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Best Real Estate Stocks to Buy Now (2024)
Top real estate stocks in 2024 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best real estate stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the real estate sector.

Sector: Real Estate

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Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
OUT	OUTFRONT MEDIA INC	$16.04	-1.53%	4.56%	-0.93%	23.01%	48.93%	-3.08%	-34.66%	-31.60%	-46.17%	$17.02	$8.18	5.74%	96.09%	1.71	2,757,347	49.20%
BHR	BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS INC	$2.58	-4.09%	-1.90%	31.63%	12.66%	-1.90%	-31.38%	-62.61%	-80.29%	-83.28%	$4.37	$1.79	40.96%	44.13%	1.72	241,948	23.90%
SAFE	SAFEHOLD INC	$18.66	1.25%	1.47%	-4.16%	-9.77%	12.14%	-29.85%	-83.84%	-65.72%	-79.84%	$29.11	$15.00	35.89%	24.40%	1.34	281,818	61.32%
CLDT	CHATHAM LODGING TRUST	$9.17	0.44%	0.33%	-7.37%	-12.83%	-7.93%	-8.02%	-36.19%	-54.49%	-57.23%	$11.32	$8.92	18.99%	2.80%	1.41	244,005	16.92%
XIN	XINYUAN REAL ESTATE CO LTD	$2.68	2.10%	-1.47%	-3.94%	2.64%	-6.62%	-24.93%	-89.24%	-94.06%	-93.45%	$6.10	$1.92	56.07%	39.58%	0.77	4,694	-49.89%
PDM	PIEDMONT OFFICE REALTY TRUST INC	$6.83	1.34%	1.64%	3.33%	2.09%	17.56%	6.89%	-63.50%	-67.10%	-62.78%	$8.05	$4.91	15.16%	39.10%	1.19	547,270	-4.61%
OPI	OFFICE PROPERTIES INCOME TRUST	$2.56	28.00%	31.96%	32.64%	-29.09%	-49.21%	-57.12%	-90.87%	-90.27%	-97.48%	$8.80	$1.81	70.91%	41.44%	1.19	6,004,455	689.68%
NLY	ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC	$19.07	0.53%	2.03%	-1.19%	-0.99%	12.84%	1.01%	-47.67%	-51.15%	-58.69%	$21.07	$14.52	9.49%	31.34%	0.95	3,273,740	-0.44%
CSR	CENTERSPACE	$68.96	0.23%	7.20%	24.30%	26.90%	40.76%	21.69%	-1.82%	16.23%	-20.74%	$69.98	$46.74	1.45%	47.54%	0.79	100,442	-29.14%
BHM	BLUEROCK HOMES TRUST INC	$16.98	0.00%	-2.08%	3.85%	17.92%	21.63%	-7.67%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.45	$12.05	12.70%	40.91%	0.70	919	99.78%
DHC	DIVERSIFIED HEALTHCARE TRUST	$2.42	2.54%	1.68%	5.22%	-12.00%	9.01%	191.57%	-45.12%	-70.20%	-89.67%	$3.96	$0.80	38.89%	202.50%	1.69	683,310	-10.25%
RWT	REDWOOD TRUST INC	$6.36	2.91%	12.17%	3.41%	-4.93%	-5.07%	10.23%	-43.47%	-61.05%	-70.65%	$8.30	$5.46	23.37%	16.59%	1.08	1,712,911	-54.97%
NLOP	NET LEASE OFFICE PROPERTIES	$23.63	2.87%	4.05%	0.17%	-4.14%	125.69%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$27.77	$9.50	14.91%	148.74%	1.63	398,606	448.30%
RLJ	RLJ LODGING TRUST	$10.70	-2.37%	-3.60%	-7.60%	-8.23%	7.97%	7.11%	-34.95%	-41.66%	-59.83%	$12.39	$9.07	13.64%	18.04%	1.50	1,894,667	40.99%
ILPT	INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS PROPERTIES TRUST	$4.26	5.19%	14.82%	8.67%	4.93%	54.35%	113.00%	-83.03%	-78.88%	N/A	$4.88	$1.65	12.70%	158.97%	1.11	565,927	-62.88%
FSP	FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP	$1.89	-1.05%	-5.50%	-11.68%	-23.17%	-3.08%	65.79%	-65.06%	-75.95%	-84.47%	$2.72	$1.13	30.51%	67.26%	1.24	228,259	-42.40%
FRPH	FRP HOLDINGS INC	$30.53	-0.23%	0.56%	3.40%	3.32%	11.81%	5.92%	11.22%	23.03%	78.75%	$32.50	$26.23	6.06%	16.42%	0.85	21,874	1.74%
AIRC	APARTMENT INCOME REIT CORP	$38.46	0.03%	0.00%	22.48%	17.26%	30.24%	8.03%	-13.77%	N/A	N/A	$38.68	$28.22	0.57%	36.29%	0.78	2,887,897	-20.54%
