The "hub of e-commerce" and the hottest property sector of the last half-decade, Industrial REITs have been unfazed by the coronavirus-induced pain that has encumbered much of the REIT sector.The dramatic acceleration in e-commerce adoption has pulled forward the "retail apocalypse" trends as retailers divert more of their capital away from malls and into distribution supply chains.While much of the REIT sector was slashing dividends this year, nearly half of industrial REITs have raised dividends in 2020. Rent collection has averaged more than 97% since April.Underscoring the sector's favorable supply/demand conditions, Amazon's rumored interest in converting malls into last-mile distribution hubs has turned some heads, but the impact on industrial REITs will be immaterial.Recent earnings reports confirmed that fundamentals are back in-line with pre-pandemic expectations with positive growth expected in 2020. With the pandemic exposing deficiencies in supply chains, we believe the logistics-boom is back in the early-innings.

On another choppy week, U.S. equity markets finished mostly lower despite a solid slate of economic data and assurances from the Federal Reserve that it would keep interest rates near-zero indefinitely.Declining for the third-straight week following a six-week winning streak, the S&P 500 dipped another 1.0% this week and is now roughly 7% below its recent all-time highs.An encouraging slate of dividend news and rent collection updates buoyed real estate equities this week, particularly the more beaten-down property sectors, including malls, hotels, student housing, and mortgage REITs.After the Equity REIT sector was slammed by a wave of 64 dividend cuts in March through June, since then, we've seen far more dividend increases than dividend cuts in the REIT sector, including five more boosts from equity REITs and three from mortgage REITs this week.Housing Heats-Up: Homebuilder Sentiment jumped to the strongest levels on record in September, driven by a surge in Home Buyer Traffic, which far exceeded previous record levels as inventory levels remain historically tight.

Insider Monkey has processed numerous 13F filings of hedge funds and successful value investors to create an extensive database of hedge fund holdings. The 13F filings show the hedge funds' and successful investors' positions as of the end of the second quarter. You can find articles about an

Over the last several years we've seen larger equity REITs consistently outperform, but the gap becomes even larger with the recession.Tiny equity REITs trade at lower multiples FFO and AFFO, but that shouldn't be your only criteria.Tiny equity REITs have dramatically worse margins across key metrics.Tiny equity REITs have dramatically higher leverage, putting them in a much worse position whenever the economy slides into a recession.Investors are finally realizing that mortgage REITs are for trading, but they still think if they buy-and-hold crap equity REITs it will work out great.

With its stock down 3.9% over the past month, it is easy to disregard First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR). But if...

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR), a leading fully integrated owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, announced that it will participate in two virtual investor conferences in September: the BMO 2020 Real Assets Conference and the BofA Securities 2020 Global Real Estate

First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) declares $0.25/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 2.29% Payable Oct. 19; for shareholde

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR), a leading fully integrated owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, today announced that its board of directors declared a common stock dividend of $0.25 per share/unit for the quarter ending Sept

Dividends are one of the best benefits to being a shareholder, but finding a great dividend stock is no easy task. Does First Industrial Realty Trust (FR) have what it takes? Let's find out.

As of late, it has definitely been a great time to be an investor in First Industrial Realty Trust.

First Industrial Realty Trust (FR) delivered FFO and revenue surprises of 4.55% and 0.15%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2020. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

First Industrial Realty (NYSE:FR) reported quarterly earnings of $0.46 per share. This is a 6.98 percent increase over earnings of $0.43 per share from the same period last year.

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR), a leading fully integrated owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, today announced results for the second quarter of 2020. Diluted net income available to common stockholders per share (EPS) was

First Industrial (FR) is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity and has a positive Zacks Earnings ESP heading into earnings season.

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First Industrial's (FR) $200-million loan refinancing extends its debt maturities and boosts financial flexibility post the pandemic.

First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) gets a new unsecured term loan facility to refinance its $200M facility that was previously scheduled to mature on

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR), a leading fully integrated owner, operator, and developer of industrial real estate, today announced entering into a new unsecured term loan facility that refinances its $200 million unsecured term loan facility