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IRT Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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IRTIndependence Realty Trust, Inc.
Real Estate / REIT - Residential
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IRT Dividend answer
Independence Realty Trust, Inc. (IRT) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 4.86%, or $0.72 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 4.72%, from $0.70 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.18 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Sep 30, 2026. Payment date: Oct 23, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $0.18 per share.
IRT Dividend Snapshot
Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next IRT Dividend Date
When IRT next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next IRT dividend
IRT's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest IRT Dividend Dates
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IRT Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
IRT Annual Dividend History
IRT Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.18, event yield 4.72%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 4.41%
- 2020 regular DPS
- $0.540
- 2025 regular DPS
- $0.670
- Absolute change
- $0.130
- Years increased
- 4
- Years reduced
- 1
IRT's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 4.41% a year from 2020 through 2025.
IRT reduced its regular dividend in at least one calendar year between 2020 and 2025.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
IRT Dividend Yield
How IRT's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
IRT's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent IRT dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 4.72% | Quarterly | $0.70 | Sep 8, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 4.08% | Quarterly | $0.69 | May 13, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.17 | 4.61% | Quarterly | $0.68 | Mar 9, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 | Apr 17, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.17 | 3.83% | Quarterly | $0.67 | Dec 15, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.17 | 4.03% | Quarterly | $0.66 | Sep 8, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 24, 2025 |
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| Jun 27, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.17 | 3.70% | Quarterly | $0.65 | May 14, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | Jul 18, 2025 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 3.07% | Quarterly | $0.64 | Mar 10, 2025 | Mar 28, 2025 | Apr 21, 2025 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 3.23% | Quarterly | $0.64 | Dec 16, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | Jan 17, 2025 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 3.12% | Quarterly | $0.64 | Sep 17, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 3.42% | Quarterly | $0.64 | Jun 10, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 19, 2024 |
| Mar 27, 2024 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 4.00% | Quarterly | $0.64 | Mar 11, 2024 | Mar 29, 2024 | Apr 19, 2024 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 3.97% | Quarterly | $0.62 | Dec 11, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | Jan 19, 2024 |
| Sep 28, 2023 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 4.26% | Quarterly | $0.60 | Sep 12, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 | Oct 20, 2023 |
| Jun 29, 2023 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 3.17% | Quarterly | $0.58 | May 10, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | Jul 21, 2023 |
| Mar 30, 2023 | $0.14 | $0.14 | 3.57% | Quarterly | $0.56 | Mar 13, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Apr 21, 2023 |
| Dec 29, 2022 | $0.14 | $0.14 | 3.18% | Quarterly | $0.54 | Dec 12, 2022 | Dec 30, 2022 | Jan 20, 2023 |
| Sep 29, 2022 | $0.14 | $0.14 | 3.20% | Quarterly | $0.52 | Sep 12, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Oct 21, 2022 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | $0.14 | $0.14 | 2.41% | Quarterly | $0.50 | May 18, 2022 | Jul 1, 2022 | Jul 22, 2022 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | $0.12 | $0.12 | 1.82% | Quarterly | $0.48 | Mar 14, 2022 | Apr 1, 2022 | Apr 22, 2022 |
| Dec 29, 2021 | $0.021 | $0.0209 | 1.96% | Quarterly | $0.48 | Dec 2, 2021 | Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 21, 2022 |
| Dec 16, 2021 | $0.0991 | $0.0991 | 1.90% | Quarterly | $0.4591 | Dec 2, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | Jan 18, 2022 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | $0.12 | $0.12 | 2.36% | Quarterly | $0.48 | Sep 13, 2021 | Oct 1, 2021 | Oct 22, 2021 |
