Realty Income (O) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Realty Income Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and manages a diversified portfolio of commercial properties. The company primarily uses long-term, single-tenant, net lease agreements, under which tenants generally assume responsibility for property-level expenses such as maintenance, insurance and taxes.

Its portfolio includes retail, industrial, distribution, office, gaming and other commercial properties. Realty Income serves a broad range of tenants, including convenience stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, home improvement retailers, restaurants, logistics operators and other established businesses. The company is known as “The Monthly Dividend Company” because of its long-standing practice of paying monthly shareholder distributions.

Founded in 1969 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Realty Income has expanded beyond the United States into international markets, including the United Kingdom and several countries in continental Europe. The company became publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange in 1994 and continues to focus on acquiring and managing properties that can generate recurring rental income over extended lease periods.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $59.18 to $59.85
• 50-Day Range: $59.52 to $65.81
• 52-Week Range: $55.86 to $67.93
• Volume: 6.35 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.97 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $56.32 billion
• P/E Ratio: 43.44
• Dividend Yield: 5.46%
• Price Target: $67.23
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Realty Income Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Realty Income scored higher than 73% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 62nd out of 184 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: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Realty Income has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.53, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 8 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Realty Income has a consensus price target of $67.23, representing about 13.0% upside from its current price of $59.52.

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: 3.85%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Realty Income are expected to grow by 3.85% in the coming year, from $4.42 to $4.59 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Realty Income is 43.44, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.19.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Realty Income is 43.44, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 28.28.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Realty Income has a PEG Ratio of 4.23. 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 1.36. 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

4.34% 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 8.24.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Realty Income has recently increased by 8.52%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Realty Income is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.47%, 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 237.23%. 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 70.81% next year. This indicates that Realty Income will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.99

News Sentiment

Realty Income has a news sentiment score of 0.99. 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 is a higher news sentiment than the 0.85 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 32 news articles for Realty Income this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 83 people have searched for O on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -9% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

55 people have added Realty Income to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 104% 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 9/15 Dividend: 8/31/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 8/31/2026
• Today: 9/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/02/2026
• 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: $67.23
• High Price Target: $70.75
• Low Price Target: $61.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.53
• Research Coverage: 17 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.37
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 43.44
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.47
• P/E Growth: 4.23
• 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: 9.80
• Cash Flow: $3.97 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.99
• Book Value: $43.62 per share
• Price / Book: 1.36

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 946,220,000
• Free Float: 945,272,000
• Market Cap: $56.32 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.71