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Best Diversified Real Estate Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top diversified real estate stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best diversified real estate stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best diversified real estate stocks to buy right now are:

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) is the #1 top diversified real estate stock out of 4 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 22 points higher than the diversified real estate industry average of 29.

CHCI passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Comstock Holding Companies has seen its stock return 59.58% over the past year, overperforming other diversified real estate stocks by 33 percentage points.

Stratus Properties (NASDAQ:STRS) is the #2 top diversified real estate stock out of 4 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Stratus Properties (NASDAQ:STRS) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Stratus Properties (NASDAQ:STRS) has a Due Diligence Score of 13, which is -16 points lower than the diversified real estate industry average of 29.

STRS passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Stratus Properties has seen its stock return 96.11% over the past year, overperforming other diversified real estate stocks by 70 percentage points.

St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE) is the #3 top diversified real estate stock out of 4 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE) is: Value: C, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 4 points higher than the diversified real estate industry average of 29.

JOE passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. St Joe Co has seen its stock return 43.45% over the past year, overperforming other diversified real estate stocks by 17 percentage points.

Out of 1 diversified real estate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 1 diversified real estate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE) has an annual dividend yield of 0.75%, which is the same as the diversified real estate industry average of 0.75%. St Joe Co's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. St Joe Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

St Joe Co's dividend payout ratio of 30.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued diversified real estate stocks right now are:

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) is the most undervalued diversified real estate stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Comstock Holding Companies has a valuation score of 57, which is 25 points higher than the diversified real estate industry average of 32. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Comstock Holding Companies's stock has gained 59.58% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the diversified real estate industry by 33 percentage points.

Howard Hughes Holdings (NYSE:HHH) is the second most undervalued diversified real estate stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Howard Hughes Holdings has a valuation score of 43, which is 11 points higher than the diversified real estate industry average of 32. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Howard Hughes Holdings's stock has dropped -6.34% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the diversified real estate industry by -32 percentage points.

Stratus Properties (NASDAQ:STRS) is the third most undervalued diversified real estate stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Stratus Properties has a valuation score of 29, which is -3 points higher than the diversified real estate industry average of 32. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Stratus Properties's stock has gained 96.11% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the diversified real estate industry by 70 percentage points.

Diversified real estate stocks were down -1.65% in the last day, and down -6.65% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why diversified real estate stocks are down.