The dividend yield that investors can collect from Stag Industrial (NYSE: STAG) is roughly 3.8% today. That's not huge on an absolute basis, but it is notably higher than industrial real estate investment trust (REIT) bellwether Prologis (NYSE: PLD), which is yielding 2.6%.

If you are a dividend investor looking for an industrial REIT, that yield advantage might have you leaning toward Stag. Here are three things you need to know before you buy it.

Investors looking at Prologis will likely find its portfolio highly attractive, given that the REIT owns assets in key transportation hubs across the globe. Then there's an industrial landlord like Rexford Industrial (NYSE: REXR), which owns a highly concentrated portfolio in prime markets in California (this REIT's yield is 2.7%).

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