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CRF Dividend History

Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. · every payment since 1987

Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. (CRF) has paid 352 dividends since 1987. The most recent was $0.1180 per share (ex-date Sep 15, 2026). Over the last 12 months CRF paid $1.4130 across 12 payments, a trailing yield of 23.16%. The average of the last 3 regular payments is +0.0% versus the 3 before.

Latest dividend

$0.1180

Last ex-date

Sep 15, 2026

Paid, last 12 months

$1.41

Trailing yield

23.16%

Frequency

Monthly

Growth streak

1 yrs

Dividends versus price, last 12 months

Paid out

17.77%

of price a year ago

Price change

-23.3%

$7.95$6.10

Approx. total return

-5.5%

before taxes

Total return adds dividends received to the price change; it ignores reinvestment and taxes.

CRF dividends per year

Total paid per share by calendar year

Recent dividend amounts

Last 36 regular payments, per share

CRF dividend history by year

YearPaymentsTotal per shareChange
2026year to date9$1.0620
202512$1.3948+14.0%
202412$1.2235-11.1%
202312$1.3765-32.4%
202212$2.0353+12.3%
202112$1.8118-14.4%
202012$2.1177-9.5%
201912$2.3412-13.5%
201812$2.7059+0.4%
201712$2.6941-17.9%
201612$3.2823-16.0%
201512$3.9059-4.6%
201412$4.0941-4.4%
201312$4.2824-7.1%
201212$4.6118-11.7%
201112$5.2235-8.3%
201012$5.6941-23.4%
200912$7.4353-51.2%
200812$15.2471-9.0%
200712$16.7529+1.1%
200612$16.5647+0.0%
200512$16.5647+0.0%
200412$16.5647+6.0%
200312$15.6235+9.8%
200211timing$14.2353+142.0%
20013timing$5.8824-28.6%
20004timing$8.2353+2.6%
19994timing$8.0235-0.7%
19984timing$8.0784-12.0%
19974timing$9.1765-0.8%
19964timing$9.2549+5.4%
19954timing$8.7843+8.7%
19944timing$8.0784-29.0%
19934timing$11.3725+0.7%
19924timing$11.2941-0.7%
19914timing$11.3725-2.0%
19904timing$11.6078+6.5%
19894timing$10.9020+8.6%
19884timing$10.0392+184.4%
19871timing$3.5294

