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REITs vs the S&P 500
Price of the Vanguard Real Estate ETF relative to the S&P 500 ETF, first common day = 100
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Prices only. REITs pay out most of their income as dividends, so on a total-return basis the gap is smaller than this line shows.
How real estate investment trusts have done against large U.S. stocks. REITs borrow heavily and are sensitive to interest rates; a falling line means investors are paying less for property income relative to the rest of the market.
What this chart reads
- REITs vs the S&P 500as “REITs relative to the S&P 500”latest 2026-10-22
Sources
REITs vs the S&P 500. Source: Received through a licensed market data provider. Ratio computed by Palanor.
Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.