REIT Stocks Like Curbline Outperform During Ongoing Stock Market Volatility

Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, typically offer high dividend yields, making them appealing to income investors. But President Donald Trump's tariffs continue to play havoc with the major stock indexes, and the stock market remains in a correction.That has evolved several REIT stocks into a safe haven trade.Recent gains have limited IBD's real estate investment trust industry group's losses to just 1% since the start of the year. The group on Wednesday ranked No. 88 among the 197 industry groups tracked by IBD, improving from No. 140 four weeks ago.Meanwhile, the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE) is up 2.9% year to date through April 1.In contrast, the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite is down 10.4% year to date, while the S&P 500 has lost 4.6%.With REITs outperforming in the current stock market volatility, they have started to emerge in the IBD MarketSurge Growth 250 and the IBD 50, screens that focus on stocks that are holding up the best in the current stock market.

REIT Stocks To Watch Right Now

Nursing and assisted living facility operator CareTrust (CTRE) is building a consolidation that has a 33.15 conventional buy point, with an early entry at 29.37.Essex Property Trust (ESS) is bouncing back from its 50-day support level, just below a 314.65 double-bottom entry.IBD 50 stock Essential Property Realty (EPRT) continues to trace a flat base with a 34.88 entry.Curbline Properties (CURB), which owns and operates convenience shopping centers, was approaching a cup base's 25.69 entry. But sellers hit Curbline hard during Thursday's sell-off. Curbline boasts a perfect EPS Rating of 99 with a solid 95 IBD Composite Rating. Another bullish note is the stock's RS line (see point 1 in accompanying image) triggered the blue dot on the IBD MarketSurge chart.The RS Line Blue Dot list identifies stocks whose relative strength lines are hitting new highs, while the stock is building a new base or breaking out past a new buy point. That's a bullish combination and a prime way to spot new market leaders. It's the best list during a market correction, said MarketSurge chief Scott St. Clair.Curbline owns and manages convenience shopping centers.A non-REIT stock to check out for investors seeking a stable stock with a long track record of dividend increases is Enbridge (ENB).