Every CRF dividend

26 raises · 39 cuts · 0 specials
Ex-dividend datePay dateAmountChangeType
Sep 15, 2026$0.1180+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 14, 2026$0.1180+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 15, 2026$0.1180+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 15, 2026$0.1180+0.0%Unchanged
May 15, 2026$0.1180+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 15, 2026$0.1180+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 16, 2026$0.1180+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 17, 2026$0.1180+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 15, 2026$0.1180+0.9%Raise
Dec 15, 2025$0.1170+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 14, 2025$0.1170+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 15, 2025$0.1170+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 15, 2025$0.1170+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 15, 2025$0.1170+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 15, 2025$0.1170+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 16, 2025$0.1170+0.0%Unchanged
May 15, 2025$0.1170+2.0%Raise
Apr 15, 2025$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 14, 2025$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 14, 2025$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 15, 2025$0.1147+12.5%Raise
Dec 16, 2024$0.1020+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 15, 2024$0.1020+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 15, 2024$0.1020+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 16, 2024$0.1020+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 15, 2024$0.1020+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 15, 2024$0.1020+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 14, 2024$0.1020+0.0%Unchanged
May 14, 2024$0.1020+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 12, 2024$0.1020+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 14, 2024$0.1020+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 14, 2024$0.1020+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 12, 2024$0.1020-11.1%Cut
Dec 14, 2023$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 14, 2023$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 13, 2023$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 14, 2023$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 14, 2023$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 13, 2023$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 14, 2023$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
May 12, 2023$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 13, 2023$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 14, 2023$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 14, 2023$0.1147+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 13, 2023$0.1147-32.4%Cut
Dec 14, 2022$0.1696+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 14, 2022$0.1696+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 13, 2022$0.1696+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 14, 2022$0.1696+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 12, 2022$0.1696+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 14, 2022$0.1696+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 9, 2022$0.1696+0.0%Unchanged
May 13, 2022$0.1696+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 8, 2022$0.1696+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 14, 2022$0.1696+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 14, 2022$0.1696+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 13, 2022$0.1696+12.3%Raise
Dec 14, 2021$0.1510+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 12, 2021$0.1510+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 14, 2021$0.1510+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 14, 2021$0.1510+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 13, 2021$0.1510+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 14, 2021$0.1510+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 14, 2021$0.1510+0.0%Unchanged
May 13, 2021$0.1510+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 9, 2021$0.1510+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 12, 2021$0.1510+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 12, 2021$0.1510+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 14, 2021$0.1510-14.4%Cut
Dec 14, 2020$0.1765+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 13, 2020$0.1765+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 14, 2020$0.1765+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 14, 2020$0.1765+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 13, 2020$0.1765+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 14, 2020$0.1765+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 12, 2020$0.1765+0.0%Unchanged
May 14, 2020$0.1765+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 14, 2020$0.1765+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 13, 2020$0.1765+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 2020$0.1765+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 14, 2020$0.1765-9.5%Cut
Dec 13, 2019$0.1951+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 14, 2019$0.1951+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 11, 2019$0.1951+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 13, 2019$0.1951+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 14, 2019$0.1951+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 12, 2019$0.1951+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 13, 2019$0.1951+0.0%Unchanged
May 14, 2019$0.1951+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 12, 2019$0.1951+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 14, 2019$0.1951+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 14, 2019$0.1951+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 14, 2019$0.1951-13.5%Cut
Dec 13, 2018$0.2255+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 14, 2018$0.2255+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 12, 2018$0.2255+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 13, 2018$0.2255+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 16, 2018$0.2255+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 13, 2018$0.2255+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 14, 2018$0.2255+0.0%Unchanged
May 14, 2018$0.2255+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 12, 2018$0.2255+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 14, 2018$0.2255+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 14, 2018$0.2255+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 12, 2018$0.2255+0.4%Unchanged
Dec 14, 2017$0.2245+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 14, 2017$0.2245+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 12, 2017$0.2245+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 14, 2017$0.2245+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 16, 2017$0.2245+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 12, 2017$0.2245+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 13, 2017$0.2245+0.0%Unchanged
