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Best Retail REIT Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top retail 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 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 26 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 10 points higher than the retail reit industry average of 28.

CBL passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cbl & Associates Properties has seen its stock return 102.75% over the past year, overperforming other retail reit stocks by 184 percentage points.

Cbl & Associates Properties has an average 1 year price target of $55.00, a downside of -2.95% from Cbl & Associates Properties's current stock price of $56.67.

Cbl & Associates Properties stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Cbl & Associates Properties, 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.

Alexanders (NYSE:ALX) is the #2 top retail reit stock out of 26 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Alexanders (NYSE:ALX) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Alexanders (NYSE:ALX) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 15 points higher than the retail reit industry average of 28.

ALX passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Alexanders has seen its stock return 22.36% over the past year, overperforming other retail reit stocks by 103 percentage points.

Alexanders has an average 1 year price target of $212.00, a downside of -23.51% from Alexanders's current stock price of $277.15.

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

Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) is the #3 top retail reit stock out of 26 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 Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is 2 points higher than the retail reit industry average of 28.

PINE passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Alpine Income Property Trust has seen its stock return 39.69% over the past year, overperforming other retail reit stocks by 121 percentage points.

Alpine Income Property Trust has an average 1 year price target of $21.75, an upside of 8.8% from Alpine Income Property Trust's current stock price of $19.99.

Alpine Income Property Trust stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Alpine Income Property Trust, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 24 retail reit stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 retail reit stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Site Centers (NYSE:SITC) has an annual dividend yield of 30.49%, which is 25 percentage points higher than the retail reit industry average of 5.37%. Site Centers's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Site Centers's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Site Centers's dividend payout ratio of 394.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS) has an annual dividend yield of 7.02%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the retail reit industry average of 5.37%. Saul Centers's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Saul Centers's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Saul Centers's dividend payout ratio of 220.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Alexanders (NYSE:ALX) has an annual dividend yield of 6.49%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the retail reit industry average of 5.37%. 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 54.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Retail reit stocks were down -0.11% in the last day, and down -2.45% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why retail reit stocks are down.

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 34 points higher than the retail reit industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cbl & Associates Properties's stock has gained 102.75% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail reit industry by 184 percentage points.

Alexanders (NYSE:ALX) is the second 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.

Alexanders has a valuation score of 57, which is 34 points higher than the retail reit industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Alexanders's stock has gained 22.36% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail reit industry by 103 percentage points.

Site Centers (NYSE:SITC) 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.

Site Centers has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the retail reit industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Site Centers's stock has dropped -71.08% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail reit industry by 10 percentage points.

43.48% of retail reit stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect retail reit stocks to fall by -0.93% over the next year.

0% of retail reit stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 7.69% of retail reit stocks are rated B (Buy), 73.08% are rated C (Hold), 19.23% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).