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Best Specialty REIT Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top specialty 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 specialty reit stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: REIT - Specialty
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REIT - Specialty is Zen Rated D and is the 109th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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Ticker
Company
Exchange
Industry
Zen Rating
Market Cap
Price
1d %
EBITDA
P/E
D/E
Country
DD Score
RYN
RAYONIER INC
NYSE
REIT - Specialty
$4.29B$27.47-1.33%$543.36M11.40x0.96
United States
SBAC
SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP
NASDAQ
REIT - Specialty
$23.06B$214.31-2.00%$1.47B30.79x-3.23
United States
PCH
POTLATCHDELTIC CORP
NASDAQ
REIT - Specialty
$3.49B$44.27-2.10%$150.21M158.11x0.62
United States
UNIT
UNITI GROUP INC
NASDAQ
REIT - Specialty
$1.22B$5.01-1.57%$902.03M13.18x-3.15
United States
OUT
OUTFRONT MEDIA INC
NYSE
REIT - Specialty
$2.75B$16.44-1.56%$576.90M10.68x6.85
United States
EPR
EPR PROPERTIES
NYSE
REIT - Specialty
$3.89B$51.11-1.65%$444.04M31.75x1.42
United States
GLPI
GAMING & LEISURE PROPERTIES INC
NASDAQ
REIT - Specialty
$13.94B$50.72-0.78%$1.43B17.67x1.98
United States
LAMR
LAMAR ADVERTISING CO
NASDAQ
REIT - Specialty
$11.55B$112.79-0.06%$1.00B31.86x5.29
United States
WY
WEYERHAEUSER CO
NYSE
REIT - Specialty
$21.19B$29.20-1.22%$1.20B54.07x0.70
United States
AMT
AMERICAN TOWER CORP
NYSE
REIT - Specialty
$97.93B$209.50-1.55%$6.15B43.37x15.21
United States
FPI
FARMLAND PARTNERS INC
NYSE
REIT - Specialty
$507.13M$11.05-0.18%$84.34M9.29x0.56
United States
IRM
IRON MOUNTAIN INC
NYSE
REIT - Specialty
$25.81B$87.87-2.46%$1.89B144.05x-37.81
United States
DLR
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC
NYSE
REIT - Specialty
$50.97B$151.42-2.62%$2.88B87.02x1.04
United States
HASI
HA SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL INC
NYSE
REIT - Specialty
$3.55B$29.741.78%$513.60M17.29x2.00
United States
AFCG
ADVANCED FLOWER CAPITAL INC
NASDAQ
REIT - Specialty
$142.13M$6.29-0.94%$17.23M8.06x1.00
United States
EQIX
EQUINIX INC
NASDAQ
REIT - Specialty
$81.88B$841.22-1.32%$3.44B98.50x1.59
United States
CCI
CROWN CASTLE INC
NYSE
REIT - Specialty
$43.74B$100.45-3.70%-$1.21B-11.19x-247.14
United States
LAND
GLADSTONE LAND CORP
NASDAQ
REIT - Specialty
$376.68M$10.41-0.95%$70.29M-35.90x0.91
United States
PW
POWER REIT
NYSEMKT
REIT - Specialty
$3.97M$1.170.00%-$18.18M-0.17x3.96
United States

Specialty REIT Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty reit stocks to buy right now in Mar 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 specialty reit stocks to buy right now are:

1. Rayonier (NYSE:RYN)


Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) is the #1 top specialty reit stock out of 19 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 Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 14 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 34.

RYN passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Rayonier has seen its stock lose -17.31% over the past year, underperforming other specialty reit stocks by -21 percentage points.

Rayonier has an average 1 year price target of $29.00, an upside of 5.57% from Rayonier's current stock price of $27.47.

Rayonier stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Rayonier, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 75% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Sba Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC)


Sba Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC) is the #2 top specialty reit stock out of 19 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 Sba Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Sba Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 18 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 34.

SBAC passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sba Communications has seen its stock lose -1.86% over the past year, underperforming other specialty reit stocks by -5 percentage points.

Sba Communications has an average 1 year price target of $252.50, an upside of 17.82% from Sba Communications's current stock price of $214.31.

Sba Communications stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Sba Communications, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 30% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Potlatchdeltic (NASDAQ:PCH)


Potlatchdeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) is the #3 top specialty reit stock out of 19 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 Potlatchdeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Potlatchdeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) has a Due Diligence Score of 29, which is -5 points lower than the specialty reit industry average of 34.

PCH passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Potlatchdeltic has seen its stock lose -4.18% over the past year, underperforming other specialty reit stocks by -8 percentage points.

Potlatchdeltic has an average 1 year price target of $48.17, an upside of 8.8% from Potlatchdeltic's current stock price of $44.27.

Potlatchdeltic stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Potlatchdeltic, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 16.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the specialty reit stocks with highest dividends?

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

1. Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG)


Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) has an annual dividend yield of 10.49%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 4.72%.

Advanced Flower Capital's dividend payout ratio of 182.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Rayonier (NYSE:RYN)


Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) has an annual dividend yield of 9.62%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 4.72%. Rayonier's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Rayonier's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Rayonier's dividend payout ratio of 110.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Outfront Media (NYSE:OUT)


Outfront Media (NYSE:OUT) has an annual dividend yield of 7.43%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 4.72%. Outfront Media's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Outfront Media's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Outfront Media's dividend payout ratio of 59.9% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty reit stocks down?

Specialty reit stocks were down -1.58% in the last day, and down -1.03% over the last week. Crown Castle was the among the top losers in the reit - specialty industry, dropping -3.7% yesterday.

Crown Castle shares are trading lower after the company announced a CEO transition.

What are the most undervalued specialty reit 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 specialty reit stocks right now are:

1. Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG)


Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) is the most undervalued specialty reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Advanced Flower Capital has a valuation score of 71, which is 35 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 36. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Advanced Flower Capital's stock has dropped -51.69% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty reit industry by -55 percentage points.

2. Outfront Media (NYSE:OUT)


Outfront Media (NYSE:OUT) is the second most undervalued specialty reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Outfront Media has a valuation score of 43, which is 7 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 36. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Outfront Media's stock has dropped -1.86% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty reit industry by -5 percentage points.

3. Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT)


Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) is the third most undervalued specialty reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Uniti Group has a valuation score of 57, which is 21 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 36. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Uniti Group's stock has dropped -17.05% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty reit industry by -21 percentage points.

Are specialty reit stocks a good buy now?

56.25% of specialty reit stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect specialty reit stocks to rise by 18.73% over the next year.

0% of specialty reit stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5.56% of specialty reit stocks are rated B (Buy), 83.33% are rated C (Hold), 5.56% are rated D (Sell), and 5.56% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the reit - specialty industry?

The average P/E ratio of the reit - specialty industry is 59.63x.
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