| Jul 1, 2021 | $0.12 | $0.12 | 2.64% | Quarterly | $0.48 | Jun 14, 2021 | Jul 2, 2021 | Jul 23, 2021 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | $0.12 | $0.12 | 3.16% | Quarterly | $0.48 | Mar 15, 2021 | Apr 2, 2021 | Apr 23, 2021 |
| Dec 29, 2020 | $0.12 | $0.12 | 4.06% | Quarterly | $0.54 | Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 30, 2020 | Jan 22, 2021 |
| Oct 1, 2020 | $0.12 | $0.12 | 5.05% | Quarterly | $0.60 | Sep 15, 2020 | Oct 2, 2020 | Oct 23, 2020 |
| Jul 1, 2020 | $0.12 | $0.12 | 5.71% | Quarterly | $0.66 | Jun 15, 2020 | Jul 2, 2020 | Jul 24, 2020 |
| Apr 1, 2020 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 8.94% | Quarterly | $0.72 | Mar 16, 2020 | Apr 2, 2020 | Apr 24, 2020 |
| Dec 24, 2019 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 5.20% | Quarterly | $0.72 | Dec 16, 2019 | Dec 26, 2019 | Jan 24, 2020 |
| Sep 26, 2019 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 5.00% | Quarterly | $0.72 | Sep 12, 2019 | Sep 27, 2019 | Oct 25, 2019 |
| Jun 27, 2019 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 6.27% | Quarterly | $0.72 | Jun 17, 2019 | Jun 28, 2019 | Jul 25, 2019 |
| Mar 28, 2019 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 6.67% | Quarterly | $0.72 | Mar 18, 2019 | Mar 29, 2019 | Apr 25, 2019 |
| Dec 26, 2018 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 7.82% | Quarterly | $0.72 | Dec 13, 2018 | Dec 27, 2018 | Jan 24, 2019 |
| Oct 4, 2018 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 7.38% | Quarterly | $0.72 | Sep 17, 2018 | Oct 5, 2018 | Oct 19, 2018 |
| Jul 5, 2018 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 7.01% | Quarterly | $0.72 | Jun 14, 2018 | Jul 6, 2018 | Jul 20, 2018 |
| Apr 3, 2018 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 7.84% | Quarterly | $0.72 | Mar 13, 2018 | Apr 4, 2018 | Apr 20, 2018 |
| Dec 28, 2017 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 7.06% | Monthly | $0.72 | — | Dec 29, 2017 | Jan 15, 2018 |
| Nov 29, 2017 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 6.92% | Monthly | $0.72 | — | Nov 30, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 |
| Oct 30, 2017 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 7.05% | Monthly | $0.72 | — | Oct 31, 2017 | Nov 15, 2017 |
| Sep 28, 2017 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 7.12% | Monthly | $0.72 | Sep 6, 2017 | Sep 29, 2017 | Oct 13, 2017 |
| Aug 29, 2017 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 7.11% | Monthly | — | Aug 4, 2017 | Aug 31, 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| Jul 27, 2017 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 7.12% | Monthly | — | Jul 14, 2017 | Jul 31, 2017 | Aug 15, 2017 |
| Jun 28, 2017 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 7.28% | Monthly | — | Apr 17, 2017 | Jun 30, 2017 | Jul 17, 2017 |
| May 26, 2017 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 7.53% | Monthly | — | Apr 13, 2017 | May 31, 2017 | Jun 15, 2017 |
| Apr 26, 2017 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 7.70% | Monthly | — | Apr 13, 2017 | Apr 28, 2017 | May 15, 2017 |
| Mar 29, 2017 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 7.77% | Monthly | — | Jan 16, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 | Apr 17, 2017 |
| Feb 24, 2017 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 7.80% | Monthly | — | Jan 13, 2017 | Feb 28, 2017 | Mar 15, 2017 |
| Jan 27, 2017 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 7.89% | Monthly | — | Jan 13, 2017 | Jan 31, 2017 | Feb 15, 2017 |
| Dec 28, 2016 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 8.29% | Monthly | — | Oct 17, 2016 | Dec 30, 2016 | Jan 17, 2017 |
| Nov 28, 2016 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 8.10% | Monthly | — | Oct 13, 2016 | Nov 30, 2016 | Dec 15, 2016 |
| Oct 27, 2016 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 8.40% | Monthly | — | Oct 13, 2016 | Oct 31, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Sep 28, 2016 | $0.06 | $0.06 | 7.86% | Monthly | — | Jul 18, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 | Oct 17, 2016 |
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Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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IRT Dividends FAQ
Does IRT pay a dividend?
Independence Realty Trust, Inc. (IRT) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.18 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is IRT's dividend yield?
IRT's trailing dividend yield is 4.72%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is IRT's next dividend?
IRT's next announced dividend is $0.18 per share with an ex-dividend date of Sep 30, 2026 and payment date of Oct 23, 2026.
When is IRT's ex-dividend date?
IRT's next announced ex-dividend date is Sep 30, 2026.
How has IRT's dividend changed?
IRT's one-year dividend growth is 6.06% based on comparable covered dividend history.