XLF - Retail REITs bounce back leading REIT performance in H1 2021

krblokhin/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Checking in on how REIT stocks fared year to date, as a group, retail REITs produced the best total returns with a 34% return, as measured by the S&P Composite 1500 Retail REITs Index (magenta line in chart below) followed by the 30% return generated by the S&P Composite 1500 Residential REITs Index. Both REIT groups outperformed the S&P 500 Index, which clocked in a 17% total return YTD, and the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF), which rose 26% during the same period. The S&P Composite 1500 Mortgage REITs (orange line) Index turned in a 24% total return YTD, slightly lagging the XLF. Retail, one of the sectors hit hardest by the pandemic, especially early in the lockdowns, bounced back in the past six months. Specifically, Pennsylvania REIT (PEI) stock surged this year after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December. Though PEI ranks

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Retail REITs bounce back, leading REIT performance in H1 2021