Realty Income (O) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Realty Income Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, owns, and manages commercial properties leased to businesses under long-term agreements. The company is widely known as “The Monthly Dividend Company” for its focus on providing regular monthly dividend payments to shareholders.

Most of Realty Income’s properties are operated under single-tenant, triple-net lease arrangements. Under these agreements, tenants generally are responsible for property taxes, insurance, and maintenance expenses, while Realty Income collects contractual rent. Its portfolio spans a broad range of industries, including retail, convenience stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants, automotive services, industrial operations, and other commercial uses.

Founded in 1969 and publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1994, Realty Income has expanded beyond its original U.S. market to serve tenants and own properties in the United Kingdom and several other European countries. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California, and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Sumit Roy.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $54.49 to $55.52
• 50-Day Range: $53.35 to $63.27
• 52-Week Range: $53.15 to $67.93
• Volume: 2.65 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.40 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $52.37 billion
• P/E Ratio: 40.40
• Dividend Yield: 5.89%
• Price Target: $65.46
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Realty Income Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Realty Income scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 60th out of 185 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Realty Income has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.44, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 7 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Realty Income has a consensus price target of $65.46, representing about 19.4% upside from its current price of $54.82.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Realty Income has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 3.62%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Realty Income are expected to grow by 3.62% in the coming year, from $4.42 to $4.58 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Realty Income is 39.97, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.83.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Realty Income is 39.97, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 27.30.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Realty Income has a PEG Ratio of 4.29. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Realty Income has a P/B Ratio of 1.26. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.48% of the float of Realty Income has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Realty Income has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.05.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Realty Income has recently increased by 3.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Realty Income is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.96%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Realty Income has been increasing its dividend for 31 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Realty Income is 237.96%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Realty Income will have a dividend payout ratio of 71.18% next year. This indicates that Realty Income will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.58

News Sentiment

Realty Income has a news sentiment score of 0.58. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 34 news articles for Realty Income this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

120 people have searched for O on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 45% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

58 people have added Realty Income to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 241% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Realty Income insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.10% of the stock of Realty Income is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.81% of the stock of Realty Income is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Record date for 11/13 Dividend: 10/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/13 Dividend: 10/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/02/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Retail REITs
• Sub-Industry: Retail REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:O
• CIK: 726728
• Web: www.realtyincome.com
• Phone: (858) 284-5000
• Fax: 760-741-2235
• Employees: 544
• Year Founded: 1969

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Realty Income: $65.46
• High Price Target: $70.00
• Low Price Target: $59.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +18.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.44
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.37
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 40.37
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.51
• P/E Growth: 4.29
• Net Income: $1.06 billion
• Net Margins: 20.93%
• Pretax Margin: 23.26%
• Return on Equity: 3.12%
• Return on Assets: 1.72%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.73
• Current Ratio: 5.88
• Quick Ratio: 5.88

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.75 billion
• Price / Sales: 9.10
• Cash Flow: $4.01 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.78
• Book Value: $43.62 per share
• Price / Book: 1.27

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 946,220,000
• Free Float: 945,272,000
• Market Cap: $52.34 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.69