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Dividends (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Dividends [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends Declared and Paid | The following table outlines the dividends declared and paid for NNN's common stock for the years ended December 31 (in thousands, except per share data):
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Dividends | $ | 303,164 |  |  | $ | 277,120 |  |  | $ | 257,007 |
Per share | 1.950 |  |  | 1.860 |  |  | 1.780 |
Common Stock, Dividends Paid | The following presents the characterization for tax purposes of common stock dividends per share paid to stockholders for the years ended December 31:
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Ordinary dividends | $ | 1.658604 |  | (1) | $ | 1.559781 |  |  | $ | 1.513705 |
Capital gain | 0.015534 |  |  | 0.035041 |  |  | — |
Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain | 0.042818 |  |  | 0.012194 |  |  | — |
Nontaxable distributions | 0.233044 |  |  | 0.252984 |  |  | 0.266295 |
| $ | 1.950000 |  |  | $ | 1.860000 |  |  | $ | 1.780000 |
(1) | Eligible for the 20% qualified business income deduction under section 199A of the Code that was established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law on December 22, 2017 ("TCJA").
Preferred Stock, Dividends Paid | The following presents the characterization for tax purposes of Series D, E and F Preferred Stock dividends per share and dividends declared and paid to stockholders for the year ended December 31 (dollars in thousands, except per share data):
| Series F(1) |  | Series E(2) |  | Series D(3)
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Ordinary dividends | $ | 1.255820 |  | (4) | $ | 1.261789 |  |  | $ | 0.231111 |  |  | $ | 1.376571 |  | (4) | $ | 1.383115 |  |  | $ | 1.425000 |  |  | $ | 0.303652 |  |  | $ | 1.656250 |
Capital gain | 0.011761 |  |  | 0.028345 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.012892 |  |  | 0.031071 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.006821 |  |  | — |
Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain | 0.032419 |  |  | 0.009866 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.035537 |  |  | 0.010814 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.002374 |  |  | — |
Dividend paid per share | $ | 1.300000 |  |  | $ | 1.300000 |  |  | $ | 0.231111 |  |  | $ | 1.425000 |  |  | $ | 1.425000 |  |  | $ | 1.425000 |  |  | $ | 0.312847 |  |  | $ | 1.656250 |
Dividends declared and paid | $ | 17,940 |  |  | $ | 17,940 |  |  | $ | 3,189 |  |  | $ | 16,387 |  |  | $ | 16,387 |  |  | $ | 16,387 |  |  | $ | 3,598 |  |  | $ | 19,047 |
(1) The Series F Preferred Stock was issued in October 2016 and has no maturity date and will remain outstanding unless redeemed by NNN. The earliest redemption date for the Series F Preferred Stock is October 2021. (2) The Series E Preferred Stock has no maturity date and will remain outstanding unless redeemed by NNN. As of May 2018, the Series E Preferred Stock is redeemable by NNN. (3) The Series D Preferred Stock was redeemed in February 2017. The dividends paid in 2017 include accumulated and unpaid dividends through the redemption date. (4) Eligible for the 20% qualified business income deduction under section 199A of the Code that was established by the TCJA.

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