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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:

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLR) is the #1 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: F, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: D.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLR) has a Due Diligence Score of 9, which is -24 points lower than the retail reit industry average of 33. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates WHLR as a "B".

WHLR passed 3 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust has seen its stock lose -99.91% over the past year, underperforming other retail reit stocks by -32 percentage points.

Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) is the #2 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 Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is -1 points lower than the retail reit industry average of 33.

CBL passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cbl & Associates Properties has seen its stock return 18.07% over the past year, overperforming other retail reit stocks by 86 percentage points.

Inventrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) 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 Inventrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Inventrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is -1 points lower than the retail reit industry average of 33.

IVT passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Inventrust Properties has seen its stock lose -0.28% over the past year, overperforming other retail reit stocks by 67 percentage points.

Inventrust Properties has an average 1 year price target of $32.00, an upside of 13.56% from Inventrust Properties's current stock price of $28.18.

Inventrust Properties stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Inventrust 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.

Out of 23 retail reit stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 retail reit stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Alpine Income Property Trust (NYSE:PINE) has an annual dividend yield of 7.71%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the retail reit industry average of 4.39%. 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 -2,260% 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 6.65%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the retail reit industry average of 4.39%.

Cbl & Associates Properties's dividend payout ratio of 114.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Alexanders (NYSE:ALX) has an annual dividend yield of 6.04%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the retail reit industry average of 4.39%. 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 247.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Retail reit stocks were down -0.91% in the last day, and up 0.56% 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:

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLR) 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.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust has a valuation score of 29, which is -11 points higher than the retail reit industry average of 40. It passed 2 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 -99.91% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the retail reit industry by -32 percentage points.

Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) 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.

Cbl & Associates Properties has a valuation score of 57, which is 17 points higher than the retail reit industry average of 40. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cbl & Associates Properties's stock has gained 18.07% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the retail reit industry by 86 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 43, which is 3 points higher than the retail reit industry average of 40. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Site Centers's stock has dropped -81.08% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the retail reit industry by -13 percentage points.

45.45% of retail reit stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect retail reit stocks to rise by 11.13% over the next year.

0% of retail reit stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 3.7% of retail reit stocks are rated B (Buy), 62.96% are rated C (Hold), 29.63% are rated D (Sell), and 3.7% are rated F (Strong Sell).