REITs ranked by one-year total return

REITs ranked by one-year total return
All the numbers behind top-performing real estate investment trusts
JUL 12, 2015
Company/Ticker symbol Property focus/ # of properties One-year total return* Dividend yield* Implied market capitalization ($M)* 2014 funds from operations per share/growth Debt-to-total capitalization 2014/2013 Fixed-charge coverage ratio (multiple) 2014/2013
Associated Estates Realty Corp. (AEC) Multifamily/51 70.6% 2.9% $1,656.8 $1.26/ -0.8% 35.9%/46.8% 3.9/3.2
CoreSite Realty Corp. (COR) Data center/17 49.5% 3.5% $2,238.5 $2.22/22.0% 14%/12.6% 9.3/9.1
QTS Realty Trust Inc. (QTS) Data center/12 39.4% 3.4% $1,823.0 $1.91/N/A 33.8%/27.6% 6.2/8.5
Sun Communities Inc. (SUI) Manufactured home/243 35.0% 4.0% $3,678.0 $3.06/-1.6% 36.2%/45.9% 2.7/2.5
Extra Space Storage Inc. (EXR) Self-storage/835 34.8% 3.4% $8,788.3 $2.52/28.6% 24.9%/27.5% 4.9/4.5
CyrusOne Inc. (CONE) Data center/27 34.8% 4.1% $2,003.3 $1.73/41.8% 28.8%/29.3% 4.0/3.0
CubeSmart (CUBE) Self-storage/463 33.9% 2.7% $4,071.7 $1.03/18.4% 23.9%/32.8% 3.7/3.4
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI) Regional mall/39 33.3% 3.7% $1,770.6 $1.82/0.65 45.3%/51.6% 2.2/2.0
Equinix Inc. (REIT) Data center/104 31.9% 2.6% $14,876.9 $2.76/-67.5% 26.8%/31.8% 3.7/3.6
Summit Hotel Properties Inc. (INN) Hotel/90 30.4% 3.6% $1,148.7 $0.9/36.4% 32.8%/30.6% 2.8/2.5
Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT) Hotel/131 28.7% 4.3% $1,076.2 $1.91/28.2% 35.7%/33.6% 2.7/2.9
Macerich Company (MAC) Regional mall/68 28.6% 3.2% $13,921.0 $3.54/0.3% 30.3%/33.2% 3.5/3.2
Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc. (ELS) Manufactured home/386 27.6% 2.7% $5,018.5 $2.69/28.7% 31.4%/39.0% 3.0/2.7
DuPont Fabros Technology Inc. (DFT) Data center/11 27.3% 5.3% $2,582.4 $2.37/62.3% 25.2%/27.1% 4.1/3.1
Iron Mountain Inc. (IRM) Data center/264 27.0% 5.8% $6,891.0 $2.55/N/A 36.5%/N/A 3.4/N/A
Essex Property Trust Inc. (ESS) Multifamily/244 25.7% 2.6% $15,063.8 $7.89/4.0% 27.1%/34.4% 3.9/3.4
UDR Inc. (UDR) Multifamily/166 25.6% 3.3% $8,961.7 $1.56/8.3% 29.8%/35.9% 3.6/3.4
Digital Realty Trust Inc. (DLR) Data center/130 25.4% 4.9% $9,542.8 $5.04/6.3% 31.3%/40.9% 3.7/3.7
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (ARE) Office/183 24.9% 3.3% $6,721.3 $4.42/2.1% 35.2%/38.2% 4.3/4.2
Apartment Investment and Management Co. (AIV) Multifamily/198 24.8% 3.1% $6,305.6 $2.07/1.5% 40.1%/50.1% 2.5/2.4
Equity Residential (EQR) Multifamily/387 24.6% 3.0% $28,298.0 $3.15/34% 28.5%/35.4% 3.5/3.0
Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. (GLPI) Casino/N/A 24.5% 5.8% $4,331.5 $2.37/690% 44%/34.3% 3.5/5.1
Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. (RHP) Hotel/12 24.0% 4.7% $2,863.1 $4.27/14.2% 33.3%/35.4% 4.6/3.9
Preferred Apartment Communities Inc. (APTS) Multifamily/22 23.7% 7.0% $234.3 $0.63/N/A 51.1%/45.3% 1.6/1.0
Winthrop Realty Trust (FUR) Diversified/47 23.3% 0.0% $553.7 N/A/N/A 39.3%/50.7% 1.8/2.0
Ranking based on unrounded figures. Includes only those publicly traded US equity REITs with an implied market cap greater than $200M. As of Dec. 31 unless otherwise noted NA = Not Available *As of June 18 Source: SNL Financial

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