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Best Diversified Real Estate Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top diversified real estate stocks in 2025 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.

Industry: Real Estate - Diversified
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Real Estate - Diversified is Zen Rated A and is the 1st ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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Ticker
Company
DD Score
Valuation Score
Financials Score
Forecast Score
Performance Score
Dividends Score
CHCI
COMSTOCK HOLDING COMPANIES INC
59
57
100
0
80
HHH
HOWARD HUGHES HOLDINGS INC
17
43
14
0
10
JOE
ST JOE CO
28
0
0
0
60
80
STRS
STRATUS PROPERTIES INC
11
14
29
0
10
0

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What are the best diversified real estate stocks to buy right now in May 2025?

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:

1. Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI)


Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) is the #1 top diversified real estate stock out of 4 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) has a Due Diligence Score of 59, which is 30 points higher than the diversified real estate industry average of 29.

CHCI passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Comstock Holding Companies has seen its stock return 42.06% over the past year, overperforming other diversified real estate stocks by 53 percentage points.

2. Howard Hughes Holdings (NYSE:HHH)


Howard Hughes Holdings (NYSE:HHH) is the #2 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 Howard Hughes Holdings (NYSE:HHH) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Howard Hughes Holdings (NYSE:HHH) has a Due Diligence Score of 17, which is -12 points lower than the diversified real estate industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates HHH as a "B".

HHH passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Howard Hughes Holdings has seen its stock return 2.1% over the past year, overperforming other diversified real estate stocks by 13 percentage points.

Howard Hughes Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $82.00, an upside of 23.25% from Howard Hughes Holdings's current stock price of $66.53.

Howard Hughes Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Howard Hughes Holdings, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE)


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: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is -1 points lower than the diversified real estate industry average of 29.

JOE passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. St Joe Co has seen its stock lose -26.01% over the past year, underperforming other diversified real estate stocks by -15 percentage points.

What are the diversified real estate stocks with highest dividends?

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:

1. St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE)


St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE) has an annual dividend yield of 1.28%, which is the same as the diversified real estate industry average of 1.28%. 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 40.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are diversified real estate stocks down?

Diversified real estate stocks were down -1.72% in the last day, and down -0.51% over the last week.

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

What are the most undervalued diversified real estate stocks?

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:

1. Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI)


Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) is the most undervalued diversified real estate stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. 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 28 points higher than the diversified real estate industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Comstock Holding Companies's stock has gained 42.06% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the diversified real estate industry by 53 percentage points.

2. St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE)


St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE) 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.

St Joe Co has a valuation score of 0, which is -29 points higher than the diversified real estate industry average of 29. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

St Joe Co's stock has dropped -26.01% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the diversified real estate industry by -15 percentage points.

3. Howard Hughes Holdings (NYSE:HHH)


Howard Hughes Holdings (NYSE:HHH) 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.

Howard Hughes Holdings has a valuation score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the diversified real estate industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Howard Hughes Holdings's stock has gained 2.1% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the diversified real estate industry by 13 percentage points.

Are diversified real estate stocks a good buy now?

100% of diversified real estate stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect diversified real estate stocks to rise by 23.25% over the next year.

33.33% of diversified real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 33.33% of diversified real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 33.33% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the real estate - diversified industry?

The average P/E ratio of the real estate - diversified industry is 23.75x.
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