Real estate investment trusts are often evaluated for income, property quality, leverage and the durability of cash flows. This list ranks securities classified as REITs using Wall Street Score while showing additional valuation and dividend context.
Educational research only—not investment advice, a recommendation, or a prediction of future performance. Rankings can change as prices, filings and company data are refreshed. Verify important information independently.
Coverage: qualifying stocks with market capitalization of at least $10 billion, complete scoring inputs, and a financial refresh within 240 days. This is a limited research universe, not a ranking of every listed company. A refresh date is not the financial reporting period. Revenue CAGR measures annualized historical growth, not a forecast. Check dividend history for the yield basis and any special payments.
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| Rank | Company | WSS | Price | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | VICI Properties Inc. VICI · Real Estate | 66 | $23.52 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. OHI · Real Estate | 50 | $46.13 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Simon Property Group, Inc. SPG · Real Estate | 48 | $211.24 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. GLPI · Real Estate | 47 | $38.45 | 8.6% |
| #5 | Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. HST · Real Estate | 47 | $24.8 | 3.6% |
| #6 | EastGroup Properties, Inc. EGP · Real Estate | 43 | $197.28 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Prologis, Inc. PLD · Real Estate | 41 | $125.14 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Regency Centers Corporation REG · Real Estate | 35 | $73.19 | 3.8% |
| #9 | Extra Space Storage Inc. EXR · Real Estate | 35 | $144.75 | 4.9% |
| #10 | Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. ELS · Real Estate | 32 | $57.97 | 3.4% |
| #11 | Equinix, Inc. EQIX · Real Estate | 32 | $1,007.66 | 2.0% |
| #12 | American Homes 4 Rent AMH · Real Estate | 31 | $31.21 | 4.1% |
| #13 | UDR, Inc. UDR · Real Estate | 31 | $34.71 | 5.1% |
| #14 | Vivmark Residential VMRK · Real Estate | 30 | $62.41 | 4.5% |
| #15 | Public Storage PSA · Real Estate | 30 | $314.06 | 4.3% |
| #16 | Equity Residential EQR · Real Estate | 30 | $63.66 | 4.4% |
| #17 | American Tower Corporation AMT · Real Estate | 30 | $183.83 | 4.1% |
| #18 | Lamar Advertising Company LAMR · Real Estate | 29 | $155.14 | 4.6% |
| #19 | Welltower Inc. WELL · Real Estate | 29 | $227.2 | 1.1% |
| #20 | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. AVB · Real Estate | 28 | $184.06 | 3.8% |
| #21 | Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. MAA · Real Estate | 28 | $118.75 | 5.3% |
| #22 | Healthpeak Properties, Inc. DOC · Real Estate | 28 | $19.02 | 6.4% |
| #23 | Weyerhaeuser Company WY · Real Estate | 27 | $19.19 | 4.3% |
| #24 | SBA Communications Corporation SBAC · Real Estate | 26 | $184.76 | 2.5% |
| #25 | Realty Income Corporation O · Real Estate | 25 | $56.91 | 5.9% |
The page uses Wall Street Score's REIT classification, requires a current score, excludes public-ranking-ineligible names and ranks the remaining securities by WSS.
Because this page reads from the same stock database used by Wall Street Score, it does not need a manually rewritten ranking every day. Changes in the underlying data can change which stocks qualify and their order.
Treat the list as a starting point for research. Open individual stock pages to review the underlying score components, valuation and intrinsic value, financial health, corporate-risk warnings, insider activity and other available signals before reaching your own conclusion.
Read the Wall Street Score methodologyEquity REITs generally own income-producing properties; mortgage REITs generally invest in property loans or mortgage-related securities. Their cash flows and risks differ. Industry classification is a starting point: check the issuer's filings to confirm REIT status and strategy. A real estate company is not automatically a REIT.
For property REITs, compare occupancy, lease expirations, same-property results and the issuer's reconciliation of FFO or AFFO. These measures are not interchangeable with cash available for dividends. For mortgage REITs, investigate leverage, funding, credit exposure and interest-rate sensitivity. A high dividend yield or WSS alone does not establish distribution sustainability.
A real estate investment trust is a company that owns, operates or finances income-producing real estate and generally follows special tax and distribution rules.
Useful factors include property type, occupancy, debt, interest coverage, cash-flow durability, valuation and dividend sustainability.
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