REIT Industry Monthly Data for March 2024
Industry Size
- FTSE Nareit All REITs equity market capitalization = $1.345 trillion
- FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs equity market capitalization = $1.284 trillion
- 194 REITs are in the FTSE Nareit All REITs Index.
- 158 REITs trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
- NYSE listed REITs equity market capitalization = $1.148 trillion
Dividends
Yield Comparison
- FTSE Nareit All REITs: 4.39%
- FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs: 4.06%
- S&P 500: 1.30%
- 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: 33.2%
- Coverage Ratio: 4.1x
Average Daily Dollar Trading Volume
- March 2024: $8.7 billion
- March 2019: $7.6 billion
- March 2014: $5.0 billion
Data as of March 28, 2024, except where noted.
All data are derived from, and apply only to, listed U.S. REITs unless otherwise noted.