May 11, 2017$0.2245+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 11, 2017$0.2245+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 13, 2017$0.2245+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 2017$0.2245+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 11, 2017$0.2245-17.9%Cut
Dec 13, 2016$0.2735+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 10, 2016$0.2735+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 13, 2016$0.2735+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 13, 2016$0.2735+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 11, 2016$0.2735+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 13, 2016$0.2735+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 13, 2016$0.2735+0.0%Unchanged
May 12, 2016$0.2735+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 13, 2016$0.2735+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 11, 2016$0.2735+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 10, 2016$0.2735+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 13, 2016$0.2735-16.0%Cut
Dec 11, 2015$0.3255+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 10, 2015$0.3255+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 13, 2015$0.3255+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 11, 2015$0.3255+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 12, 2015$0.3255+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 13, 2015$0.3255+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 11, 2015$0.3255+0.0%Unchanged
May 13, 2015$0.3255+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 13, 2015$0.3255+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 12, 2015$0.3255+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 11, 2015$0.3255+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 13, 2015$0.3255-4.6%Cut
Dec 11, 2014$0.3412+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 12, 2014$0.3412+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 10, 2014$0.3412+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 11, 2014$0.3412+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 13, 2014$0.3412+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 11, 2014$0.3412+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 11, 2014$0.3412+0.0%Unchanged
May 13, 2014$0.3412+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 11, 2014$0.3412+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 12, 2014$0.3412+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 12, 2014$0.3412+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 13, 2014$0.3412-4.4%Cut
Dec 11, 2013$0.3569+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 20, 2013$0.3569+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 10, 2013$0.3569+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 12, 2013$0.3569+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 13, 2013$0.3569+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 11, 2013$0.3569+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 12, 2013$0.3569+0.0%Unchanged
May 13, 2013$0.3569+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 11, 2013$0.3569+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 13, 2013$0.3569+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 2013$0.3569+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 11, 2013$0.3569-7.1%Cut
Dec 12, 2012$0.3843+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 13, 2012$0.3843+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 11, 2012$0.3843+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 12, 2012$0.3843+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 13, 2012$0.3843+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 12, 2012$0.3843+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 13, 2012$0.3843+0.0%Unchanged
May 11, 2012$0.3843+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 11, 2012$0.3843+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 13, 2012$0.3843+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 2012$0.3843+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 11, 2012$0.3843-11.7%Cut
Dec 13, 2011$0.4353+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 10, 2011$0.4353+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 12, 2011$0.4353+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 13, 2011$0.4353+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 11, 2011$0.4353+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 13, 2011$0.4353+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 13, 2011$0.4353+0.0%Unchanged
May 11, 2011$0.4353+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 13, 2011$0.4353+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 11, 2011$0.4353+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 11, 2011$0.4353+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 12, 2011$0.4353-8.3%Cut
Dec 13, 2010$0.4745+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 10, 2010$0.4745+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 13, 2010$0.4745+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 13, 2010$0.4745+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 11, 2010$0.4745+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 13, 2010$0.4745+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 11, 2010$0.4745+0.0%Unchanged
May 12, 2010$0.4745+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 13, 2010$0.4745+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 11, 2010$0.4745+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 10, 2010$0.4745+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 13, 2010$0.4745-23.4%Cut
Dec 11, 2009$0.6196+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 10, 2009$0.6196+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 13, 2009$0.6196+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 11, 2009$0.6196+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 12, 2009$0.6196+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 13, 2009$0.6196+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 11, 2009$0.6196+0.0%Unchanged
May 13, 2009$0.6196+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 13, 2009$0.6196+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 11, 2009$0.6196+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 11, 2009$0.6196+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 13, 2009$0.6196-51.2%Cut
Dec 11, 2008$1.2706+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 12, 2008$1.2706+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 10, 2008$1.2706+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 11, 2008$1.2706+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 13, 2008$1.2706+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 11, 2008$1.2706+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 11, 2008$1.2706+0.0%Unchanged
May 13, 2008$1.2706+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 11, 2008$1.2706+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 12, 2008$1.2706+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 2008$1.2706+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 11, 2008$1.2706-9.0%Cut
