Bucksbaum has staunchly resisted paying himself the outsize salaries that more flamboyant REIT managers collect.
Lacking an official appraisal, you can try a kindred measure--the market capitalization of the REIT.
In a future post I will articulate what the SREIT or Social REIT is all about.
Highfields is shorting Digital Realty's stock, meaning that it would profit if the REIT's shares decline.
The REIT will then be listed on a stock exchange and sold to individual investors.
With this in mind, let's have a closer look at Toledo-based Health Care REIT.
The Cleveland, Ohio-based REIT gets an F for performance and a C for value this year.
Most of the spinoff talk has centered on forming a REIT for the accommodations business.
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Wells REIT pays an annualized 7% dividend yield, in line with those of public office REITs.
During that same period, the Dow Jones Equity All REIT index has increased 11%.
In Thursday trading, ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc. shares are currently off about 0.2% on the day.
Of course, if that's what you want, you don't need to buy an illiquid REIT.
Structured as a REIT, Potlatch owns approximately1.42 million acres of forestland in Arkansas, Idaho, and Minnesota.
The committee is looking at the REIT tax exemption along with all other tax rules.
Additionally, he is the Vice-Chairman of Two Harbors Investment Corporation, a NYSE-listed (TWO) residential mortgage REIT.
Another sterling REIT is Simon Property Group, the largest shopping center trust, with 286 U.S. malls.
Another alluring buyout target is hotel REIT Sunstone, trading at a 9% discount to NAV.
Federal Realty is an equity REIT that specializes in the ownership of high quality retail properties.
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Analysts are split on Health Care REIT, but eight of 18 analysts rate it hold.
The average REIT dividend is around 4%, moreover, and fully taxable, unlike qualified stock dividends.
Outside of the REIT sector, the M100 plowed new money into Gilat Satellite Networks.
Whatever the market thinks, mall REIT property values (NAV) and earnings (AFFO) have grown nicely.
The FTSE Nareit Americas REIT Index, by comparison, has a current yield of 2.9%.
Asset quality is also improving and the diversified REIT portfolios should provide investors with risk-aligned alternatives.
As the snapshot below illustrates, REIT shares have certainly performed well over reasonably time periods.
But the real hounds in the reit kennel are health care REITs, off 10.5%.
So becoming a REIT represents a win-win situation for both AMT and investors in the company.
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In fact CCA had converted to a REIT previously, in 1997, with disastrous results.
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It is important that REIT investors also understand property cycles and how they affect local economies.
He is also the director of research at hedge fund Oak Hill REIT Management.
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