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Top Real Estate Stocks by Net Income

Top real estate companies ranked by net income, latest annual filings.

What Net Income Means for Real Estate Companies

Net income in real estate is often the least informative profitability metric the sector reports. Depreciation on buildings, which do not actually lose economic value at the straight-line rate required by accounting rules, drags reported profit below the cash the portfolio generates. REIT investors therefore anchor on funds from operations instead, treating GAAP net income as a poor proxy for the true earning power of the assets.

Why It Matters Less in Real Estate

A REIT can produce growing rent and expanding same-property net operating income while reporting modest or declining net income, simply because non-cash depreciation scales with the asset base. Large gains on property sales can also flatter a single year, while impairments and development writedowns can depress another. FFO and AFFO disclosures, along with same-property metrics, tell the real earnings story in ways a single net income line cannot.

What to Read Alongside

Read net income alongside [Free Cash Flow](/financials/top-free-cash-flow-stocks/real-estate/) for the cash remaining after recurring capex, [Capital Expenditures](/financials/biggest-capex-stocks/real-estate/) for the development and acquisition spending that drives rent growth, and [Return on Equity](/financials/top-roe-stocks/real-estate/) for capital efficiency.

Data as of FY 2025 100 companies Rhea AI
# Symbol Company Sector
1 SPG Simon Property Group, Inc. Real Estate $5.36B $66.88B
2 PLD Prologis, Inc. Real Estate $3.33B $134.06B
3 VICI VICI Properties Inc. Real Estate $2.78B $29.30B
4 AMT American Tower Corporation Real Estate $2.63B $90.34B
5 NLY Annaly Capital Management, Inc. Real Estate $2.05B $15.59B
6 PSA Public Storage Real Estate $1.78B $53.83B
7 AGNC AGNC Investment Corp. Real Estate $1.67B $11.81B
8 SUI Sun Communities, Inc. Real Estate $1.41B $15.12B
9 EQIX Equinix, Inc. Real Estate $1.35B $107.42B
10 DLR Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Real Estate $1.31B $66.31B
11 UNIT Uniti Group Inc. Real Estate $1.30B $2.86B
12 CBRE CBRE Group, Inc. Real Estate $1.16B $38.34B
13 EQR Equity Residential Real Estate $1.12B $25.44B
14 O Realty Income Corporation Real Estate $1.06B $55.72B
15 AVB AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Real Estate $1.06B $26.84B
16 SBAC SBA Communications Corporation Real Estate $1.05B $22.05B
17 EXR Extra Space Storage Inc. Real Estate $0.97B $30.82B
18 VNO Vornado Realty Trust Real Estate $0.94B $6.57B
19 WELL Welltower Inc. Real Estate $0.94B $141.78B
20 JLL Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Real Estate $0.79B $13.87B
21 HST Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Real Estate $0.77B $16.75B
22 ESS Essex Property Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.70B $18.29B
23 INVH Invitation Homes Inc. Real Estate $0.59B $17.51B
24 LAMR Lamar Advertising Company Real Estate $0.59B $15.32B
25 RITM Rithm Capital Corp. Real Estate $0.57B $5.12B
26 KIM Kimco Realty Corporation Real Estate $0.55B $16.19B
27 REG Regency Centers Corporation Real Estate $0.53B $14.04B
28 AMH American Homes 4 Rent Real Estate $0.51B $11.87B
29 RYN Rayonier Inc. Real Estate $0.47B $6.32B
30 WPC W. P. Carey Inc. Real Estate $0.47B $16.48B
31 MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Real Estate $0.45B $15.93B
32 CCI Crown Castle Inc. Real Estate $0.44B $40.93B
33 BEKE KE Holdings Inc. Real Estate $0.43B $18.52B
34 STWD Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.41B $6.34B
35 FRT Federal Realty Investment Trust Real Estate $0.41B $10.44B
36 TRNO Terreno Realty Corporation Real Estate $0.40B $6.82B
37 ELS Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.40B $11.99B
38 NNN NNN REIT, Inc. Real Estate $0.39B $8.37B
39 BRX Brixmor Property Group Inc. Real Estate $0.39B $9.31B
40 CPT Camden Property Trust Real Estate $0.38B $11.10B
41 MRP Millrose Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.38B $4.78B
42 UDR UDR, Inc. Real Estate $0.38B $12.64B
43 WY Weyerhaeuser Company Real Estate $0.32B $17.81B
44 ARR ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. Real Estate $0.32B $2.14B
45 CTRE CareTrust REIT, Inc. Real Estate $0.32B $8.84B
46 KRG Kite Realty Group Trust Real Estate $0.30B $5.54B
47 BXP BXP, Inc. Real Estate $0.28B $9.90B
