Real estate investment trusts (REITs) stopped heading lower Monday as indicated by the closing prices of the benchmark REIT exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ: SVC) is among a handful of real estate investment trusts (REITs) making the list of stocks hitting new highs. Many REITs have rallied off of their October lows, but only a few have shown the kind of price strength recently seen in Service Properties Trust.
While many real estate investment trusts (REITs) are heading lower, there is at least this one that’s definitely heading higher. Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. (NASDAQ: GLPI) continues to blast up to new 52-week highs after bottoming in late September and early October.
Stock market indexes sold off last week and, in the spirit of things, Paramount Group Inc. (NYSE: PGRE) dropped to a new 52-week low. On Feb. 24, the company reported fourth-quarter funds from operations (FFO) at $0.25, up one penny from last year’s fourth-quarter FFO of $0.24.
Joining the list of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in uptrends, Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: EPRT) recently hit a nine-month high. After establishing an October 2022 low of $19, the move up to the $25 area amounts to a 31% rally in about four months.
Independence Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: IRT) owns and operates multifamily apartment properties nationwide with an eye toward benefiting shareholders through cash flow and possible increased value of the underlying real estate.
When the 50-day moving average crosses above the 200-day moving average, it’s considered bullish by technical analysts. The price has finally stopped going down over the short term and is headed back up enough to take it back above the long-term trend.
All in all, it was a good week for price action in the rate-sensitive real estate investment trust (REIT) sector.
Worries that the Federal Reserve might take interest rates higher than expected evaporated when it announced a 0.25% hike rather than a 0.5% hike. The REIT exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reached four-month highs.