Sectors & IndustriesReal EstateREIT - Retail

Best Retail REIT Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top retail reit stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best retail 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 retail reit stocks to buy right now are:

Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) is the #1 top retail reit stock out of 27 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 Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is 1 points higher than the retail reit industry average of 31.

CBL passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cbl & Associates Properties has seen its stock return 11.46% over the past year, overperforming other retail reit stocks by 76 percentage points.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLR) is the #2 top retail reit stock out of 27 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 Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLR) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: D.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLR) has a Due Diligence Score of 3, which is -28 points lower than the retail reit industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates WHLR as a "B".

WHLR passed 1 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust has seen its stock lose -99.93% over the past year, underperforming other retail reit stocks by -35 percentage points.

Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) is the #3 top retail reit stock out of 27 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 Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -4 points lower than the retail reit industry average of 31.

KRG passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Kite Realty Group Trust has seen its stock return 3.03% over the past year, overperforming other retail reit stocks by 68 percentage points.

Kite Realty Group Trust has an average 1 year price target of $27.33, an upside of 23.85% from Kite Realty Group Trust's current stock price of $22.07.

Kite Realty Group Trust stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Kite Realty Group Trust, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 22 retail reit stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 retail reit stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Alexanders (NYSE:ALX) has an annual dividend yield of 8.62%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the retail reit industry average of 4.12%. Alexanders's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Alexanders's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Alexanders's dividend payout ratio of 212.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) has an annual dividend yield of 7.26%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the retail reit industry average of 4.12%. Alpine Income Property Trust's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Alpine Income Property Trust's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Alpine Income Property Trust's dividend payout ratio of 1,400% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) has an annual dividend yield of 6.74%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the retail reit industry average of 4.12%.

Cbl & Associates Properties's dividend payout ratio of 85.6% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Retail reit stocks were up 0.53% in the last day, and up 0.96% over the last week. Kimco Realty was the among the top gainers in the reit - retail industry, gaining 4.85% yesterday.

Kimco Realty shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results and raised its FY25 FFO guidance with its midpoint above estimates.

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 retail reit stocks right now are:

Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) is the most undervalued retail reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Cbl & Associates Properties has a valuation score of 57, which is 22 points higher than the retail reit industry average of 35. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cbl & Associates Properties's stock has gained 11.46% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail reit industry by 76 percentage points.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLR) is the second most undervalued retail reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust has a valuation score of 0, which is -35 points higher than the retail reit industry average of 35. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates WHLR a Valuation Rating of "B".

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust's stock has dropped -99.93% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the retail reit industry by -35 percentage points.

Nnn Reit (NYSE:NNN) is the third most undervalued retail reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Nnn Reit has a valuation score of 43, which is 8 points higher than the retail reit industry average of 35. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nnn Reit's stock has gained 1.33% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail reit industry by 66 percentage points.

36.36% of retail reit stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect retail reit stocks to rise by 14.92% over the next year.

3.85% of retail reit stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 3.85% of retail reit stocks are rated B (Buy), 73.08% are rated C (Hold), 15.38% are rated D (Sell), and 3.85% are rated F (Strong Sell).