How Many SHO Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?
At $0.36 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 16,667 SHO shares, about $212,171 at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $12.73. $1,000 a month takes about 33,334 shares, about $424,342. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.
Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) pays $0.09 a share quarterly, $0.36 a year, a 2.83% run-rate yield at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $12.73. It has paid since 2004 and raised its annual dividend 2 years in a row.
At today’s rate of $0.09 quarterly and the last close of $12.73, this is what SHO pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:
| You hold | Each payment | Per month (avg) | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 share | $0.09 | $0.03 | $0.36 |
| 100 shares | $9.00 | $3.00 | $36.00 |
| $10,000 invested (785.5 shares) | $70.70 | $23.57 | $282.80 |
| 16,667 shares ($500/mo) | $1,500.03 | $500.01 | $6,000.12 |
| 33,334 shares ($1,000/mo) | $3,000.06 | $1,000.02 | $12,000.24 |
With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 SHO shares reinvest into 0.71 new shares each payment, about 2.9 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 142 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 SHO’s own history in the SHO 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
- Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
- Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
- 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
SHO Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range
- SHO yields 2.83% today, at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $12.73.
- Its own 10-year median is 1.49%, so today’s yield is above its usual level.
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 SHO’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After October 2026
SHO has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 92 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Dec 31, 2026, with the cash around Jan 2, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.09 a share, went ex on Sep 30, 2026 and paid Oct 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 SHO Pay?
SHO 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: 2 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
- Last raise: Sep 28, 2023 - $0.05 to $0.07 (+$0.02, +40.00%)
- Usual $ step: $0.02 (median of the raises before it)
- FFO payout (approx.): 29.0% - $0.36 paid / $1.24 FFO per share (net income + depreciation & amortization, 4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026)
- Cash-flow payout: 24.1% - $0.36 paid / $1.49 operating cash flow per share (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 25.5% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
- GAAP EPS payout (context): 80.0% - $0.36 paid / $0.45 EPS (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 51.3% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
SHO vs Similar Dividend Stocks (LTC, PEB...)
Against the 10 dividend-paying Real Estate companies closest to SHO in market value, SHO’s 2.83% run-rate yield is below the group’s middle yield of 4.07%, and its raise streak of 2 years is the 4th 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 ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHO $12.73Sunstone Hotel Investors | $0.09/qtr$0.36/yr fwd | 2.83% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 2+ yrsraised 2 yrs in a row |
| LTC $43.79LTC Properties | $0.19/mo$2.28/yr fwd | 5.21% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 24 yrsno raise streak |
| PEB $21.61Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | $0.01/qtr$0.04/yr fwd | 0.19% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 5 yrsno raise streak |
| SMA $39.33Smartstop Self Storage REIT | $0.136/mo$1.63/yr fwd | 4.15% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | —no raise streak |
| FCXXF $16.33First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust | $0.054/mo$0.65/yr fwd | 3.97% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 4 yrsraised 1 yr in a row |
| IVT $31.60InvenTrust Properties | $0.25/qtr$1.00/yr fwd | 3.16% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 7 yrsraised 3 yrs in a row |
| BYLOF $12.74Big Yellow Group | $0.3127/half-yr$0.63/yr fwd | 4.91% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 7+ yrsraised 5 yrs in a row |
| FCPT $23.07Four Corners Property Trust | $0.127/mo$1.52/yr fwd | 6.61% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 9+ yrsraised 9+ yrs in a row |
| DX $9.97Dynex Capital | $0.17/mo$2.04/yr fwd | 20.46% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 6 yrsraised 2 yrs in a row |
| XHR $21.78Xenia Hotels & Resorts | $0.14/qtr$0.56/yr fwd | 2.57% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 2+ yrsraised 2 yrs in a row |
| UE $21.04Urban Edge Properties | $0.21/qtr$0.84/yr fwd | 3.99% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 5 yrsraised 2 yrs in a row |
Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: SHO vs LTC, SHO vs PEB, SHO vs SMA.