HPP	HUDSON PACIFIC PROPERTIES INC	$5.44	-4.39%	-4.23%	-12.12%	-31.91%	12.40%	9.24%	-80.33%	-84.58%	-77.25%	$9.86	$4.05	44.80%	34.49%	1.30	5,558,203	24.03%
NTST	NETSTREIT CORP	$17.09	0.53%	0.41%	-2.68%	-5.94%	12.66%	-3.28%	-19.42%	N/A	N/A	$18.97	$13.49	9.91%	26.69%	0.68	463,631	-51.07%
INN	SUMMIT HOTEL PROPERTIES INC	$6.18	1.81%	1.81%	-2.83%	-6.51%	0.65%	-4.63%	-40.58%	-49.72%	-32.39%	$7.26	$5.31	14.88%	16.38%	1.34	770,845	10.50%
ALBT	AVALON GLOBOCARE CORP	$0.26	-3.76%	-8.57%	-22.19%	-38.01%	-61.15%	-86.69%	-97.54%	-98.95%	N/A	$2.42	$0.25	89.42%	2.40%	1.03	8,755	-31.40%
GRP.U	GRANITE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST	$51.13	3.19%	1.63%	-7.79%	-6.56%	6.45%	-15.67%	-21.34%	13.14%	34.23%	$62.55	$45.36	18.26%	12.73%	0.74	709	34.28%
HHH	HOWARD HUGHES HOLDINGS INC	$67.01	2.20%	5.11%	-3.23%	-14.94%	-5.19%	-11.20%	-38.03%	-39.26%	-54.21%	$86.72	$59.00	22.73%	13.58%	1.28	291,794	-29.41%
RMAX	RE/MAX HOLDINGS INC	$7.16	-0.56%	-0.69%	-8.67%	-32.20%	-36.01%	-61.96%	-80.71%	-82.76%	-74.92%	$20.48	$6.94	65.04%	3.17%	1.19	223,960	2.78%
COLD	AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST	$22.40	0.22%	0.31%	-6.00%	-20.48%	-18.96%	-21.84%	-44.01%	-30.26%	N/A	$33.90	$21.87	33.92%	2.42%	0.83	1,831,199	-12.88%
VRE	VERIS RESIDENTIAL INC	$15.03	3.51%	2.59%	4.23%	-0.92%	7.05%	-6.76%	-9.35%	-34.51%	-26.83%	$18.98	$13.07	20.79%	15.04%	0.97	956,973	84.14%
UNIT	UNITI GROUP INC	$6.03	3.79%	7.77%	3.25%	15.08%	22.31%	95.78%	-46.54%	-42.84%	N/A	$6.71	$3.22	10.13%	87.27%	1.33	1,959,323	3.32%
GOOD	GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORP	$13.61	0.37%	2.79%	1.11%	7.42%	9.05%	16.13%	-35.83%	-36.61%	-22.85%	$14.14	$10.84	3.75%	25.55%	1.06	176,898	-11.64%
SOHO	SOTHERLY HOTELS INC	$1.38	0.00%	6.98%	-2.13%	0.00%	-14.29%	-26.60%	-56.33%	-80.47%	-80.40%	$2.50	$1.13	44.80%	22.12%	1.51	82,599	-30.70%
LRE	LEAD REAL ESTATE CO LTD	$3.21	3.88%	4.53%	-20.74%	-36.56%	-43.92%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.35	$2.70	56.31%	18.89%	-0.27	389	-20.12%
CMTG	CLAROS MORTGAGE TRUST INC	$9.13	4.70%	6.78%	-2.25%	-19.70%	-13.13%	-20.61%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.25	$8.37	40.13%	9.08%	0.78	288,851	-29.81%
PGRE	PARAMOUNT GROUP INC	$4.80	3.90%	3.90%	7.87%	5.26%	3.00%	13.21%	-54.67%	-66.87%	N/A	$5.92	$4.06	18.92%	18.23%	1.15	1,673,368	71.86%
GIPR	GENERATION INCOME PROPERTIES INC	$3.79	1.34%	-0.11%	0.00%	1.07%	-2.32%	-12.06%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.65	$2.90	18.49%	30.69%	-0.01	29,151	130.59%
SRG	SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES	$9.27	-0.54%	-1.80%	-4.33%	0.22%	22.94%	25.10%	-47.24%	-79.26%	N/A	$9.92	$7.07	6.55%	31.12%	1.52	337,335	26.87%
HOUS	ANYWHERE REAL ESTATE INC	$5.09	3.25%	1.39%	-10.70%	-30.27%	9.23%	-15.31%	-71.06%	-49.65%	-88.07%	$9.43	$4.09	45.99%	24.45%	1.70	1,278,588	13.16%
NXDT	NEXPOINT DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE TRUST	$6.06	2.54%	-0.16%	0.50%	-10.62%	-25.93%	-37.96%	-47.09%	-69.09%	-86.40%	$12.73	$5.82	52.39%	4.12%	0.76	94,319	-10.94%
VTR	VENTAS INC	$46.22	5.50%	6.60%	8.12%	-0.30%	5.12%	-2.03%	-17.38%	-24.88%	-30.54%	$50.99	$39.33	9.35%	17.52%	1.16	3,776,113	35.92%
