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Residential REITs

The 14 companies in this industry listed on the NYSE and Nasdaq are worth $113 bn combined; the largest are VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL (VMRK), Essex Property Trust (ESS) and Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA). For each one: what it does, revenue, margin, free cash flow over the last five years and a score from 0 to 10.

Data as of October 2026

Comfortable leader
14 companies value 113 bn revenue 12 bn margin — free cash flow — avg. score 4.2
VMRK holds 42.2% of the group's value, 2.8x the runner-up
Rank Ticker Company Share Value Revenue Margin FCF 5 years FCF/px Yield What it does · why it is here
1 VMRK VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL
United States · score 5.8
 42% 48 bn 3.1 bn 28.0% 1.6 bn 3.3% 2.2% Rental apartments in dynamic US metro areas · Illinois — assets of $20.3bn
2 ESS Essex Property Trust
United States · score 5.0
 15% 17 bn 1.9 bn 22.7% 1.1 bn 6.5% — Apartment REIT on the West Coast · West Coast apartments; 30 years of rising dividends (Dividend Aristocrat)
3 MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities
United States · score 5.9
 12% 13 bn 2.2 bn 18.2% 0.6 bn 4.8% 5.3% Apartment REIT in the Southeast and Southwest · Largest apartment REIT in the Sun Belt, the region drawing the most migration
4 UDR UDR Inc.
United States · score 6.2
 10% 11 bn 1.7 bn 30.4% 0.6 bn 5.9% 5.2% Apartment REIT · Apartments diversified across the coasts and the Sun Belt
5 CPT Camden Property Trust
United States · score 6.8
 9% 9.8 bn 0.0 bn 25x 0.8 bn 8.2% 4.7% Apartment REIT in the Sun Belt · Apartments concentrated in the Sun Belt, the region with the most in-migration
6 JAN Janus Living, Inc.
United States · score 4.9
 7% 8.4 bn 0.7 bn 7.3% 0.2 bn 2.1% — Rental housing · Colorado — assets of $4.7bn
7 IRT INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC.
United States · score 6.5
 3% 3.4 bn 0.7 bn 6.5% 0.3 bn 8.1% 4.7% Rental apartments in growth markets · Pennsylvania — assets of $6.1bn
8 CSR CENTERSPACE
United States · score 5.0
 1% 0.9 bn 0.3 bn 8.0% 0.1 bn 6.5% 5.6% Apartment community REIT · North Dakota — assets of $1.8bn
9 NXRT NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.
United States · score 2.8
 0% 0.5 bn 0.3 bn -13.2% 0.1 bn 18.1% 11.9% Rental apartments with water and energy services · Texas — assets of $1.9bn
10 ELME Elme Communities
United States · score 2.1
 0% 0.2 bn 0.2 bn -74.7% — — — Apartment REIT, successor to a trust from 1960 · Maryland — assets of $460m
11 AIV APARTMENT INVESTMENT & MANAGEMENT CO
United States · score 3.9
 0% 0.2 bn 0.1 bn 395.1% -0.1 bn -38.2% 173.4% Development and value creation in residential real estate · Colorado — assets of $1.2bn
12 BRT BRT Apartments Corp.
United States · score 1.9
 0% 0.2 bn 0.1 bn -13.2% 0.0 bn 5.6% 6.2% Apartment REIT, with co-investments · New York — assets of $691m
13 CLPR Clipper Realty Inc.
United States · score 1.4
 0% 0.0 bn 0.1 bn -34.6% 0.0 bn 51.5% 37.6% Residential and commercial real estate in New York · New York — assets of $1.2bn
14 BHM Bluerock Homes Trust, Inc.
United States · score 0.5
 0% 0.0 bn 0.1 bn -51.9% -0.0 bn -30.9% 6.0% REIT · New York — assets of $1.1bn

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