Dec 12, 2007$1.3961+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 13, 2007$1.3961+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 11, 2007$1.3961+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 12, 2007$1.3961+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 13, 2007$1.3961+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 11, 2007$1.3961+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 13, 2007$1.3961+0.0%Unchanged
May 11, 2007$1.3961+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 11, 2007$1.3961+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 13, 2007$1.3961+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 2007$1.3961+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 10, 2007$1.3961+1.1%Raise
Dec 13, 2006$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 13, 2006$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 11, 2006$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 13, 2006$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 11, 2006$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 12, 2006$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 13, 2006$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
May 11, 2006$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 11, 2006$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 13, 2006$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 2006$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 11, 2006$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 13, 2005$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 10, 2005$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 12, 2005$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 13, 2005$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 11, 2005$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 13, 2005$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 13, 2005$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
May 11, 2005$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 13, 2005$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 11, 2005$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 11, 2005$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 12, 2005$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 13, 2004$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 10, 2004$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 13, 2004$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 13, 2004$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 11, 2004$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 13, 2004$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 14, 2004$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
May 12, 2004$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 13, 2004$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 11, 2004$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 11, 2004$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 13, 2004$1.3804+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 11, 2003$1.3804+6.7%Raise
Nov 12, 2003$1.2941-0.6%Cut
Oct 10, 2003$1.3020+0.6%Raise
Sep 11, 2003$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 13, 2003$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 11, 2003$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 11, 2003$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
May 13, 2003$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 11, 2003$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 12, 2003$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 12, 2003$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 13, 2003$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Dec 11, 2002$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 13, 2002$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 10, 2002$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Sep 12, 2002$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Aug 13, 2002$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 11, 2002$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 12, 2002$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
May 13, 2002$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 11, 2002$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 13, 2002$1.2941+0.0%Unchanged
Feb 13, 2002$1.2941-34.0%Cut
Oct 17, 2001$1.9608+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 18, 2001$1.9608+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 25, 2001$1.9608-16.7%Cut
Dec 20, 2000$2.3529+20.0%Raise
Oct 18, 2000$1.9608+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 19, 2000$1.9608+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 18, 2000$1.9608-3.8%Cut
Dec 21, 1999$2.0392+4.0%Raise
Oct 20, 1999$1.9608-4.9%Cut
Jul 21, 1999$2.0627+5.2%Raise
Apr 21, 1999$1.9608-7.4%Cut
Dec 16, 1998$2.1176+3.8%Raise
Oct 21, 1998$2.0392-3.7%Cut
Jul 22, 1998$2.1176+17.4%Raise
Apr 15, 1998$1.8039-37.8%Cut
Dec 17, 1997$2.9020+42.3%Raise
Oct 22, 1997$2.0392+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 16, 1997$2.0392-7.1%Cut
Apr 16, 1997$2.1961-26.3%Cut
Dec 18, 1996$2.9804+46.2%Raise
Oct 16, 1996$2.0392+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 17, 1996$2.0392-7.1%Cut
Apr 17, 1996$2.1961-15.2%Cut
Dec 20, 1995$2.5882+22.2%Raise
Oct 18, 1995$2.1176+3.8%Raise
Jul 19, 1995$2.0392+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 17, 1995$2.0392-7.1%Cut
Dec 19, 1994$2.1961+12.0%Raise
Oct 17, 1994$1.9608+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 18, 1994$1.9608+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 18, 1994$1.9608-56.1%Cut
Dec 20, 1993$4.4706+103.6%Raise
Oct 18, 1993$2.1961-3.4%Cut
Jul 19, 1993$2.2745-6.5%Cut
Apr 19, 1993$2.4314-35.4%Cut
Dec 21, 1992$3.7647+54.8%Raise
Oct 19, 1992$2.4314+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 20, 1992$2.4314-8.8%Cut
Apr 20, 1992$2.6667-15.0%Cut
Dec 19, 1991$3.1373+14.3%Raise
Oct 11, 1991$2.7451+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 12, 1991$2.7451+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 12, 1991$2.7451-22.2%Cut
Dec 19, 1990$3.5294+28.6%Raise
Oct 12, 1990$2.7451+2.9%Raise
Jul 13, 1990$2.6667+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 12, 1990$2.6667-12.8%Cut
Dec 18, 1989$3.0588+14.7%Raise
Oct 13, 1989$2.6667+3.0%Raise
Jun 12, 1989$2.5882+0.0%Unchanged
Mar 13, 1989$2.5882-8.3%Cut
Dec 12, 1988$2.8235+16.1%Raise
Sep 12, 1988$2.4314+10.7%Raise
Jun 6, 1988$2.1961-15.2%Cut
Mar 7, 1988$2.5882-26.7%Cut
Dec 4, 1987$3.5294First

Amounts are per share and adjusted for stock splits, so early payments appear smaller than the cash paid at the time; a year with an extra or missing ex-date shows as a jump in the annual table. Change compares each regular payment with the previous regular one; payments of at least 2.5 times the recent median are treated as specials. Data refreshes daily; informational only, not investment advice. Back to CRF