Top-performing listed REITs
Ranked by one-year total return
| Rank | Company/Ticker symbol | Web site | Property focus | # of properties | One-year total return* | Dividend yield* | Implied market capitalization ($M)* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Extra Space Storage Inc. Ticker:(EXR) | extraspace.com | Self-storage | 676 | 41.8% | 2.3% | $2,377.1 |
| 2 | Education Realty Trust Inc. Ticker:(EDR) | edrtrust.com | Specialty | 35 | 41.0% | 2.8% | $944.0 |
| 3 | Mission West Properties Inc. Ticker:(MSW) | missionwest.com | Office | 112 | 40.2% | 5.7% | $952.8 |
| 4 | CoreSite Realty Corp. Ticker:(COR) | coresite.com | Specialty | 13 | 38.9% | 3.9% | $853.5 |
| 5 | American Campus Communities Inc. Ticker:(ACC) | americancampus.com | Specialty | 103 | 37.8% | 3.2% | $2,986.7 |
| 6 | Simon Property Group Inc. Ticker:(SPG) | simon.com | Regional mall | 391 | 34.8% | 2.8% | $44,977.3 |
| 7 | Digital Realty Trust Inc. Ticker:(DLR) | digitalrealty.com | Specialty | 100 | 34.3% | 4.1% | $7,337.8 |
| 8 | Public Storage Ticker:(PSA) | publicstorage.com | Self-storage | 2,455 | 34.1% | 2.9% | $22,658.4 |
| 9 | Essex Property Trust Inc. Ticker:(ESS) | essexpropertytrust.com | Multifamily | 153 | 27.2% | 3.0% | $5,088.5 |
| 10 | Sovran Self Storage Inc. Ticker:(SSS) | unclebobs.com/company | Self-storage | 424 | 25.3% | 4.1% | $1,242.5 |
| 11 | Taubman Centers Inc. Ticker:(TCO) | taubman.com | Regional mall | 23 | 25.2% | 2.9% | $5,233.9 |
| 12 | Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc. Ticker:(ELS) | equitylifestyle.com | Manufactured homes | 365 | 23.9% | 2.2% | $3,010.0 |
| 13 | Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. Ticker:(ROIC) | roireit.net | Shopping center | 32 | 23.0% | 4.1% | $569.0 |
| 14 | Post Properties Inc. Ticker:(PPS) | postproperties.com | Multifamily | 55 | 22.4% | 2.0% | $2,245.3 |
| 15 | Rayonier Inc. Ticker:(RYN) | rayonier.com | Specialty | N/A | 22.2% | 3.6% | $5,487.2 |
| 16 | BRE Properties Inc. Ticker:(BRE) | breproperties.com | Multifamily | 90 | 21.7% | 3.0% | $3,786.2 |
| 17 | Health Care REIT Inc. Ticker:(HCN) | hcreit.com | Health care | 871 | 21.2% | 5.5% | $10,381.2 |
| 18 | Sun Communities Inc. Ticker:(SUI) | suncommunities.com | Manufactured homes | 155 | 21.0% | 6.7% | $891.6 |
| 19 | AvalonBay Communities Inc. Ticker:(AVB) | avalonbay.com | Multifamily | 184 | 20.5% | 2.8% | $12,190.5 |
| 20 | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. Ticker:(SKT) | tangeroutlet.com | Retail: other | 38 | 20.4% | 2.7% | $2,889.6 |
| 21 | Federal Realty Investment Trust Ticker:(FRT) | federalrealty.com | Shopping center | 93 | 20.0% | 3.1% | $5,744.9 |
| 22 | Boston Properties Inc. Ticker:(BXP) | bostonproperties.com | Office | 149 | 19.3% | 2.2% | $16,519.2 |
| 23 | LTC Properties Inc. Ticker:(LTC) | ltcproperties.com | Health care | 169 | 19.0% | 5.6% | $948.7 |
| 24 | Camden Property Trust Ticker:(CPT) | camdenliving.com | Multifamily | 197 | 17.6% | 3.2% | $4,430.5 |
| 25 | HCP Inc. Ticker:(HCP) | hcpi.com | Health care | 1,038 | 16.5% | 4.8% | $16,722.0 |
| Ranking is based on unrounded numbers. Includes only those publicly traded U.S. equity REITs with an implied market cap greater than $200M. For 12-month period ended Sept. 30 unless otherwise noted. N/M = not meaningful; N/A = not available. *As of Jan. 6. Source: SNL Financial | |||||||
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