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Best Industrial REIT Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top industrial reit stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best industrial reit 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 industrial reit stocks to buy right now are:

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) is the #1 top industrial reit stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) has a Due Diligence Score of 29, which is -1 points lower than the industrial reit industry average of 30.

COLD passed 9 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Americold Realty Trust has seen its stock return 34.99% over the past year, overperforming other industrial reit stocks by 22 percentage points.

Americold Realty Trust has an average 1 year price target of $15.44, a downside of -3.54% from Americold Realty Trust's current stock price of $16.01.

Americold Realty Trust stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Americold Realty Trust, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 22.22% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 11.11% have issued a Strong Sell.

Stag Industrial (NYSE:STAG) is the #2 top industrial reit stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Stag Industrial (NYSE:STAG) is: Value: C, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Stag Industrial (NYSE:STAG) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is -5 points lower than the industrial reit industry average of 30.

STAG passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Stag Industrial has seen its stock lose -5.16% over the past year, underperforming other industrial reit stocks by -18 percentage points.

Stag Industrial has an average 1 year price target of $40.40, an upside of 10.38% from Stag Industrial's current stock price of $36.60.

Stag Industrial stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Stag Industrial, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 40% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 20% have issued a Strong Sell.

Smartstop Self Storage Reit (NYSE:SMA) is the #3 top industrial reit stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Smartstop Self Storage Reit (NYSE:SMA) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Smartstop Self Storage Reit (NYSE:SMA) has a Due Diligence Score of 21, which is -9 points lower than the industrial reit industry average of 30.

SMA passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Smartstop Self Storage Reit has seen its stock return 14.03% over the past year, overperforming other industrial reit stocks by 1 percentage points.

Smartstop Self Storage Reit has an average 1 year price target of $35.83, a downside of -7.93% from Smartstop Self Storage Reit's current stock price of $38.92.

Smartstop Self Storage Reit stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Smartstop Self Storage Reit, 16.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 16.67% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 15 industrial reit stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 industrial reit stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE:IIPR) has an annual dividend yield of 13.86%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the industrial reit industry average of 4.89%. Innovative Industrial Properties's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Innovative Industrial Properties's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Innovative Industrial Properties's dividend payout ratio of 168.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Global Self Storage (NASDAQ:SELF) has an annual dividend yield of 5.99%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the industrial reit industry average of 4.89%. Global Self Storage's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Global Self Storage's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Global Self Storage's dividend payout ratio of 161.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Americold Realty Trust (NYSE:COLD) has an annual dividend yield of 5.75%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the industrial reit industry average of 4.89%. Americold Realty Trust's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Americold Realty Trust's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Americold Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio of 110.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Industrial reit stocks were down -0.66% in the last day, and up 2.13% over the last week.

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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 industrial reit stocks right now are:

Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE:IIPR) is the most undervalued industrial reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Innovative Industrial Properties has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the industrial reit industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Innovative Industrial Properties's stock has gained 7.59% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the industrial reit industry by -5 percentage points.

Stag Industrial (NYSE:STAG) is the second most undervalued industrial reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Stag Industrial has a valuation score of 29, which is 5 points higher than the industrial reit industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Stag Industrial's stock has dropped -5.16% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the industrial reit industry by -18 percentage points.

First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) is the third most undervalued industrial reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

First Industrial Realty Trust has a valuation score of 29, which is 5 points higher than the industrial reit industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

First Industrial Realty Trust's stock has dropped -2.49% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the industrial reit industry by -15 percentage points.

42.86% of industrial reit stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect industrial reit stocks to rise by 6.59% over the next year.

0% of industrial reit stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of industrial reit stocks are rated B (Buy), 92.86% are rated C (Hold), 7.14% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).