STRS	STRATUS PROPERTIES INC	$23.00	0.39%	2.68%	4.31%	5.50%	-10.99%	5.80%	-35.23%	-14.31%	40.42%	$29.99	$18.55	23.31%	24.02%	1.13	6,096	18.69%
PEB	PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST	$14.24	-0.70%	-5.07%	-6.13%	-7.41%	17.11%	1.57%	-40.91%	-56.74%	-58.89%	$16.65	$11.39	14.47%	25.08%	1.35	2,030,403	42.41%
MDV	MODIV INDUSTRIAL INC	$15.14	1.61%	0.93%	-4.78%	2.64%	-2.45%	27.01%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.12	$11.79	20.82%	28.41%	0.27	45,775	188.06%
TPHS	TRINITY PLACE HOLDINGS INC	$0.14	-2.86%	-1.45%	-2.86%	-21.39%	-68.37%	-53.58%	-93.03%	-96.56%	N/A	$0.71	$0.08	80.85%	67.90%	1.10	23,790	7.48%
OMH	OHMYHOME LTD	$0.55	2.78%	-2.46%	-39.45%	-44.60%	-72.16%	-90.55%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$57.00	$0.48	99.03%	15.42%	-0.09	93,118	-39.23%
IVT	INVENTRUST PROPERTIES CORP	$25.44	0.63%	0.63%	4.82%	2.00%	0.12%	13.67%	81.71%	64.13%	-57.95%	$27.25	$20.76	6.64%	22.54%	0.23	341,949	6.05%
PW	POWER REIT	$0.50	0.40%	0.81%	-13.34%	-13.79%	-28.16%	-80.77%	-98.91%	-91.67%	-94.59%	$2.80	$0.40	82.14%	25.00%	1.07	37,283	-49.88%
FLJ	FLJ GROUP LTD	$0.51	-3.58%	-11.90%	-29.13%	-30.85%	-94.29%	-98.38%	-99.87%	N/A	N/A	$60.00	$0.50	99.15%	2.20%	0.33	34,383	-79.71%
STHO	STAR HOLDINGS	$12.36	2.06%	5.37%	-0.80%	2.74%	6.74%	-20.21%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.07	$10.76	27.57%	14.87%	1.34	18,021	-16.40%
DEI	DOUGLAS EMMETT INC	$13.74	2.23%	3.23%	4.49%	5.29%	12.07%	12.90%	-58.05%	-66.63%	-50.91%	$16.12	$10.09	14.79%	36.24%	1.08	1,366,204	-22.87%
MAYS	MAYS J W INC	$43.51	0.00%	0.00%	-7.43%	-0.84%	-8.59%	-1.67%	61.15%	17.59%	-13.17%	$56.12	$42.01	22.47%	3.57%	0.01	10	-41.18%
SGD	SAFE & GREEN DEVELOPMENT CORP	$0.66	18.49%	0.46%	-19.51%	-33.20%	-14.84%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.42	$0.38	92.16%	72.77%	-0.03	2,979,364	2,792.50%
PKST	PEAKSTONE REALTY TRUST	$13.99	1.30%	-2.51%	-5.73%	-2.71%	8.11%	-31.76%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$39.91	$12.10	64.95%	15.62%	1.69	163,300	94.81%
ONL	ORION OFFICE REIT INC	$3.40	5.59%	4.94%	1.80%	-30.75%	-32.54%	-42.47%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.07	$3.01	51.91%	12.96%	0.92	451,037	-22.05%
NYC	AMERICAN STRATEGIC INVESTMENT CO	$5.55	-3.06%	-9.02%	-13.76%	-27.80%	-40.57%	-42.72%	-92.28%	N/A	N/A	$9.60	$5.55	42.24%	0.00%	0.52	568	-77.63%
CBL	CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC	$21.57	1.32%	-0.05%	-3.49%	-8.99%	1.89%	-4.89%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$25.28	$19.90	14.68%	8.39%	0.87	86,731	-37.11%
MDRR	MEDALIST DIVERSIFIED REIT INC	$5.51	0.93%	-1.56%	-6.36%	5.88%	0.47%	3.50%	-49.39%	-91.36%	N/A	$6.78	$4.12	18.79%	33.67%	0.32	1,630	-61.15%
AIV	APARTMENT INVESTMENT & MANAGEMENT CO	$8.11	2.53%	1.63%	3.31%	8.42%	34.94%	3.44%	18.39%	-86.65%	-79.75%	$8.93	$5.63	9.18%	44.05%	1.01	1,117,911	27.45%
WHLR	WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST INC	$0.14	0.70%	-2.04%	-9.43%	-28.71%	-75.26%	-98.73%	-99.66%	-99.35%	-99.96%	$13.50	$0.13	98.93%	15.20%	0.50	113,245	66.60%
AHT	ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC	$1.24	1.64%	5.08%	-5.34%	-28.74%	-47.46%	-63.53%	-96.31%	-99.78%	-99.88%	$5.09	$1.14	75.64%	8.77%	1.79	192,284	-46.11%

