If you are thinking about a REIT purchase, you need to consider the company’s ability to maintain or raise its dividend, because a dividend cut could hurt the stock price terribly, and income is your main objective.
There are 92 REITs in the S&P 1500 Composite Index and some of them still have room to grow dividend payments. Here are the 15 with the highest dividend yields that also have “headroom” to raise dividends:
15 REITs With FFO Yields Over Dividend Yield, |
Sources: MarketWatch, FactSet