Most and least shorted REIT stocks with over $2B market cap

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Andrzej Rostek

Is a REIT revival on its way? The answer could be a 'Yes'.

Despite the recent AI-related disruption [https://seekingalpha.com/news/4550786-here-are-the-worst-performing-real-estate-services-stocks-as-ai-disruptions-sink-group] across real estate services stocks, the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/XLRE]) comfortably outperforms the S&P 500 index year-to-date. XLRE has advanced 6.25%, compared to the broader SP500's negative 0.19% return.

"Economic resilience and a measured path toward lower policy rates are helping to stabilize financing conditions and improve visibility for property cash flows," said [https://seekingalpha.com/article/4861411-renewed-potential-for-real-estate-investors-2026?source=feed_symbol_REET] Seeking Alpha author Invesco US [https://seekingalpha.com/author/invesco-us].

"Independent sector outlooks point to balanced supply and demand and highlight areas of structural strength such as data infrastructure as well as steady trends in housing and logistics," according to Invesco US.

"This environment reduces oversupply risk and supports rent growth across many segments as development pipelines remain restrained," added the author.

With optimism surrounding REIT stocks, shorting activity has also changed its course in about a month's time [https://seekingalpha.com/news/4540067-most-and-least-shorted-reit-stocks-with-over-2b-market-cap].

Short interest is the percentage of shares outstanding that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Extremely high short interest shows investors are very pessimistic.

Seeking Alpha has compiled a list of the most and least shorted REIT stocks (with a market cap over $2B) in the current market scenario.

MOST SHORTED STOCKS:

* NETSTREIT (NTST [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NTST]) - 18.69% of shares outstanding
* Park Hotels & Resorts (PK [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/PK]) - 16.90% of shares outstanding
* Acadia Realty Trust (AKR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AKR]) - 15.81% of shares outstanding
* Douglas Emmett (DEI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DEI]) - 15.61% of shares outstanding
* SL Green Realty (SLG [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SLG]) - 12.70% of shares outstanding

LEAST SHORTED STOCKS:

* American Tower (AMT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AMT]) - 1.41% of shares outstanding
* Prologis (PLD [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/PLD]) - 1.47% of shares outstanding
* Simon Property Group (SPG [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SPG]) - 1.55% of shares outstanding
* Sun Communities (SUI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SUI]) - 1.59% of shares outstanding
* Crown Castle (CCI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CCI]) - 1.86% of shares outstanding

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