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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.

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:

Epr Properties (NYSE:EPR) 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 Epr Properties (NYSE:EPR) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Epr Properties (NYSE:EPR) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 6 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 31.

EPR passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Epr Properties has seen its stock return 22.66% over the past year, overperforming other specialty reit stocks by 33 percentage points.

Epr Properties has an average 1 year price target of $59.36, an upside of 1.52% from Epr Properties's current stock price of $58.47.

Epr Properties stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Epr Properties, 42.86% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 57.14% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Lamar Advertising Co (NASDAQ:LAMR) 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 Lamar Advertising Co (NASDAQ:LAMR) is: Value: C, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Lamar Advertising Co (NASDAQ:LAMR) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 8 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 31.

LAMR passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Lamar Advertising Co has seen its stock return 0.09% over the past year, overperforming other specialty reit stocks by 10 percentage points.

Lamar Advertising Co has an average 1 year price target of $127.75, an upside of 0.12% from Lamar Advertising Co's current stock price of $127.60.

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

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) 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 Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) is: Value: D, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 9 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 31.

DLR passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Digital Realty Trust has seen its stock return 8.11% over the past year, overperforming other specialty reit stocks by 18 percentage points.

Digital Realty Trust has an average 1 year price target of $195.91, an upside of 12.92% from Digital Realty Trust's current stock price of $173.50.

Digital Realty Trust stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Digital Realty Trust, 54.55% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 36.36% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 9.09% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 17 specialty reit stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 specialty reit stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) has an annual dividend yield of 22.46%, which is 17 percentage points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 5.3%. Advanced Flower Capital's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Advanced Flower Capital's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Advanced Flower Capital's dividend payout ratio of -241.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) has an annual dividend yield of 10%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 5.3%. 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 123.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Gaming & Leisure Properties (NASDAQ:GLPI) has an annual dividend yield of 6.41%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 5.3%. Gaming & Leisure Properties's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Gaming & Leisure Properties's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Gaming & Leisure Properties's dividend payout ratio of 117.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Specialty reit stocks were down -0.82% in the last day, and up 1.57% 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 specialty reit stocks right now are:

Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) is the 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.

Advanced Flower Capital has a valuation score of 14, which is -19 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 33. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Advanced Flower Capital's stock has dropped -54.38% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty reit industry by -44 percentage points.

Gaming & Leisure Properties (NASDAQ:GLPI) 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.

Gaming & Leisure Properties has a valuation score of 86, which is 53 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 33. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gaming & Leisure Properties's stock has dropped -7.79% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty reit industry by 2 percentage points.

Epr Properties (NYSE:EPR) 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.

Epr Properties has a valuation score of 57, which is 24 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 33. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Epr Properties's stock has gained 22.66% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty reit industry by 33 percentage points.

50% of specialty reit stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect specialty reit stocks to rise by 18.28% 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), 66.67% are rated C (Hold), 22.22% are rated D (Sell), and 5.56% are rated F (Strong Sell).