REIT- Retail Stocks: Northstar Realty Finance (NYSE:NRF), Kimco Realty Corp (NYSE:KIM), DDR Corp (NYSE:DDR), General Growth Properties (NYSE:GGP)

Northstar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE:NRF)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by investment analysts at Deutsche Bank in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports. They currently have a $17.25 target price on the stock, down from their previous target price of $17.50. Northstar Realty Finance Corp (NYSE:NRF) stock performance was 0.68% in last session and finished the day at $15.96. Traded volume was 6.82 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 5,185,932 shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.63. Northstar Realty Finance Corp (NYSE:NRF) insider ownership is 0.10%.

Kimco Realty Corp (NYSE:KIM) is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity as of late, which is generally a precursor to an earnings beat. After all, analysts raising estimates right before earnings—with the most up-to-date information possible—is a pretty good indicator of some favorable trends underneath the surface for KIM in this report. Kimco Realty Corp (NYSE:KIM) dropped 0.17 percent to $22.93 yesterday on volume of 100 million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $22.82 to $22.99. Kimco Realty Corp (NYSE:KIM) has a market capitalization of $9.40 billion.

DDR Corp (NYSE:DDR) shares have earned an average recommendation of “Buy” from the fifteen brokerages that are currently covering the stock, Stock Ratings Network.com reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company. DDR Corp (NYSE:DDR)’s stock on May 5, 2014 reported a decrease of -.012% to the closing price of $17.18. Its fifty two weeks range is $14.89 -$19.54. The total market capitalization recorded $6.17 billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 2,168,681 shares. In its share capital, DDR Corp (NYSE:DDR) has 259.36 million outstanding shares.

General Growth Properties Inc (NYSE:GGP)‘s stock had its “buy” rating restated by Citigroup Inc. in a research note issued on Thursday, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports. They currently have a $26.00 target price on the stock. Citigroup Inc.’s target price would suggest a potential upside of 12.02% from the stock’s previous close. On Friday, shares of General Growth Properties Inc (NYSE:GGP) dropped 0.17% to close the day at $23.21. Company return on investment (ROI) is 3.30% and its monthly performance is recorded as 6.37%. General Growth Properties Inc (NYSE:GGP) quarterly revenue growth is 18.00%.