iStar Inc (STAR)

In trading on Tuesday, shares of iStar Inc's 7.65% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.9125), with shares changing hands as low as $23.76 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 7.58% in the "REITs" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

On 2/27/17, iStar Inc's 7.65% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.4781, payable on 3/15/17. As a percentage of STAR.

In trading on Friday, shares of iStar Inc's 7.8% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.95), with shares changing hands as low as $24.33 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 7.41% in the "REITs" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

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The most recent short interest data has been released for the 12/15/2016 settlement date, which shows a 1,016,689 share increase in total short interest for iStar Inc , to 6,139,303, an increase of 19.85% since 11/30/2016. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.

In trading on Monday, shares of iStar Inc's 7.65% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.9125), with shares changing hands as low as $23.90 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 7.56% in the "REITs" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

The most recent short interest data has been released for the 11/15/2016 settlement date, which shows a 737,786 share decrease in total short interest for iStar Inc , to 5,613,500, a decrease of 11.62% since 10/31/2016. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.

Investors in iStar Inc saw new options begin trading today, for the July 2017 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 242 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.

In trading on Monday, shares of iStar Inc's 7.50% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.875), with shares changing hands as low as $21.42 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 7.58% in the "REITs" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

In trading on Tuesday, shares of iStar Inc's 7.65% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.9125), with shares changing hands as low as $23.77 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 7.58% in the "REITs" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in iStar Inc , where a total of 2,245 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 224,500 underlying shares. That amounts to about 61% of STAR's average daily trading volume over the past month of 367,820 shares.

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In trading on Wednesday, shares of iStar Inc's 7 7/8% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.9688), with shares changing hands as low as $24.60 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 7.42% in the "REITs" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

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In trading on Monday, shares of iStar Inc's 7.8% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.95), with shares changing hands as low as $24.37 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 7.47% in the "REITs" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

In trading on Thursday, shares of iStar Inc crossed above their 200 day moving average of $10.38, changing hands as high as $11.03 per share. iStar Inc shares are currently trading up about 7.1% on the day.