REIT Industry Monthly Data for May 2022
Industry Size
- FTSE Nareit All REITs equity market capitalization = $1.502 trillion
- FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs equity market capitalization = $1.424 trillion
- 213 REITs are in the FTSE Nareit All REITs Index.
- 176 REITs trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
- NYSE listed REITs equity market capitalization = $1.290 trillion
Dividends
Yield Comparison
- FTSE Nareit All REITs: 3.47%
- FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs: 3.15%
- S&P 500: 1.45%
- Listed REITs (equity REITs and mREITs) paid out approximately $51.7 billion and public non-listed REITs paid out approximately $2.2 billion in dividends during 2020.
- By market cap-weighted average, 58 percent of the annual dividends paid by REITs qualify as ordinary taxable income, 14 percent qualify as return of capital and 28 percent qualify as long-term capital gains in 2020.
Leverage and Coverage Ratios
(Balance sheet data as of Q1 2022)
All Equity REITs
- Debt Ratio: 27.6%
- Coverage Ratio: 6.1x
Average Daily Dollar Trading Volume
- May 2022: $11.4 billion
- May 2017: $7.4 billion
- May 2012: $3.7 billion
Data as of May 31, 2022, except where noted.
All data are derived from, and apply only to, listed U.S. REITs unless otherwise noted.