---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-038459"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSR"
cik: "0001175535"
company_name: "Whitestone REIT"
filed_at: "2025-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:31:36.260535+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Whitestone REIT authorizes $50M buyback, raises quarterly dividend 5.6% to $0.1425, shifts to quarterly payments

## Summary
- Board authorized $50M share repurchase program through May 20, 2028; open market or private purchases.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.1425 per share, a 5.6% increase over previous quarterly amount.
- Company moving from monthly to quarterly dividend schedule; first quarterly dividend payable March 30, 2026.
- Record date for Q1 2026 dividend is March 16, 2026; per-share amount $0.1425 for common and OP units.
- CEO cites 5-7% long-term Core FFO growth target and improved leverage as rationale for dividend hike.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-038459
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSR
- cik: 0001175535
- company_name: Whitestone REIT
- filed_at: 2025-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000143774925038459/0001437749-25-038459-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000143774925038459/wstr20251218_8k.htm

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