xenia hotels  resorts inc xhr said friday that it has reinstated its quarterly dividend after stopping payment around the start of the covid19 pandemic the upscale hotel real estate investment trust said it will pay a quarterly dividend of 10 cents a share on oct 14 to shareholders of record on sept 30 based on thursdays stock closing price of 1622 the annual dividend rate implies a dividend yield of 247 which compares with the yield for the spdr real estate select sector etf xlre of 314 and the implied yield for the sp 500 spx of 169 the last quarterly dividend paid was 275 cents a share in march 2020 xenias stock which was still inactive in premarket trading has gained 16 over the past three months while the reit sector etf has tacked on 14 and the sp 500 has advanced 29