SHO Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2004
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Frequency | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | $0.09 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 | $0.09 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Apr 2, 2026 | $0.09 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Jan 2, 2026 | $0.09 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 | $0.09 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 2, 2025 | $0.09 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Apr 2, 2025 | $0.09 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Jan 2, 2025 | $0.09 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Oct 2, 2024 | $0.09 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | $0.09 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Mar 29, 2024 | $0.07 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 1, 2024 | $0.06 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Oct 2, 2023 | $0.07 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Jul 3, 2023 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Apr 3, 2023 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 29, 2022 | Jan 17, 2023 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Oct 17, 2022 | $0.05 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Mar 30, 2020 | Apr 15, 2020 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 30, 2019 | Jan 15, 2020 | $0.59 | Quarterly | Special |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Oct 15, 2019 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 27, 2019 | Jul 15, 2019 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 28, 2019 | Apr 15, 2019 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 28, 2018 | Jan 15, 2019 | $0.54 | Quarterly | Special |
| Sep 27, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 28, 2018 | Jul 16, 2018 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 28, 2018 | Apr 16, 2018 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 28, 2017 | Jan 16, 2018 | $0.58 | Quarterly | Special |
| Sep 28, 2017 | Oct 16, 2017 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 28, 2017 | Jul 17, 2017 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 29, 2017 | Apr 17, 2017 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 28, 2016 | Jan 17, 2017 | $0.53 | Quarterly | Special |
| Sep 28, 2016 | Oct 17, 2016 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 28, 2016 | Jul 15, 2016 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 29, 2016 | Apr 15, 2016 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 29, 2015 | Jan 29, 2016 | $1.26 | Quarterly | Special |
| Sep 28, 2015 | Oct 15, 2015 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Jul 15, 2015 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 27, 2015 | Apr 15, 2015 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 29, 2014 | Jan 30, 2015 | $0.36 | Semi-annual | Special |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Oct 15, 2014 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 26, 2014 | Jul 15, 2014 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 27, 2014 | Apr 15, 2014 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 27, 2013 | Jan 15, 2014 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 26, 2013 | Oct 15, 2013 | $0.05 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Dec 17, 2008 | Jan 15, 2009 | $1.15 | Quarterly | Special |
| Sep 26, 2008 | Oct 15, 2008 | $0.35 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 26, 2008 | Jul 15, 2008 | $0.35 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 27, 2008 | Apr 15, 2008 | $0.35 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 27, 2007 | Jan 15, 2008 | $0.35 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 26, 2007 | Oct 15, 2007 | $0.32 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 27, 2007 | Jul 13, 2007 | $0.32 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 28, 2007 | Apr 13, 2007 | $0.32 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 27, 2006 | Jan 15, 2007 | $0.32 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 27, 2006 | Oct 16, 2006 | $0.30 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 28, 2006 | Jul 17, 2006 | $0.30 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 29, 2006 | Apr 17, 2006 | $0.30 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 28, 2005 | Jan 13, 2006 | $0.30 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 28, 2005 | Oct 14, 2005 | $0.285 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 28, 2005 | Jul 15, 2005 | $0.285 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 29, 2005 | Apr 15, 2005 | $0.285 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 29, 2004 | Jan 14, 2005 | $0.285 | Quarterly | Regular |
What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for SHO
SHO Dividend Questions
How often does SHO pay dividends?
SHO 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 SHO pay dividends monthly?
No. SHO pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.
When is the next SHO dividend?
SHO has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 92 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Dec 31, 2026, with the cash around Jan 2, 2027. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.09 a share, went ex on Sep 30, 2026 and paid Oct 2, 2026. The current rate is $0.09 per share, $0.36 a year.
Does SHO pay a dividend in January 2027?
Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Dec 31, 2026, with the cash around Jan 2, 2027, so a payment in January 2027 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.
How much does SHO pay per share?
SHO pays $0.09 a share quarterly, $0.36 a year. At the Nov 13, 2026 close of $12.73 that is a 2.83% run-rate yield, above its usual level: its own 10-year median is 1.49%.
Has SHO raised its dividend?
Yes. SHO has raised its annual dividend 2 years in a row, through 2025. The latest raise, on Sep 28, 2023, took the rate from $0.05 to $0.07 (+40.00%). Over five years the dividend grew 9.5% a year.
Is SHO’s dividend safe?
No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. SHO paid out 24% of its cash flow as dividends over the 4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026. It has raised its dividend 2 years in a row and gone 2+ years without a cut. This is data, not investment advice. The full 11-check rating comes with a plan.
How do I track my SHO dividends?
Add SHO 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 SHO in the DRIP calculator.