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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 $74.73B
2 PLD PROLOGIS, INC. Real Estate $3.33B $136.41B
3 VICI VICI Properties Inc. Real Estate $2.78B $28.97B
4 AMT American Tower Corporation Real Estate $2.63B $81.29B
5 NLY Annaly Capital Management, Inc. Real Estate $2.05B $17.40B
6 PSA Public Storage Real Estate $1.78B $59.28B
7 AGNCM AGNC Investment Corp. Real Estate $1.67B $8.85B
8 SUI Sun Communities, Inc. Real Estate $1.41B $15.33B
9 EQIX Equinix, Inc. Real Estate $1.35B $103.36B
10 DLR Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Real Estate $1.31B $71.48B
11 UNIT Uniti Group Inc. Real Estate $1.30B $2.26B
12 CBRE CBRE Group, Inc. Real Estate $1.16B $43.28B
13 EQR Equity Residential Real Estate $1.12B $25.16B
14 O Realty Income Corporation Real Estate $1.06B $60.08B
15 AVB AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Real Estate $1.06B $26.85B
16 SBAC SBA Communications Corporation Real Estate $1.05B $19.29B
17 EXR Extra Space Storage Inc. Real Estate $0.97B $31.31B
18 VNO Vornado Realty Trust Real Estate $0.94B $7.55B
19 WELL Welltower Inc. Real Estate $0.94B $169.79B
20 JLL Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Real Estate $0.79B $16.78B
21 HST Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Real Estate $0.77B $17.18B
22 ESS Essex Property Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.70B $18.11B
23 INVH Invitation Homes Inc. Real Estate $0.59B $17.63B
24 LAMR Lamar Advertising Company Real Estate $0.59B $16.30B
25 RITM Rithm Capital Corp. Real Estate $0.57B $5.51B
26 KIM Kimco Realty Corp. Real Estate $0.55B $17.20B
27 REG Regency Centers Corporation Real Estate $0.53B $14.71B
28 AMH AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT Real Estate $0.51B $11.95B
29 RYN Rayonier Inc. Real Estate $0.47B $6.43B
30 WPC W. P. Carey Inc. Real Estate $0.47B $16.88B
31 MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Real Estate $0.45B $15.52B
32 CCI Crown Castle Inc. Real Estate $0.44B $33.43B
33 BEKE KE Holdings Inc. Real Estate $0.43B $18.77B
34 STWD Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.41B $6.02B
35 FRT Federal Realty Investment Trust Real Estate $0.41B $10.72B
36 TRNO Terreno Realty Corporation Real Estate $0.40B $7.65B
37 ELS Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.40B $12.72B
38 NNN NNN REIT, Inc. Real Estate $0.39B $9.16B
39 BRX Brixmor Property Group Inc. Real Estate $0.39B $9.67B
40 CPT Camden Property Trust Real Estate $0.38B $11.23B
41 MRP Millrose Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.38B $4.69B
42 UDR UDR, Inc. Real Estate $0.38B $12.30B
43 CUBE CubeSmart Real Estate $0.33B $9.34B
44 WY Weyerhaeuser Company Real Estate $0.32B $16.94B
45 ARR ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. Real Estate $0.32B $2.33B
46 CTRE CareTrust REIT, Inc. Real Estate $0.32B $9.84B
47 KRG Kite Realty Group Trust Real Estate $0.30B $5.88B
48 BXP BXP, Inc. Real Estate $0.28B $11.43B
49 EPR EPR Properties Real Estate $0.27B $4.90B
50 STAG STAG Industrial, Inc. Real Estate $0.27B $7.43B
51 VTR Ventas, Inc. Real Estate $0.26B $47.15B
52 EGP EastGroup Properties Inc. Real Estate $0.26B $11.27B
53 EPRT Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.25B $6.76B
54 FR First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.25B $8.75B
55 RHP Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.24B $8.41B
56 VTMX Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta, S.A.B. de C.V. Real Estate $0.24B $3.19B
57 CIM Chimera Investment Corporation Real Estate $0.23B $1.06B
58 CIGI Colliers International Group Inc. Real Estate $0.22B $5.08B
59 REXR Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. Real Estate $0.22B $8.56B
60 ADC Agree Realty Corporation Real Estate $0.20B $9.42B
61 FSV FirstService Corporation Real Estate $0.19B $6.65B
62 MFA MFA Financial, Inc. Real Estate $0.18B $0.93B
63 APLE Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. Real Estate $0.18B $3.92B
64 FOR Forestar Group Inc. Real Estate $0.17B $1.47B
65 HIW Highwoods Properties Inc. Real Estate $0.16B $3.73B
66 CDP COPT Defense Properties Real Estate $0.16B $4.35B
67 ORC Orchid Island Capital, Inc. Real Estate $0.16B $1.32B
68 ABR Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.16B $0.92B
69 SBRA Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. Real Estate $0.16B $5.38B
70 IRM Iron Mountain Incorporated Real Estate $0.15B $37.08B
71 EFC Ellington Financial Inc. Real Estate $0.15B $1.69B
72 ADAM Adamas Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.15B $0.80B
73 NYMT New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.15B $0.65B
74 CCS Century Communities, Inc. Real Estate $0.15B $1.95B
75 OUT OUTFRONT Media Inc. Real Estate $0.15B $5.62B
76 NHI National Health Investors Real Estate $0.14B $3.69B
77 PLYM Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. Real Estate $0.14B $0.98B
78 CBL CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.14B $1.80B
79 IHS IHS Holding Limited Real Estate $0.13B $2.76B
80 ARI Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. Real Estate $0.13B $0.85B
81 NMRK Newmark Group, Inc. Real Estate $0.13B $2.68B
82 HHH Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. Real Estate $0.12B $3.87B
83 LTC LTC Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.12B $2.06B
84 IIPR Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. Real Estate $0.12B $1.76B
85 JOE The St. Joe Company Real Estate $0.12B $3.59B
86 SAFE Safehold Inc. Real Estate $0.11B $1.13B
87 LXP LXP Industrial Trust Real Estate $0.11B $3.58B
88 FCPT Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.11B $2.80B
89 IVT InvenTrust Properties Corp. Real Estate $0.11B $2.74B
90 PECO Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. Real Estate $0.11B $5.45B
91 BXMT Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.11B $2.52B
92 DRH DiamondRock Hospitality Company Real Estate $0.10B $2.64B
93 IVR Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. Real Estate $0.10B $0.76B
94 BNL Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. Real Estate $0.10B $4.12B
95 UE Urban Edge Properties Real Estate $0.09B $2.87B
96 CWK Cushman & Wakefield Limited Real Estate $0.09B $3.23B
97 PMT PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Real Estate $0.09B $0.81B
98 FBRT Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. Real Estate $0.08B $0.64B
99 GTY Getty Realty Corp. Real Estate $0.08B $2.12B
100 VRE Veris Residential, Inc. Real Estate $0.08B $1.78B

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.