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Crude oil purchases are typically transacted through forward/future contracts to avoid price volatility like this. So prices would have been fixed in the near future.
Depends: (1) Company is taking opportunity to buy own shares at a cheap price and gain higher % of ownership (meaning gain back control of company). Only companies with enough cash can do this (which could mean company is financially strong). (2) Company may try to stop price from falling further to prevent market perception that the company is doing worse (cause the public always think that a lower stock price means company is not doing well, but this is not always the case). It all depends on how you see it.
Something to consider is, the REIT needs to pay at least 90% of its net income to continue to qualify as a “REIT”. So the dividend rate cannot go below that.
Dividend yield is a different metric. It’s calculated as dividend dollar amount / price per share. The REIT can reduce its dividend dollar amount, but it cannot go below 90% of its net income. IGBREIT’s dividend yield is lower than its peer because its share price may be overvalued, but not without reason. Share price is always forward looking, which means it usually reflects what investors expect the company or in this case, the REIT will perform in the future. The fact that its DY is 4.61% and lower than its peers could mean that investors may expect the DY to rise to 5 or even 6% in the future.
