REIT Industry Monthly Data for August 2021
Industry Size
- FTSE Nareit All REITs equity market capitalization = $1.603 trillion
- FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs equity market capitalization = $1.514 trillion
- 218 REITs are in the FTSE Nareit All REITs Index.
- 180 REITs trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
- NYSE listed REITs equity market capitalization = $1.398 trillion
Dividends
Yield Comparison
- FTSE Nareit All REITs: 2.93%
- FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs: 2.69%
- S&P 500: 1.25%
- 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 Q2 2021)
All Equity REITs
- Debt Ratio: 28.0%
- Coverage Ratio: 5.9x
Average Daily Dollar Trading Volume
- August 2021: $7.7 billion
- August 2016: $6.5 billion
- August 2011: $6.0 billion
Data as of August 31, 2021, except where noted.
All data are derived from, and apply only to, listed U.S. REITs unless otherwise noted.