Based on key financial metrics such as the price-to-sales ratio, shareholder yield and the price-earnings ratio, the following 6 stocks made the list for top value stocks in the REITs - Specialized industry. Those looking for value stocks to add to their portfolio may want to use this list as a starting point for further investment research.

Why Focus on Undervalued REITs - Specialized Stocks?

Value investors seek to buy stocks at a discount to their intrinsic value. Long-term returns show that such strategies are advantageous. Value stocks, as a group, tend to outperform growth stocks over extended periods of time. Typically, value investors perform financial analysis of numerous metrics, don’t follow the herd and are long-term investors.

AAII’s A+ Investor Value Grade is derived from a stock’s Value Score. The Value Score is the percentile rank of the average of the percentile ranks of the price-to-sales ratio, price-earnings ratio, enterprise-value-to-EBITDA (EV/EBITDA) ratio, shareholder yield, price-to-book-value ratio and price-to-free-cash-flow ratio. The score is variable, meaning it can consider all six ratios or, should any of the six ratios not be valid, the remaining ratios that are valid. To be assigned a Value Score, stocks must have a valid (non-null) ratio and corresponding ranking for at least two of the six valuation ratios.

What Goes Into AAII’s Value Grade?

Stock evaluation requires access to huge amounts of data as well as the knowledge and time to sift through it all, make sense of financial ratios, read income statements and analyze recent stock movement. AAII created A+ Investor, a robust data suite that condenses data research in an actionable and customizable way suitable for investors of all knowledge levels, to help investors with that task.

AAII’s proprietary stock grades come with A+ Investor. These offer intuitive A–F grades for more than just value. It is possible for a stock to appear cheap based on one valuation metric but appear expensive on another. It is also possible for one valuation ratio to be associated with outperforming stocks during certain periods of time but not others. Some stocks may even have null values for certain metrics like the price-earnings ratio or the price-to-book ratio but not others. An example of this would be a company with losses instead of profits or a negative book value because of heavy borrowing. Negative earnings or book value result in non-meaningful ratios that are left blank or null.

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6 Undervalued REITs - Specialized Stocks

Of course, there are countless value stocks that are worth mentioning, but this is a concise list of the top 6 undervalued stocks in the REITs - Specialized industry for Wednesday, September 18, 2024. Let’s take a closer look at their individual scores to see how they measure up against each other and the REITs - Specialized industry median.

The Value Grade is assigned based on how each stock’s composite valuation compares to all other stocks.

The process for assigning grades starts with each variable for a given stock. The percentile rankings for all valid ratios that a stock has are calculated. So, for instance, a stock could have a price-to-book ranking in the 43rd percentile, a price-earnings ranking in the 67th percentile, a price-to-sales ranking in the 23rd percentile, etc. Then, those rankings are averaged for each stock. (A minimum of two valid variables are required, though all six will be used if available.)

Once the average of the individual variables is calculated, that average is ranked against all stocks. Put another way, each stock’s composite valuation is compared to all other stocks. These ranks are then sorted into quintiles from the cheapest 20% (a grade of A) to the most expensive 20% (a grade of F).

As always, we recommend that you conduct proper due diligence and research before investing in any security. We also suggest that investors utilize numerous grades, not just value, when it comes to deciding whether a company is a good fit for their allocation needs.

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation is a specialty finance company. The Company is primarily engaged in originating and investing in commercial real estate (CRE) loans and related investments. The Company operates through its segment, which is primarily focused on directly originating and managing a diversified portfolio of CRE debt-related investments for the Company’s own account. The Company’s target investments include senior mortgage loans, subordinated debt, preferred equity, mezzanine loans and other CRE investments, including commercial mortgage-backed securities. These investments are generally held for investment and are secured, directly or indirectly, by office, multifamily, retail, industrial, lodging, self-storage, student housing, residential, and other commercial real estate properties, or by ownership interests therein. The Company’s portfolio is externally managed by Ares Commercial Real Estate Management LLC (the Manager).

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp has a Value Score of 89, which is considered to be undervalued.

When you look at Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp’s price-to-sales ratio at 2.14 compared to the industry median at 2.45, this company has a lower price relative to revenue compared to its peers. This could make Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp’s stock more attractive for value investors.

Shareholder yield is the sum of a stock’s dividend yield (paid over previous 12 months minus special dividends) and the percentage of net share buybacks over the previous 12 months. Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp’s shareholder yield is higher than its industry median ratio of 4.23%. Value investors may look for an attractive shareholder yield because it can be a powerful tool for identifying if the company has a good management team.

As one of the most common value metrics, the price-to-book ratio evaluates a company’s current market price relative to its book value. Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp’s price-to-book ratio is lower than its industry median ratio of 0.99. This could make Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp more attractive to investors looking for a new addition to their portfolio.

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corporation is a real estate finance company. The Company is focused on acquiring, investing in, and managing residential mortgage assets in the United States. Its segments include investments in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), investments in Servicing Related Assets, and All Other. The Company’s principal objective is to generate yields and risk-adjusted total returns for its stockholders over the long term, primarily through dividend distributions and secondarily through capital appreciation. The Company focuses on attaining this objective by selectively constructing and actively managing a portfolio of servicing related assets and RMBS. The Company may also invest in other cash -lowing residential mortgage assets. It is externally managed by Cherry Hill Mortgage Management, LLC.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp has a Value Score of 76, which is considered to be undervalued.