Real Estate Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Real Estate - Development	12	+0.25%	+2.80%	-8.43%	-10.25%	7.26x	1.18x	+23.02%	+14.79%	+5.89%	+8.77%	Buy
Real Estate - Diversified	5	+1.50%	+2.05%	+1.51%	-27.18%	16.91x	1.79x	-2.48%	-0.19%	+0.09%	+25.35%	Strong Buy
Real Estate Services	43	+1.37%	+0.30%	-5.34%	+0.74%	60.94x	2.54x	-2.70%	+2.53%	+4.67%	+23.61%	Buy
REIT - Diversified	19	+1.29%	+1.39%	+0.17%	-8.15%	10.24x	1.14x	+6.77%	+3.91%	N/A	+13.43%	Buy
REIT - Healthcare Facilities	17	+1.87%	+3.46%	+4.25%	+5.20%	31.50x	1.60x	+1.48%	+0.76%	N/A	+5.64%	Buy
REIT - Hotel & Motel	16	-0.75%	-2.11%	-7.16%	+7.32%	18.67x	1.38x	+32.98%	+3.89%	+0.00%	+19.73%	Buy
REIT - Industrial	17	+1.43%	+2.60%	-6.90%	-4.83%	29.08x	2.07x	+8.93%	+4.73%	+0.03%	+14.72%	Buy
REIT - Mortgage	38	+0.75%	+2.11%	-1.43%	+2.13%	58.78x	0.72x	+2.08%	+0.39%	N/A	+28.03%	Buy
REIT - Office	23	+2.18%	+1.31%	-1.02%	+14.67%	56.04x	0.90x	-0.19%	+0.01%	N/A	+11.13%	Hold
REIT - Residential	21	+1.78%	+1.61%	+5.38%	+0.68%	8.79x	2.31x	+7.96%	+3.62%	N/A	+4.51%	Buy
REIT - Retail	28	+0.94%	+1.22%	+0.45%	+7.34%	35.91x	1.99x	+23.52%	+3.48%	N/A	+10.66%	Buy
REIT - Specialty	19	+1.03%	-1.55%	-7.49%	-1.17%	46.76x	5.72x	+23.44%	+3.25%	+5.29%	+19.29%	Buy

