2026 REIT Dividend Yields

As of April 2, publicly traded U.S. equity REITs posted a one-year average dividend yield of 3.98 percent.

The office REIT sector recorded the highest one-year average dividend yield among this group, at 5.47 percent, outpacing the broader Dow Jones Equity All REIT Index by 1.49 percentage points.

The 10-Year T-Note outperformed the Equity All REIT sector by 26 basis points. The industrial REIT sector logged the lowest dividend yield with 3.36 percent.

Psalm Uy is a senior associate in the real estate client operations department of S&P Global Market Intelligence. If you are interested in learning more about the products and services available within S&P Global Real Estate data, please visit us here.

—Posted on April 21, 2026

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As of March 3, publicly traded U.S. equity REITs posted a one-year average dividend yield of 3.98 percent.

The office REIT sector recorded the highest one-year average dividend yield among this group, at 5.44 percent, outperforming the broader Dow Jones Equity All REIT Index by 1.46 percentage points.

The 10-Year T-Note outperformed the Equity All REIT sector by 25 basis points. The industrial REIT sector also logged the lowest dividend yield with 3.37 percent.

Hamdia Bukhari is a Senior Associate in the Real Estate Client Operations Department of S&P Global Market Intelligence. If you are interested in learning more about the products and services available within S&P Global Real Estate data, please visit us here.

—Posted on March 26, 2026