Tessera Sector
Top Real Estate Stocks
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) and real-estate operators. Income-focused investors evaluate FFO yield and lease durability.
The Real Estate sector posts a mean Tessera Quality Score of 71 out of 100 across its qualifying members, a reading that sits well above the broader universe average of 48. With 150 names meeting the screener's criteria, the sector offers reasonable breadth, and the distribution of scores suggests a cohort of operationally consistent businesses rather than a handful of outliers pulling the average upward.
Valuation context adds nuance to that quality picture. The sector's median P/E of 27.1 reflects the premium investors have historically assigned to real estate cash flows, though that multiple also compresses the margin of safety for names where earnings quality is less certain. At the top of the ranked list, HR carries a score of 0.62, the highest among qualifying members, while CBL follows at 0.57 and WSR at 0.54. The spread between those leaders and the sector mean indicates that even the strongest-scoring names are not dramatically separated from the pack, pointing to a relatively tight quality distribution within the group.
Taken together, the Real Estate sector's average Tessera score of 71 places it meaningfully above the all-universe benchmark of 48, suggesting that as a group, qualifying real estate names exhibit above-average fundamental consistency relative to the full opportunity set screened by Tessera Alpha.
| Ticker | Company | Industry | Score | Mkt Cap | P/E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR | Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated | REIT - Healthcare Facilities | 81 | $7.5B | — |
| CBL | CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. | REIT - Retail | 79 | $1.7B | 10.1 |
| WSR | Whitestone REIT | REIT - Retail | 77 | $976M | — |
| UE | Urban Edge Properties | REIT - Diversified | 76 | $3.0B | 27.5 |
| FR | First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. | REIT - Industrial | 76 | $9.0B | 26.4 |
| CUZ | Cousins Properties Incorporated | REIT - Office | 75 | $5.2B | — |
| UDR | UDR, Inc. | REIT - Residential | 74 | $12.9B | 27.2 |
| GTY | Getty Realty Corp. | REIT - Retail | 74 | $2.2B | 23.3 |
| OLP | One Liberty Properties, Inc. | REIT - Diversified | 74 | $547M | 20.0 |
| KIM | Kimco Realty Corporation | REIT - Retail | 73 | $17.6B | 29.6 |
| BHR | Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. | REIT - Hotel & Motel | 73 | $145M | — |
| CTRE | CareTrust REIT, Inc. | REIT - Healthcare Facilities | 72 | $10.0B | 26.9 |
| IVT | InvenTrust Properties Corp. | REIT - Retail | 71 | $2.8B | 25.9 |
| IIPR | Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. | REIT - Industrial | 71 | $1.9B | 16.4 |
| EFC | Ellington Financial Inc. | REIT - Mortgage | 71 | $1.3B | 8.1 |
| BFS | Saul Centers, Inc. | REIT - Retail | 71 | $891M | 23.9 |
| PSTL | Postal Realty Trust, Inc. | REIT - Diversified | 71 | $834M | 45.7 |
| IRT | Independence Realty Trust, Inc. | REIT - Residential | 70 | $3.9B | 81.2 |
| EPR | EPR Properties | REIT - Specialty | 70 | $4.8B | 19.2 |
| DEA | Easterly Government Properties, Inc. | REIT - Office | 69 | $1.2B | 106.0 |
| CLDT | Chatham Lodging Trust | REIT - Hotel & Motel | 69 | $625M | 243.9 |
| UHT | Universal Health Realty Income Trust | REIT - Healthcare Facilities | 69 | $607M | 33.9 |
| STHO | Star Holdings | Real Estate - Services | 68 | $114M | — |
| HST | Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | REIT - Hotel & Motel | 68 | $16.5B | 16.6 |
| SVC | Service Properties Trust | REIT - Hotel & Motel | 68 | $1.5B | — |
| DHC | Diversified Healthcare Trust | REIT - Healthcare Facilities | 67 | $2.2B | — |
| SBRA | Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | REIT - Healthcare Facilities | 67 | $5.0B | 31.6 |
| KRG | Kite Realty Group Trust | REIT - Retail | 67 | $6.0B | 22.4 |
| MAC | The Macerich Company | REIT - Retail | 67 | $7.3B | — |
| AHR | American Healthcare REIT, Inc. | REIT - Healthcare Facilities | 67 | $11.7B | 97.4 |