Shareholders' Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Equity [Abstract]

Dividends Declared

The following table lists the regular dividends declared and paid by the Company during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:

Declaration Date	Shareholder Record Date	Securities Class	Dividend Per Share		Period Covered	Distribution Date	Dividend Amount
							(in thousands)
2019
February 19, 2019	March 8, 2019	Common Stock	$	0.68	First Quarter 2019	March 22, 2019	$	145,954
May 28, 2019	June 14, 2019	Common Stock	$	0.68	Second Quarter 2019	June 28, 2019	$	145,978
August 20, 2019	September 6, 2019	Common Stock	$	0.68	Third Quarter 2019	September 20, 2019	$	145,984
November 26, 2019	December 13, 2019	Common Stock	$	0.70	Fourth Quarter 2019	December 27, 2019	$	150,285
2018
February 1, 2018	March 9, 2018	Common Stock	$	0.63	First Quarter 2018	March 23, 2018	$	134,490
April 24, 2018	June 15, 2018	Common Stock	$	0.63	Second Quarter 2018	June 29, 2018	$	134,631
July 31, 2018	September 7, 2018	Common Stock	$	0.63	Third Quarter 2018	September 21, 2018	$	134,844
October 12, 2018	December 14, 2018	Common Stock	$	0.68	Fourth Quarter 2018	December 28, 2018	$	145,627
2017
February 1, 2017	March 13, 2017	Common Stock	$	0.62	First Quarter 2017	March 24, 2017	$	129,007
April 25, 2017	June 16, 2017	Common Stock	$	0.62	Second Quarter 2017	June 30, 2017	$	131,554
July 25, 2017	September 8, 2017	Common Stock	$	0.63	Third Quarter 2017	September 22, 2017	$	133,936
October 19, 2017	December 1, 2017	Common Stock	$	0.63	Fourth Quarter 2017	December 15, 2017	$	133,942

Dividends Classification

A summary of the Company's common stock distributions for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 is as follows (unaudited):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in dollars per share)
Qualified dividends	$	0.0387		$	0.0391		$	0.0543
Non-qualified dividends	2.2649			2.2955			2.2436
Capital gains	0.0353			0.0270			0.0371
Non-taxable return of capital	0.4011			0.2084			0.1650
Total distributions per common share	$	2.74		$	2.57		$	2.50
Percentage classified as qualified dividends	1.41		%	1.52		%	2.17		%
Percentage classified as non-qualified dividends	82.66		%	89.32		%	89.75		%
Percentage classified as capital gains	1.29		%	1.05		%	1.48		%
Percentage classified as non-taxable return of capital	14.64		%	8.11		%	6.60		%
	100.00		%	100.00		%	100.00		%