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Real Estate Sector

Real estate is built mostly of REITs and property operators across residential, commercial, industrial, data-center, and wireless-tower assets. The sector includes names like Prologis, American Tower, and Equinix. It is known for high cash distributions and a clear sensitivity to interest rates and the cost of financing. On this page we rank the best US real-estate stocks by the EL7 Score and compare them across value, growth, quality, safety, and capital-return factors.

EL7 Score

56Weak

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P/E 25.6 vs period average 25.7 Near its historical average

Total stocks243

Total Market Cap$1.8T

Median P/E25.6x

Median Net Margin7.7%

Value

Growth

AI Sector Summary

2026-08-06

The real estate sector ranks tenth with a score of 55.64, reflecting a modest performance compared to the rest of the market despite strong price momentum and improving sentiment. The sector faces clear valuation challenges, with the value factor reaching 29.77 and a median P/E ratio of 25.58, indicating elevated prices relative to fundamentals. JLL and FOR stand out as the top-performing stocks in the sector currently according to our criteria.

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Best Stocks in Real Estate

Ranked among 103 stocks with a market cap above $2B. Smaller companies are excluded from the ranking.

Rank	Company	Price	Change	P/E	Fwd P/E	Value	Growth	Quality	Safety	Capital Return	EL7 Score
1/103	JLLJones Lang LaSalle	$362.97	-0.2%	17.4	15.2	83	93	96	89	77	99
2/103	APLEApple Hospitality REIT	$16.23	+1.5%	21.6	22.4	77	23	65	94	84	97
3/103	MRPMillrose Properties	$29.10	+1.0%	10.0	9.0	88	99	91	88	46	97
4/103	CTRECareTrust REIT	$41.19	+0.1%	26.0	27.1	18	96	92	95	22	96
5/103	DRHDiamondRock	$12.59	-0.3%	17.3	22.4	74	68	76	79	23	94
6/103	NMRKNewmark	$14.97	-0.2%	25.7	7.5	88	95	96	70	43	94
7/103	SPGSimon Property	$221.65	-0.1%	15.4	32.3	27	77	99	57	23	93
8/103	OHIOmega Healthcare	$48.59	-0.2%	17.3	24.7	41	76	77	86	77	92
9/103	FRTFederal Realty	$118.45	+0.5%	17.1	38.6	54	84	77	64	29	91
10/103	LTCLTC Properties	$39.84	+1.0%	14.0	21.0	55	83	80	75	36	90

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Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.

Industries in Real Estate

ETFs with exposure to this sector

Funds that track the sector and each fund's exposure to it.

Fund	Exposure	Assets	Expense	Holdings
XLREState Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF	100.0%	$9B	0.08%	31
REETiShares Global REIT ETF	99.8%	$5B	0.14%	318
SCHHSchwab U.S. REIT ETF	99.7%	$11B	0.07%	121
IYRiShares U.S. Real Estate ETF	98.9%	$5B	0.37%	61
VNQVanguard Real Estate ETF	98.5%	$71B	0.13%	158

The percentage is the sector's share of the fund's assets, per the latest available data.

Best Stocks in Real Estate

Industries in Real Estate

Sector performance via XLRE