Macerich Stock News

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WHAT: Macerich (NYSE: MAC) Schedules Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Release and Conference Call

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The REIT sector took a beating in December with an average total return of -6.85% but still finished in the black for full year 2024 (+3.70%). Small cap (-5.98%) and mid cap REITs (-6.62%) outperformed large caps (-7.43%) and micro caps (-8.63%) in December. Only 9.68% of REIT securities had a positive total return in December. 55.63% had a positive total return for all of 2024.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Macerich Company (NYSE: MAC) today announced the tax treatment for dividend distributions taxable in 2024 on its Common Stock.

Macerich has rallied heavily over the last year as market enthusiasm builds over its Path Forward Plan. The REIT is currently trading for 13.5x times its annualized third-quarter FFO and offers a modest 3.31% dividend yield. The November equity offering should be accretive, but revenue is set to dip in future quarters on asset sales and givebacks.

The REIT sector bounced back from a rough October with a strong +3.19% average total return in November. Small cap (+4.19%), mid cap (+3.70%), and large cap (+3.39%) REITs averaged gains in November, while micro caps (-0.81%) finished the month in the red. 74.19% of REIT securities had a positive total return in November.

More people are living at American malls as real estate developers knock down department stores and construct apartment buildings in their place. At least 192 U.S. malls planned to add housing to their footprint as of January 2022, and at least 33 had constructed apartments since the pandemic began.