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Best Real Estate stocks.

The screen: REITs and real-estate operators — valued on assets and covered distributions rather than free cash flow, ranked on a financial-strength score tuned for property returns, price-to-book, and dividend coverage.

How this ranking works

Real Estate companies are balance-sheet businesses — free cash flow and returns on invested capital, which our quality-growth score relies on, aren't meaningful for them. So every real estate name in our US universe is scored on a separate financial-strength model instead: a 0–100 read blending profitability (returns on equity), value (price-to-book for banks and REITs, price-to-earnings for fee-based managers), and covered income (a healthy, sustainable dividend). The table below ranks them by that score, highest first, and re-scores every trading day. This is a different scale from the quality-growth score on other stocks — it ranks financials against each other, not against the whole market.

REITs and real-estate operators — valued on assets and covered distributions rather than free cash flow, ranked on a financial-strength score tuned for property returns, price-to-book, and dividend coverage.

Top of the sector: Crown Castle Inc. (CCI)
THE BULL RANKINGS SCORECARD94.4/ 100 · FIN STRENGTHPEER MEDIANREIT94.4
#TickerCompanyFin. strength
1CCIREIT - SpecialtyCrown Castle Inc.94.4
2VICIREIT - DiversifiedVICI Properties Inc.89.9
3KRCREIT - OfficeKilroy Realty Corporation82.7
4VTMXReal Estate - DiversifiedCorporación Inmobiliaria Vesta, S.A.B. de C.V.82.3
5HIWREIT - OfficeHighwoods Properties, Inc.80.3
6APLEREIT - Hotel & MotelApple Hospitality REIT, Inc.79.9
7EPRREIT - SpecialtyEPR Properties79.9
8GTYREIT - RetailGetty Realty Corp.78.4
9LTCREIT - Healthcare FacilitiesLTC Properties, Inc.78.0
10EFCREIT - MortgageEllington Financial Inc.77.7
11MRPREIT - ResidentialMillrose Properties, Inc.77.4
12VMRKREIT - ResidentialAvalonBay Communities, Inc.77.2
13ARRREIT - MortgageARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.76.7
14AREREIT - OfficeAlexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.76.3
15KRGREIT - RetailKite Realty Group Trust76.1
16BNLREIT - DiversifiedBroadstone Net Lease, Inc.76.0
17OHIREIT - Healthcare FacilitiesOmega Healthcare Investors, Inc.74.9
18DXREIT - MortgageDynex Capital, Inc.74.7
19AATREIT - DiversifiedAmerican Assets Trust, Inc.74.6
20NNNREIT - RetailNNN REIT, Inc.74.6
21RLJREIT - Hotel & MotelRLJ Lodging Trust74.6
22AKRREIT - RetailAcadia Realty Trust74.5
23RITMREIT - MortgageRithm Capital Corp.74.5
24WPCREIT - DiversifiedW. P. Carey Inc.74.2
25PKREIT - Hotel & MotelPark Hotels & Resorts Inc.73.7
26EPRTREIT - RetailEssential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.73.4
27DEIREIT - OfficeDouglas Emmett, Inc.73.2
28KIMREIT - RetailKimco Realty Corporation73.2
29DRHREIT - Hotel & MotelDiamondRock Hospitality Company72.9
30TRNOREIT - IndustrialTerreno Realty Corporation72.9
31NHIREIT - Healthcare FacilitiesNational Health Investors, Inc.72.8
32RYNREIT - SpecialtyRayonier Inc.72.8
33NLYREIT - MortgageAnnaly Capital Management, Inc.72.6
34AGNCREIT - MortgageAGNC Investment Corp.71.8
35GLPIREIT - SpecialtyGaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.71.7
36OREIT - RetailRealty Income Corporation71.5
37CCSReal Estate - DevelopmentCentury Communities, Inc.71.2
38ADCREIT - RetailAgree Realty Corporation70.2
39LINEREIT - IndustrialLineage, Inc.69.9
40HSTREIT - Hotel & MotelHost Hotels & Resorts, Inc.69.6

What Real Estate is made of

REAL ESTATE BY SUB-INDUSTRYRetail REITs21Specialty REITs17Real Estate Services14Industrial REITs14Healthcare REITs12Residential REITs12Hotel REITs9Office REITs8+1 smaller industries (8 names)115 names, 9 industries.

Every scored name in the sector, grouped by the industry it reports under.

Where analysts are moving on Real Estate

Across the 100 Real Estate names with a reading, the median forward earnings estimate is roughly unchanged — +0.2% over 90 days, in line with the market (+0.3%). 40 of 100 are being revised up, 32 down.

WHERE ANALYSTS ARE MOVING402832100 MEMBERS WITH A READINGRISINGFLATFALLINGNO CHANGEMARKET+0.2%The median is roughly unchanged, in line with the market. 40of 100 Real Estate names with a reading are rising, 32falling. Estimate direction is not part of the score.

Biggest upgrades

  • AHR · American Healthcare REIT, Inc.+15.1%
  • CCS · Century Communities, Inc.+11.9%
  • PK · Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.+11.9%

Biggest downgrades

  • BXMT · Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.-21.4%
  • VTMX · Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta, S.A.B. de C.V.-15.1%
  • PECO · Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.-11.5%

Forward earnings estimates implied by price ÷ forward P/E, both captured at the same moment each trading day since June 2026, so a moving share price does not move these figures — only a changed forecast does. 100 of 115 members carry a reading; the rest have no forward P/E to imply one from, which is normal for loss-makers. Estimate direction is not part of the Bull Rankings score. Biggest movers across the market →

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