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If you’re looking for growth and strong yield, look into real estate investments trusts (REITs), like VICI Properties (SYM: VICI).
With a yield of 5.3%, VICI Properties is an experiential real estate investment trust (REIT), which owns gaming, hospitality and entertainment properties, including Caesars Palace Las Vegas, MGM Grand and the Venetian Resort Las Vegas. In addition, VICI Properties owns 93 experiential assets across a diverse portfolio consisting of 54 gaming properties and 39 other experiential properties across the United States and Canada.
Helping, REITs will only become more attractive with declining interest rates.
Two, VICI owns a strong, diversified gaming sector portfolio with a property occupancy rate of 100%. Three, the company has stable dividend growth. Plus, its payout has increased every year since inception, and its funds from operations (FFO) is now at an all-time high. The company also just paid out a quarterly dividend of $0.4325, a 4.2% year over year increase.
VICI just increased its quarterly revenue by 4.6%
In its most recent quarter, the company’s funds from operations of 60 cents did miss by five cents. However, its revenue of $1 billion, up 4.5% year over year, beat by $8.1 million. It also raised its adjusted funds from operations (AFFO) for the full year to between $2.5 billion and $2.52 billion, or to between $2.35 to $2.37 per share.
As noted by CEO Edward Pitoniak in an earnings release:
“In the second quarter of 2025, we increased our quarterly revenue by 4.6% and our quarterly AFFO per share by nearly 5% year-over-year, reflecting the efficient flow-through of our business model. The strength of our internal growth from contractual rent escalations coupled with investment activity across new and existing partnerships continues to support our earnings growth. During the second quarter, we initiated a partnership with Red Rock Resorts related to the development of the North Fork Mono Casino & Resort near Madera, California, and we expanded our investment with Cain International and Eldridge Industries related to the development of One Beverly Hills.”
In the end, with a healthy yield coupled with strong exposure to gaming, hospitality and entertainment properties and a 100% occupancy rate, VICI Properties is one of the top real estate investment trusts to buy and hold long term. Plus, with respectable earnings growth, dividend payout consistency and strong future growth, VICI is a must-own for income investors.
Bonus: Chart of Day
President Trump just said he might reclassify cannabis as having a lower danger level.
On that news, shares of Canopy Growth (SYM: CGC) jumped more than 26%. Trulieve (SYM: TRUL) jumped 36%. And Tilray (SYM: TLRY) closed the day up about 42%. While impressive, all could see higher highs the moment Trump acts on the drug. “We’re looking at reclassification,” Trump told CNBC. “We’ll make a determination ... over the next few weeks.”
If he does reclassify cannabis as a Schedule 3 drug from Schedule 1, it would allow for more research into the drug, and provide more tax benefits to the cannabis industry.
With the story gaining substantial momentum, we expect for related stocks, such as Canopy Growth, Trulieve, and Tilray to rally even higher.
We also expect to see some of the top cannabis ETFs hit higher highs, including:
Advisor Shares Pure US Cannabis ETF (SYM: MSOS)
There’s the Advisor Shares Pure US Cannabis ETF.
With an expense ratio of 0.6%, the ETF was the first actively managed U.S.-listed ETF with dedicated cannabis exposure focusing exclusively on U.S. companies, including multi-state operators, as noted by Advisor Shares. Some of its top holdings include Green Thumb Industries, Trulieve Cannabis, Curaleaf Holdings, and Jushi Holdings to name a few.
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Written by Ian Cooper