# Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) — Dividends

MAA · NYSE · Stock

Canonical page: https://www.lighthorse.io/tickers/maa/dividends

## Dividend summary

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Frequency | quarterly |
| Trailing 12 months | $6.12 |
| Forward yield | 5.26% |
| Growth streak | 5 years |

Mid-America Apartment Communities, known as MAA, pays a quarterly dividend of $1.53 per share. The next payment is already scheduled, with an ex-date of October 15, 2026 and a pay date of October 30, 2026. The most recent paid dividend went ex on July 15, 2026 and was paid on July 31. Over the trailing twelve months, MAA paid $6.11 per share, a yield of about 5.3% at a share price of $115.27.

Raises in this record have come with the January payment in each of the last four years. The rate went from $1.25 to $1.40 in January 2023, then to $1.47 in 2024, $1.52 in 2025 and $1.53 in 2026. Those steps shrank from 12.0% to 5.0%, 3.4% and 0.7%. An earlier raise came in July 2022, from $1.09 to $1.25. The table also lists an additional $1.06 payment in March 2023, outside the usual quarterly pattern. Since January 2023, the regular rate has risen about 9.3%. The company has increased its dividend for four consecutive years.

If the pattern holds, the payment after October would go ex-dividend in mid-January 2027 and be paid near the end of that month. Recent raises have come with that payment.

## Payment history

| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | $1.53 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $1.53 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $1.53 |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | $1.53 |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $1.52 |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 | $1.52 |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | $1.52 |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Jan 31, 2025 | $1.52 |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Oct 31, 2024 | $1.47 |
| Jul 15, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | $1.47 |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | $1.47 |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | $1.47 |
| Oct 12, 2023 | Oct 31, 2023 | $1.40 |
| Jul 13, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | $1.40 |
| Apr 13, 2023 | Apr 28, 2023 | $1.40 |
| Mar 14, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | $1.06 |
| Jan 12, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | $1.40 |
| Oct 13, 2022 | Oct 31, 2022 | $1.25 |
| Jul 14, 2022 | Jul 29, 2022 | $1.25 |
| Apr 13, 2022 | Apr 29, 2022 | $1.09 |

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Does Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) pay a dividend?

Yes. Mid-America Apartment Communities pays a quarterly dividend; the most recent payment was $1.53 per share.

### What is MAA's dividend yield?

Mid-America Apartment Communities paid $6.12 per share over the trailing twelve months, a yield of 5.26% at the last price of $116.27. [Click here to learn more](https://www.lighthorse.io/instructions/learning/dividend-yield)

### When is MAA's most recent ex-dividend date?

Mid-America Apartment Communities's most recent ex-dividend date is Oct 15, 2026, payable on Oct 30, 2026.

### What is the difference between ex and payment dates?

An ex-date is the cutoff day for ownership, the payment date is when the distribution actually happens. [Click here to learn more](https://www.lighthorse.io/instructions/learning/ex-dividend-date)

### Has MAA been raising its dividend?

Yes — Mid-America Apartment Communities has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive calendar years.

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Dividend amounts and dates are supplied by third parties and may be revised. Declaring, raising, cutting or suspending a dividend is entirely at the issuer’s discretion, and scheduled dates are estimates until declared. A past record of payments does not mean future payments will be made. Nothing here suggests trading around a distribution.

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