REITs

July 16, 2015

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: REIT Stock Underperformance, REIT Sector Trends, REIT Operational Momentum, REIT Fundamentals, Multifamily REITs, Interest Rate Uncertainty, Economic Recovery, Apartment REITs

Companies covered: One Liberty Properties, Inc. (NYSE:OLP), Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA), Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS), Equity One, Inc. (NYSE:EQY), Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS), Independence Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:IRT), Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. (NYSEMKT:BRG), Standard Pacific Corp (NYSE:SPF), Ryland Group, Inc. (The) (NYSE:RYL), Post Properties, Inc. (NYSE:PPS), Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN), Home Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HME), Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR), Brookfield Asset Management Inc (NYSE:BAM), AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB), Associated Estates Realty Corporation (NYSE:AEC), Farmland Partners Inc. (NYSE:FPI), Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR), Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE:SPG), Sears Holdings Corporation (OTCMKTS:SHLDQ), Macerich Company (The) (NYSE:MAC), Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE:HCN), HCP, Inc. (NYSE:HCP), Extra Space Storage Inc (NYSE:EXR), Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI), Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR), iStar Financial Inc. (NYSE:STAR), RAIT Financial Trust (NYSE:RAS), Northstar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE:NRF), Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR), Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE:TCO), Parkway Properties, Inc. (NYSE:PKY), Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE:KIM), Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR), DDR Corp. (NYSE:DDR)