or irregular payment. The enlarge button shows all 245 payments since 2002.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year. 2026: the solid bar is paid so far; the dashed box on top is expected (2 declared and not yet paid), not a promise. Years with an extra or a missing payment (dates sliding across New Year) are compared per payment. Totals include specials; the growth line leaves them out.

How Many RQI Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $1.08 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 5,556 RQI shares, about $65,450 at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $11.78. $1,000 a month takes about 11,112 shares, about $130,899. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund (RQI) pays $0.09 a share monthly, $1.08 a year, a 9.17% run-rate yield at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $11.78. It has made 245 distribution payments since 2002.

At today’s rate of $0.09 monthly and the last close of $11.78, this is what RQI pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.09$0.09$1.08
100 shares$9.00$9.00$108.00
$10,000 invested (848.9 shares)$76.40$76.40$916.81
5,556 shares ($500/mo)$500.04$500.04$6,000.48
11,112 shares ($1,000/mo)$1,000.08$1,000.08$12,000.96

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 RQI shares reinvest into 0.76 new shares each payment, about 9.6 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 131 shares. A rising payout speeds 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 RQI’s own history in the RQI DRIP calculator.

The payout is not the return. In the 12 months to Nov 10, 2026, RQI paid $1.28 a share while its share price fell from $12.08 to $11.78. Distributions exceeded total return by $0.30 a share, so part of every payment above was your own money coming back.

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  • NAV trend: is the fund’s share price holding up report
  • Distribution funded by NAV: is it paying you with your own money report
  • Distribution stability: how much the payout jumps around history
  • Distribution trend: is the payout growing or shrinking history
  • Crash test: how the fund held up in market drops history
  • Yield sanity: is the yield too high to be believable rating

RQI Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

80/100Above its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • RQI yields 9.17% today, at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $11.78.
  • Its own 10-year median is 7.76%, so today’s yield is above its usual level.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
5.27% low13.66% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

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 RQI’s Next Distribution? November 2026 Ex-Date and Pay Date

RQI’s next distribution is $0.09 a share, declared, with the ex-date on Nov 10, 2026. Own RQI by the close on Nov 9, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it. It pays on Nov 30, 2026. The latest one, $0.09 a share, went ex on Oct 13, 2026 and paid around October 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 28 days (monthly)
  • Payment: usually about 17 days after the ex-date

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does RQI Pay?

RQI pays monthly, 12 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 28 days, and the cash usually lands about 17 days later.

Paid in the 12 months to Nov 10, 2026
$1.28 a share, in 14 payments.
+33.3% against the 12 months before ($0.96 in 12 payments).
By ex-date, the same 12 months the NAV check on this page reads. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays every month.

RQI vs Similar Dividend Funds (MQY, USAWX...)

Against the 10 dividend funds in Asset Management closest to RQI in fund size, RQI’s 9.17% run-rate yield is above the group’s middle yield of 1.68%. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: in income funds it often comes with a faster-falling share price, so read it next to the NAV trend and the rating.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating
RQI $11.78Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund $0.09/mo$1.08/yr fwd 9.17% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
MQY $10.69BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund $0.058/mo$0.70/yr fwd 6.51% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
USAWX $34.54USAA Sustainable World Fund Shares $0.291/yr 0.84% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
GABAX $52.15Gabelli Asset Fund (The) $0.179/yr 0.34% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
MERAX $16.06Madison Mid Cap A $0.499/yr 3.11% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
BRXAX $19.58MFS Blended Research International Equity Fund - Class A $0.423/yr 2.16% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
FEX $137.02First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund $0.4077/qtr$1.63/yr fwd 1.19% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
PKSFX $52.04Virtus KAR Small-Cap Core Fund Class I $0.118/yr 0.23% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
PZFVX $23.32John Hancock Classic Value Fund $0.927/yr 3.98% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
HYT $8.03BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund $0.078/mo$0.94/yr fwd 11.66% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
RYPRX $11.71Royce Premier Fund $0.001/yr 0.01% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only

RQI Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2002

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Dec 8, 2026Dec 31, 2026$0.09MonthlyDeclared
Nov 10, 2026Nov 30, 2026$0.09MonthlyDeclared
Oct 13, 2026Oct 15, 2026$0.09MonthlyRegular
Sep 8, 2026Sep 10, 2026$0.09MonthlyRegular
Aug 11, 2026Aug 13, 2026$0.09MonthlyRegular
Jul 6, 2026Jul 8, 2026$0.09MonthlyRegular
Jun 9, 2026Jun 11, 2026$0.09MonthlyRegular
May 12, 2026May 14, 2026$0.09MonthlyRegular
Apr 14, 2026Apr 16, 2026$0.09MonthlyRegular
Mar 10, 2026Mar 12, 2026$0.09MonthlyRegular
The other 235 RQI payments come with a paid plan.
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Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for RQI

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RQI Dividend Questions

How often does RQI pay distributions?

RQI pays monthly, 12 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 28 days, and the cash usually lands about 17 days later.

Does RQI pay distributions monthly?

Yes. RQI pays monthly, 12 times a year.

When is the next RQI distribution?

RQI’s next distribution is $0.09 a share, declared, with the ex-date on Nov 10, 2026. Own RQI by the close on Nov 9, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it. It pays on Nov 30, 2026. The latest one, $0.09 a share, went ex on Oct 13, 2026 and paid around October 2026. The current rate is $0.09 per share, $1.08 a year.

Does RQI pay a distribution in November 2026?

Yes. RQI declared $0.09 a share with the ex-date on Nov 10, 2026, paying on Nov 30, 2026. Own RQI by the close on Nov 9, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it.

How much does RQI pay per share?

RQI pays $0.09 a share monthly, $1.08 a year. At the Nov 10, 2026 close of $11.78 that is a 9.17% run-rate yield, above its usual level: its own 10-year median is 7.76%.

Does RQI’s payout grow?

Its last 12 payments (about a year) averaged $0.09, +6.9% against $0.0842 for the 12 before. Its payout floats with the income the fund earns each period, so there is no fixed rate to raise. Measured over a full year, the payout rate changed +11.6%.

Is RQI’s distribution safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. In the 12 months to Nov 10, 2026 it paid $1.28 a share while its share price went from $12.08 to $11.78. This is data, not investment advice. The full 6-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my RQI distributions?

Add RQI 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 RQI in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular distribution per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 10, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 6 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.