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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:

Potlatchdeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) is the #1 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: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Potlatchdeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is -2 points lower than the specialty reit industry average of 34.

PCH passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Potlatchdeltic has seen its stock lose -6.35% over the past year, underperforming other specialty reit stocks by -23 percentage points.

Potlatchdeltic has an average 1 year price target of $47.40, an upside of 24.18% from Potlatchdeltic's current stock price of $38.17.

Potlatchdeltic stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Potlatchdeltic, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 40% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) 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 Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, 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 -20.81% over the past year, underperforming other specialty reit stocks by -38 percentage points.

Rayonier has an average 1 year price target of $28.25, an upside of 19.75% from Rayonier's current stock price of $23.59.

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.

Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) 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 Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is -2 points lower than the specialty reit industry average of 34.

IRM passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Iron Mountain has seen its stock return 17.61% over the past year, overperforming other specialty reit stocks by 1 percentage points.

Iron Mountain has an average 1 year price target of $119.60, an upside of 30.21% from Iron Mountain's current stock price of $91.85.

Iron Mountain stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Iron Mountain, 80% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% 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 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 16.36%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 5.06%.

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

Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) has an annual dividend yield of 11.2%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 5.06%. 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.

Outfront Media (NYSE:OUT) has an annual dividend yield of 7.94%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 5.06%. 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.

Specialty reit stocks were down -0.01% in the last day, and up 4.9% over the last week. Rayonier was the among the top losers in the reit - specialty industry, dropping -3.56% yesterday.

Rayonier shares are trading lower after the company reported worse-than-expected Q1 financial results and cut its FY25 EPS guidance.

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 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 36 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 35. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Advanced Flower Capital's stock has dropped -54.4% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty reit industry by -71 percentage points.

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 8 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 35. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Outfront Media's stock has dropped -7.73% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty reit industry by -25 percentage points.

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 22 points higher than the specialty reit industry average of 35. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Uniti Group's stock has dropped -15.15% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty reit industry by -32 percentage points.

50% of specialty reit stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect specialty reit stocks to rise by 15.81% over the next year.

0% of specialty reit stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of specialty reit stocks are rated B (Buy), 83.33% are rated C (Hold), 11.11% are rated D (Sell), and 5.56% are rated F (Strong Sell).