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As a percentage of LADR's recent stock price of $11.81, this dividend works out to approximately 1.95%, so look for shares of Ladder Capital Corp to trade 1.95% lower — all else being equal — when LADR shares open for trading on 12/28/23. Similarly, investors should look for KREF to open 3.13% lower in price and for USB to open 1.13% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for LADR, KREF, and USB, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Ladder Capital Corp (NYSE:LADR):

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc (NYSE:KREF):

US Bancorp (NYSE:USB):

In general, dividends are not always predictable, following the ups and downs of company profits over time. Therefore, a good first due diligence step in forming an expectation of annual yield going forward, is looking at the history above, for a sense of stability over time. This can help in judging whether the most recent dividends from these companies are likely to continue. If they do continue, the current estimated yields on annualized basis would be 7.79% for Ladder Capital Corp, 12.51% for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc, and 4.50% for US Bancorp.

In Tuesday trading, Ladder Capital Corp shares are currently off about 0.2%, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc shares are down about 0.9%, and US Bancorp shares are up about 0.5% on the day.