Although stock market analysts are not infallible, many investors rely on their ratings and price targets when making decisions about stocks to purchase. This is especially observable on the day when an analyst's rating comes out, as share prices tend to rise or fall significantly from upgrades, downgrades or changes in price targets. Every so often a market will over-correct to an extreme, leaving the price of certain stocks well below recent analysts' price targets. This creates a favorable si
September was an ugly month for real estate investment trust (REIT) investors. Statements from the September Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting confirming another rate hike in 2023, high interest rates for longer and fewer cuts in 2024 triggered a brutal across-the-board REIT sell-off. Although the last two days of September were positive, many of the stalwart REIT leaders, such as Realty Income Corp. (NYSE:O), Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. (NYSE:MAA), SBA Communications Corp
New investors often make the mistake of chasing high-yielding stocks without giving enough thought to the quality of those companies and the sustainability of the dividends. With real estate investment trusts (REITs), one way to assess whether a company can continue paying out the current dividend in the future is to look at the dividend amount in relation to the forward funds from operations (FFO) with a simple formula called the "payout ratio." The payout ratio is derived by dividing the annua