By Alps Advisors
U.S. REITS RIP AS BUSINESSES CONTINUE TO REOPEN
- Broader equity markets cruised towards 5% shy of pre-pandemic highs last week, riding a wave of fresh optimism stemming from an encouraging U.S. jobs report last Friday amid continued business reopenings. Also riding this wave was the ALPS REIT Dividend Dogs ETF (RDOG), which posted gains of nearly 20% on the week and doubled the performance of broad-based REITs last week.
- RDOG’s Retail REITs segment rocketed a staggering 47% last week as shopping malls and retail stores began to reopen and rehire. Additionally, concurrent with the symbolic reopening of Las Vegas casinos and hotels, the Hotel & Resort REIT segment within RDOG climbed 33% last week. Meanwhile, RDOG’s Healthcare REIT segment rose nearly 28% last week as mobility slowly returns for seniors to move into living facilities
Source: Bloomberg L.P. as of 6/5/20
- The global style shift to value from growth was very evident within REITs last week. The cheapest REITs segments within RDOG by Price to Funds-From-Operations are Retail, Hotel & Resort, and Healthcare REITs, which rallied strongly last week while the most expensive Technology REITs segment was sold.
Source Trepp, Nareit as of 6/4/2020
- Credit issues were not spread evenly across property segments in May and were mostly concentrated in loans secured by lodging and retail properties. Business reopenings should help stabilize 30+ day delinquency figures in June.
- 30+ day delinquencies on Office properties remained relatively subdued in May, but the global work-from-home trend may pose longer-term issues.
- RDOG, which tracks the RDOGX Index, gained 18.47% last week and outperformed broad-based REITs.
Source: Bloomberg, L.P., as of June 5, 2020
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