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MAA Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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MAAMid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
Real Estate / REIT - Residential
Low Priority
Relative Laggard
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- Value35
- Quality43
- Risk resilience53
- Sentiment77
MAA Dividend answer
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 5.20%, or $6.12 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 5.20%, from $6.12 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $1.53 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Oct 15, 2026. Payment date: Oct 30, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $1.53 per share.
MAA Dividend Snapshot
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Next MAA Dividend Date
When MAA next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next MAA dividend
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Latest MAA Dividend Dates
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MAA 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.
MAA Annual Dividend History
MAA Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $1.53, event yield 5.29%.
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
- 8.66%
- 2020 regular DPS
- $4.000
- 2025 regular DPS
- $6.060
- Absolute change
- $2.060
- Years increased
- 4
- Years reduced
- 1
MAA's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 8.66% a year from 2020 through 2025.
MAA 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.
MAA Dividend Yield
How MAA's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
MAA'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 MAA dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | $1.53 | $1.53 | 5.29% | Quarterly | $6.12 | Sep 22, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | $1.53 | $1.53 | 4.63% | Quarterly | $6.10 | May 19, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | $1.53 | $1.53 | 4.90% | Quarterly | $6.09 | Mar 17, 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Jan 15, 2026 | $1.53 | $1.53 | 4.49% | Quarterly | $6.07 | Dec 17, 2025 | Jan 15, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Oct 15, 2025 | $1.52 | $1.52 | 4.59% | Quarterly | $6.06 | Sep 23, 2025 | Oct 15, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 |
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| Jul 15, 2025 | $1.52 | $1.52 | 4.08% | Quarterly | $6.02 | May 20, 2025 | Jul 15, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Apr 15, 2025 | $1.52 | $1.52 | 3.85% | Quarterly | $5.97 | Mar 18, 2025 | Apr 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 |
| Jan 15, 2025 | $1.52 | $1.52 | 3.96% | Quarterly | $5.93 | Dec 10, 2024 | Jan 15, 2025 | Jan 31, 2025 |
| Oct 15, 2024 | $1.47 | $1.47 | 3.85% | Quarterly | $5.88 | Sep 24, 2024 | Oct 15, 2024 | Oct 31, 2024 |
| Jul 15, 2024 | $1.47 | $1.47 | 4.15% | Quarterly | $5.81 | May 21, 2024 | Jul 15, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 |
| Apr 12, 2024 | $1.47 | $1.47 | 4.48% | Quarterly | $5.74 | Mar 19, 2024 | Apr 15, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 |
| Jan 11, 2024 | $1.47 | $1.47 | 4.23% | Quarterly | $5.67 | Dec 12, 2023 | Jan 12, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 |
| Oct 12, 2023 | $1.40 | $1.40 | 4.25% | Quarterly | $5.60 | Sep 12, 2023 | Oct 13, 2023 | Oct 31, 2023 |
| Jul 13, 2023 | $1.40 | $1.40 | 3.50% | Quarterly | $5.45 | May 16, 2023 | Jul 14, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| Apr 13, 2023 | $1.40 | $1.40 | 3.60% | Quarterly | $5.30 | Mar 21, 2023 | Apr 14, 2023 | Apr 28, 2023 |
| Jan 12, 2023 | $1.40 | $1.40 | 3.11% | Quarterly | $4.99 | Dec 13, 2022 | Jan 13, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 |
| Oct 13, 2022 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 3.19% | Quarterly | $4.68 | Sep 27, 2022 | Oct 14, 2022 | Oct 31, 2022 |
