About the REIT Specialty Industry
The REIT Specialty industry includes 19 U.S.-listed companies in the Real Estate sector with a combined market capitalization of $393.58B. The largest are Equinix, Inc. (EQIX, $94.68B), American Tower Corporation (AMT, $88.11B) and Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR, $62.32B), together 62% of the industry's value.
15 of the 18 companies with reported earnings are profitable, and their median P/E ratio is 25.9. 15 of 19 pay a dividend, with a median yield of 4.24% among payers.
Over the past year the median stock is down 2.7%, and 6 of 18 are higher than a year ago. Median revenue growth is 5.8% year over year.
Best 1-year performers
Weakest 1-year performers
- Fermi Inc. (FRMI)−86.6%
- Rayonier Inc. (RYN)−24.1%
- Crown Castle Inc. (CCI)−19.8%
Highest dividend yields
Profitability
- Profitable companies
- 15 of 18
- Median gross margin
- 54.2%
- Median net profit margin
- 15.6%
- Median return on equity
- 5.4%
Longest dividend growth streak: American Tower Corporation (AMT), 14 consecutive years.


















