Brookdale Senior Living Inc. Dividend Analysis

No. Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) does not currently pay a dividend. The last payment in our data was in 2008, and nothing has been paid since.

It largely does not. Brookdale Senior Living pays no dividend and we do not see a meaningful reduction in share count over the last twelve months, so cash is being retained in the business or spent on growth rather than returned. That is common for companies reinvesting heavily, and it means your return depends entirely on the share price.

On the numbers, yes. Brookdale Senior Living generated $24 million of free cash flow, which is about $0.10 per share. If it paid out half of that, the dividend would be roughly $0.05 per share, a yield of about 0.4% at the current price. That is an illustration of capacity, not a prediction: the company has given no indication it intends to pay one.

Our Healthcare sector page ranks the companies we cover by dividend score, which combines payout safety, free cash flow coverage and growth record. If income is what you are after, start there rather than with Brookdale Senior Living.