48 EPR EPR Properties Real Estate $0.27B $4.30B
49 STAG STAG Industrial, Inc. Real Estate $0.27B $7.08B
50 VTR Ventas, Inc. Real Estate $0.26B $38.46B
51 EGP EastGroup Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.26B $10.67B
52 EPRT Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.25B $6.42B
53 FR First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.25B $8.18B
54 RHP Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.24B $7.39B
55 VTMX Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta, S.A.B. de C.V. Real Estate $0.24B $3.13B
56 CIM Chimera Investment Corporation Real Estate $0.23B $1.11B
57 CIGI Colliers International Group Inc. Real Estate $0.22B $4.98B
58 REXR Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. Real Estate $0.22B $7.72B
59 ADC Agree Realty Corporation Real Estate $0.20B $8.68B
60 FSV FirstService Corporation Real Estate $0.19B $6.42B
61 MFA MFA Financial, Inc. Real Estate $0.18B $0.94B
62 APLE Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. Real Estate $0.18B $3.70B
63 FOR Forestar Group Inc. Real Estate $0.17B $1.45B
64 HIW Highwoods Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.16B $3.04B
65 CDP COPT Defense Properties Real Estate $0.16B $3.64B
66 ORC Orchid Island Capital, Inc. Real Estate $0.16B $1.34B
67 ABR Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.16B $1.07B
68 SBRA Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. Real Estate $0.16B $4.46B
69 IRM Iron Mountain Incorporated Real Estate $0.15B $38.75B
70 EFC Ellington Financial Inc. Real Estate $0.15B $1.70B
71 ADAM Adamas Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.15B $0.82B
72 NYMT New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.15B $0.65B
73 CCS Century Communities, Inc. Real Estate $0.15B $1.62B
74 OUT OUTFRONT Media Inc. Real Estate $0.15B $5.52B
75 NHI National Health Investors, Inc. Real Estate $0.14B $3.31B
76 PLYM Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. Real Estate $0.14B $0.98B
77 CBL CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.14B $1.47B
78 IHS IHS Holding Limited Real Estate $0.13B $2.79B
79 ARI Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. Real Estate $0.13B $1.43B
80 NMRK Newmark Group, Inc. Real Estate $0.13B $2.58B
81 HHH Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. Real Estate $0.12B $3.89B
82 LTC LTC Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.12B $1.78B
83 IIPR Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.12B $1.68B
84 JOE The St. Joe Company Real Estate $0.12B $3.73B
85 SAFE Safehold Inc. Real Estate $0.11B $1.09B
86 LXP LXP Industrial Trust Real Estate $0.11B $3.05B
87 FCPT Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.11B $2.63B
88 IVT InvenTrust Properties Corp. Real Estate $0.11B $2.57B
89 PECO Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. Real Estate $0.11B $4.94B
90 BXMT Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.11B $3.11B
91 DRH DiamondRock Hospitality Company Real Estate $0.10B $2.36B
92 IVR Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. Real Estate $0.10B $0.73B
93 BNL Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. Real Estate $0.10B $3.88B
94 UE Urban Edge Properties Real Estate $0.09B $2.82B
95 CWK Cushman & Wakefield Limited Real Estate $0.09B $3.11B
96 PMT PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Real Estate $0.09B $0.89B
97 FBRT Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.08B $0.66B
98 GTY Getty Realty Corp. Real Estate $0.08B $1.95B
99 VRE Veris Residential, Inc. Real Estate $0.08B $1.78B
100 NSA National Storage Affiliates Trust Real Estate $0.07B $3.32B

How this ranking is built

Companies are ranked by net income as reported in their most recent annual filing with the SEC. Figures shown are in US dollars (or percent, as noted), rounded to two decimals.

  • Source: annual 10-K / 20-F filings from companies trading on US exchanges (NYSE, Nasdaq, AMEX).
  • Fiscal year: whichever annual period the company has most recently filed. Fiscal years don't always align with the calendar year, so the "as of FY" stamp above reflects the most common year across the table.
  • Filtered out: warrants, preferred shares, and duplicate listings that share a parent company's financials.
  • Update cadence: refreshed as companies file new annual reports (typically within 60–90 days of fiscal year end).

Not financial advice. This is a research tool, not a recommendation.