REIT Industry Monthly Data for May 2024
Industry Size
- FTSE Nareit All REITs equity market capitalization = $1.301 trillion
- FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs equity market capitalization = $1.243 trillion
- 193 REITs are in the FTSE Nareit All REITs Index.
- 157 REITs trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
- NYSE listed REITs equity market capitalization = $1.117 trillion
Dividends
Yield Comparison
- FTSE Nareit All REITs: 4.53%
- FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs: 4.19%
- S&P 500: 1.32%
- Listed REITs (equity REITs and mREITs) paid out approximately $63.1 billion and public non-listed REITs paid out approximately $6.1 billion in dividends during 2022.
- By market cap-weighted average, 70 percent of the annual dividends paid by REITs qualify as ordinary taxable income, 14 percent qualify as return of capital and 16 percent qualify as long-term capital gains in 2022.
Leverage and Coverage Ratios
(Balance sheet data as of Q4 2023)
All Equity REITs
- Debt Ratio: 33.8%
- Coverage Ratio: 4.5x
Average Daily Dollar Trading Volume
- April 2024: $8.1 billion
- April 2019: $7.1 billion
- April 2014: $5.0 billion
Data as of May 31, 2024, except where noted.
All data are derived from, and apply only to, listed U.S. REITs unless otherwise noted.