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Real Estate

Sector deep dive

Real Estate

Most real estate exposure trades as REITs — Real Estate Investment Trusts — which own physical property (apartments, malls, warehouses, cell towers, data centers, hospitals) and pay out most of their income as dividends. It's the sector most directly tied to interest rates.

245 public companies in this sector are currently in the Substox database. Below are the top names by market capitalization.