Real Estate Stocks FAQ

What are the best real estate stocks to buy right now in May 2024?

According to Zen Score, the 3 best real estate stocks to buy right now are:

1. Ke Holdings (NYSE:BEKE)

Ke Holdings (NYSE:BEKE) is the top real estate stock with a Zen Score of 55, which is 31 points higher than the real estate sector average of 24. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ke Holdings has seen its stock return 11.08% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 11 percentage points.

Ke Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $21.45, an upside of 27.38% from Ke Holdings's current stock price of $16.84.

Ke Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Ke Holdings, 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.

2. Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST)

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) is the second best real estate stock with a Zen Score of 55, which is 31 points higher than the real estate sector average of 24. It passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Host Hotels & Resorts has seen its stock return 15.46% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 15 percentage points.

Host Hotels & Resorts has an average 1 year price target of $22.89, an upside of 24.06% from Host Hotels & Resorts's current stock price of $18.45.

Host Hotels & Resorts stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Host Hotels & Resorts, 55.56% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 22.22% have issued a Buy, 22.22% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI)

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) is the third best real estate stock with a Zen Score of 51, which is 27 points higher than the real estate sector average of 24. It passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Comstock Holding Companies has seen its stock return 64.92% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 65 percentage points.

What are the real estate stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 169 real estate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 real estate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Irsa Investments & Representations (NYSE:IRS)

Irsa Investments & Representations (NYSE:IRS) has an annual dividend yield of 22.36%, which is 16 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.75%. Irsa Investments & Representations's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Irsa Investments & Representations's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Irsa Investments & Representations's dividend payout ratio of 63.3% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Armour Residential Reit (NYSE:ARR)

Armour Residential Reit (NYSE:ARR) has an annual dividend yield of 22.09%, which is 15 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.75%. Armour Residential Reit's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eight times in the last 10 years. Armour Residential Reit's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Armour Residential Reit's dividend payout ratio of -1,733.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:OPI)

Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:OPI) has an annual dividend yield of 20.31%, which is 14 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.75%. Office Properties Income Trust's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Office Properties Income Trust's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Office Properties Income Trust's dividend payout ratio of -33.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are real estate stocks up?

Real estate stocks were up 1.27% in the last day, and up 0.88% over the last week. Office Properties Income Trust was the among the top gainers in the real estate sector, gaining 28% yesterday.

Office Properties Income Trust shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 revenue results.

What are the most undervalued real estate stocks?

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued real estate stocks right now are:

1. Gaming & Leisure Properties (NASDAQ:GLPI)

Gaming & Leisure Properties (NASDAQ:GLPI) is the most undervalued real estate stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Gaming & Leisure Properties has a valuation score of 86, which is 60 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gaming & Leisure Properties's stock has dropped -14.34% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by -15 percentage points.

2. Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY)

Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY) is the second most undervalued real estate stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Getty Realty has a valuation score of 71, which is 45 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Getty Realty's stock has dropped -15.96% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by -16 percentage points.

3. Lument Finance Trust (NYSE:LFT)

Lument Finance Trust (NYSE:LFT) is the third most undervalued real estate stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Lument Finance Trust has a valuation score of 71, which is 45 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lument Finance Trust's stock has gained 33.93% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 34 percentage points.

Are real estate stocks a good buy now?

42.25% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 14.65% over the next year.

What is the average p/e ratio of the real estate sector?

The average P/E ratio of the real estate sector is 35.65x.

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