The Larger Story Behind REITs’ Operating Performance
WASHINGTON, DC–Q4 funds from operations and net operating income all point to a real estate cycle that still has room to run, says NAREIT’s Calvin Schnure.
March 2, 2017 | by ERIKA MORPHY | GlobeSt.com
WASHINGTON, DC–Fourth quarter 2016 FFO of listed US Equity REITs recorded a 7.4% gain compared to the third quarter of 2016 and a 20.5% gain from the fourth quarter of 2015, according to NAREIT’s Total REIT Industry Tracker Series (aka its T-Tracker series). The T-Tracker is quarterly composite performance measure of the entire US listed REIT industry.
But unless you are a REIT investor or industry analyst, why should you care about this particular metric? This isn’t, after all, the widely-watched quarterly or monthly REIT returns.
And the answer to that: in many ways, the T-Tracker provides a more realistic assessment of REITs and commercial real estate prices. REIT stock prices, like all stocks, can be influenced by a number of non-industry matters. The T-Tracker, by contrast, looks at REITs’ earnings growth — which ultimately show whether or not value is being created.