| Jul 14, 2022 | $1.25 | $1.25 | 2.69% | Quarterly | $4.45 | May 17, 2022 | Jul 15, 2022 | Jul 25, 2022 |
| Apr 13, 2022 | $1.09 | $1.09 | 2.05% | Quarterly | $4.23 | Mar 22, 2022 | Apr 14, 2022 | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Jan 13, 2022 | $1.09 | $1.09 | 1.90% | Quarterly | $5.23 | Dec 7, 2021 | Jan 14, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 |
| Oct 14, 2021 | $1.03 | $1.03 | 2.06% | Quarterly | $5.16 | Sep 28, 2021 | Oct 15, 2021 | Oct 29, 2021 |
| Jul 14, 2021 | $1.03 | $1.03 | 2.23% | Quarterly | $5.14 | May 18, 2021 | Jul 15, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | $1.03 | $1.03 | 2.74% | Quarterly | $5.11 | Mar 23, 2021 | Apr 15, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 |
| Mar 12, 2021 | $1.06 | $1.06 | 2.88% | Irregular | $4.09 | — | — | — |
| Jan 14, 2021 | $1.03 | $1.03 | 3.12% | Quarterly | $4.03 | Dec 8, 2020 | Jan 15, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 |
| Oct 14, 2020 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 3.26% | Quarterly | $4.00 | Sep 24, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 |
| Jul 14, 2020 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 3.51% | Quarterly | $3.96 | May 19, 2020 | Jul 15, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 |
| Apr 14, 2020 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 3.44% | Quarterly | $3.92 | Mar 19, 2020 | Apr 15, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 |
| Jan 14, 2020 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.94% | Quarterly | $3.88 | Dec 10, 2019 | Jan 15, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | $0.96 | $0.96 | 2.91% | Quarterly | $3.84 | Sep 26, 2019 | Oct 15, 2019 | Oct 31, 2019 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | $0.96 | $0.96 | 3.15% | Quarterly | $3.80 | May 21, 2019 | Jul 15, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 |
| Apr 12, 2019 | $0.96 | $0.96 | 3.42% | Quarterly | $3.76 | Mar 21, 2019 | Apr 15, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 |
| Jan 14, 2019 | $0.96 | $0.96 | 3.86% | Quarterly | $3.73 | Dec 4, 2018 | Jan 15, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | $0.9225 | $0.9225 | 3.90% | Quarterly | $3.69 | Sep 25, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 | Oct 31, 2018 |
| Jul 12, 2018 | $0.9225 | $0.9225 | 3.65% | Quarterly | $3.64 | May 22, 2018 | Jul 13, 2018 | Jul 31, 2018 |
| Apr 12, 2018 | $0.9225 | $0.9225 | 3.96% | Quarterly | $3.59 | Mar 13, 2018 | Apr 13, 2018 | Apr 30, 2018 |
| Jan 11, 2018 | $0.9225 | $0.9225 | 3.84% | Quarterly | $3.53 | Dec 5, 2017 | Jan 12, 2018 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Oct 12, 2017 | $0.87 | $0.87 | 3.20% | Quarterly | $3.48 | Sep 26, 2017 | Oct 13, 2017 | Oct 31, 2017 |
| Jul 12, 2017 | $0.87 | $0.87 | 3.44% | Quarterly | — | May 24, 2017 | Jul 14, 2017 | Jul 31, 2017 |
| Apr 11, 2017 | $0.87 | $0.87 | 3.29% | Quarterly | — | Mar 24, 2017 | Apr 13, 2017 | Apr 28, 2017 |
| Jan 11, 2017 | $0.87 | $0.87 | 3.51% | Quarterly | — | Dec 9, 2016 | Jan 13, 2017 | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Oct 12, 2016 | $0.82 | $0.82 | 3.77% | Quarterly | — | Sep 28, 2016 | Oct 14, 2016 | Oct 31, 2016 |
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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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MAA Dividends FAQ
Does MAA pay a dividend?
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $1.53 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is MAA's dividend yield?
MAA's trailing dividend yield is 5.20%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is MAA's next dividend?
MAA's next announced dividend is $1.53 per share with an ex-dividend date of Oct 15, 2026 and payment date of Oct 30, 2026.
When is MAA's ex-dividend date?
MAA's next announced ex-dividend date is Oct 15, 2026.
How has MAA's dividend changed?
MAA's one-year dividend growth is 0.99% based on comparable covered dividend history.