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 0.99.

You can read more about Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Diversified Healthcare Trust’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Diversified Healthcare Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company owns medical office and life science properties, senior living communities, and other healthcare related properties throughout the United States. The Company's segments include Office Portfolio and SHOP. Its Office Portfolio segment consists of medical office properties leased to medical providers and other medical related businesses, as well as life science properties leased to biotech laboratories and other similar tenants. Its SHOP segment consists of managed senior living communities that provide short-term and long-term residential living and, in some instances, care and other services for residents where it pays fees to managers. Its portfolio of medical office and life science properties, or its Office Portfolio, consists of commercial properties constructed for use or operated as medical office space for physicians and other healthcare personnel and other businesses in medical related fields.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Diversified Healthcare Trust has a Value Score of 74, which is considered to be undervalued.

Diversified Healthcare Trust’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Diversified Healthcare Trust less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 0.99.

You can read more about Diversified Healthcare Trust’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is a specialty finance company. The Company invests primarily in mortgage-related assets. The Company conducts all its operations, and makes investments, through PennyMac Operating Partnership, L.P. and its subsidiaries. The Company's segments include credit sensitive strategies, interest rate sensitive strategies, correspondent production, and corporate. The credit sensitive strategies segment represents its investments in credit risk transfer (CRT) arrangements, subordinate mortgage-backed securities (MBS), distressed loans, and real estate. The interest rate sensitive strategies segment represents its investments in MSRs, excess servicing spread (ESS) purchased from PFSI, Agency and senior non-Agency MBS and the related interest rate hedging activities. The Correspondent Production segment serves as an intermediary between lenders and the capital markets by purchasing, pooling and reselling credit quality loans.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust has a Value Score of 81, which is considered to be undervalued.

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust’s price-earnings ratio is 10.6 compared to the industry median at 27.9. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust more attractive for value investors.

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 0.99.

You can read more about PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Sotherly Hotels Inc’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Sotherly Hotels Inc. is a self-managed and self-administered lodging real estate investment trust. The Company is focused on the acquisition, renovation, up branding and repositioning of upscale to upper-upscale full-service hotels in the Southern United States. The Company conducts its business through Sotherly Hotels LP, its operating partnership (the Operating Partnership). Its portfolio consists of ten full-service, primarily upscale and upper-upscale hotels located in seven states with an aggregate of 2,786 hotel rooms, and interests in two condominium hotels and their associated rental programs. Its wholly owned properties include The DeSoto; DoubleTree by Hilton Jacksonville Riverfront; DoubleTree by Hilton Laurel; DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Airport; DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Hollywood Beach; Georgian Terrace; Hotel Alba Tampa, Tapestry Collection by Hilton; Hotel Ballast Wilmington, Tapestry Collection by Hilton; Hyatt Centric Arlington and The Whitehall.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Sotherly Hotels Inc has a Value Score of 81, which is considered to be undervalued.

Sotherly Hotels Inc’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Sotherly Hotels Inc less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 0.99.

You can read more about Sotherly Hotels Inc’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Service Properties Trust’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Service Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust. The Company operates through two segments: hotel investments and net lease investments. It owns a portfolio of hotels and net lease service and necessity-based retail properties. The Company owns over 221 hotels with approximately 37,000 rooms or suites located in over 36 states, in the District of Columbia, Ontario, Canada and San Juan, Puerto Rico. It owns approximately 752 service-oriented retail properties with over 13.3 million square feet located in approximately 42 states. The Company’s net lease portfolio is occupied by over 175 tenants, which is operating approximately 137 brands in over 21 industries. The Company's net lease portfolio is leased to tenants that include travel centers, quick service and casual dining restaurants, movie theaters, health and fitness centers, grocery stores, automotive parts and services and other businesses in service-oriented and necessity-based industries.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Service Properties Trust has a Value Score of 93, which is considered to be undervalued.

Service Properties Trust’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Service Properties Trust less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 0.99.

You can read more about Service Properties Trust’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Other REITs - Specialized Stock Grades

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Choosing Which of the 6 Best REITs - Specialized Stocks Is Right for You

Choosing which value stocks to invest in will ultimately depend on your individual goals and allocation; however, comparing similar value stocks in the same industry can help you analyze which might be better investments for you in the long run. So, let’s take a look at the Value Grade for all of our stocks.

• Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp stock has a Value Grade of A.
• Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp stock has a Value Grade of B.
• Diversified Healthcare Trust stock has a Value Grade of B.
• PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust stock has a Value Grade of A.
• Sotherly Hotels Inc stock has a Value Grade of A.
• Service Properties Trust stock has a Value Grade of A.

Now that you have a bit more background about each of the 6 undervalued stocks in the REITs - Specialized industry as well as their overall grades, it’s time for you to conduct additional research to see if these could fit your portfolio needs based on your goals and risk tolerance. AAII can help you figure out both and identify which investments align with what works best for you.

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Additional Resources About REITs - Specialized Stocks

Want to learn more about REITs - Specialized stocks to see if they could be the right investment for you? Check out some additional resources and articles to help you on your financial journey.

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