By law, REITs are required to distribute 90% of their pretax income to shareholders. REITs are not
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- By law, REITs are required to distribute 90% of their pretax income to shareholders. REITs are not taxable but shareholders are. If a REIT pays out a dividend of $500, and the shareholder has a combined federal and state tax rate of 40%, what share of the dividend does the investor have to pay out in taxes?
- $200
- $300
- $500
- None
- Assume a REIT has Funds from Operations of $150M. The REIT has 90M shares outstanding. The historic FFO multiple for the REIT is 14.2. What is an estimate of the REITs stock price based on its FFO multiple?
- 23.67
- 67.23
- 32.50
- 71.5
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