12 Best Real Estate Dividend Stocks To Buy Now

10. Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 43

Dividend Yield as of November 28: 2.40%

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) is one of the best dividend stocks in the real estate sector. On November 25, John Kilichowski from Wells Fargo issued a Buy rating on Ventas. The analyst assigned a price target of $88 for the stock.

Separately, the company reported its Q3 2025 financials on October 29. Year-to-date at the end of the third quarter, Ventas had completed purchase transactions related to senior housing facilities worth $2.2 billion in promising markets. The company anticipates that these acquisitions will boost its growth and add to its financial returns. For 2025, the investment volume forecast for senior housing was also raised from $2 billion to $2.5 billion by Ventas. The company’s growth and future initiatives are supported by a solid liquidity position of $4.1 billion as of Q3 this year.

In another corporate update, dated November 17, Peter J. Bulgarelli, the company’s Executive Vice President and CEO of Lillibridge Healthcare Services, announced plans to retire on May 1, 2026. He manages Ventas’ Outpatient Medical & Research and Triple-Net Leased Healthcare operations. Bulgarelli became part of Ventas in 2018 after a 28-year career at Jones Lang LaSalle, where he oversaw the company’s healthcare, life sciences, higher education, and public sector divisions.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) is a real estate investment trust that specializes in senior housing communities, outpatient medical buildings, research centers, and healthcare facilities.