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Realty Income (O)

Real Estate · net lease REIT · NYSE

The Monthly Dividend Company® is a global net-lease REIT with a massive, diversified portfolio of commercial properties designed for stable, long-term rental income.

What Realty Income does

Realty Income is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, owns, and manages a large portfolio of freestanding commercial properties. The company focuses on long-term net lease agreements with creditworthy operators, shifting most property-level operating expenses to the tenants. Its diverse portfolio includes over 15,500 properties across the U.S., the U.K., and Europe.

Themes: real estate investment trust (REIT), monthly dividends, net lease real estate, commercial property management

Fundamentals

  • Price$54.17 as of 2026-10-08 close
  • Market cap$51.3B as of 2026-07-30 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
  • 1-year return-8.2% 2025-10-08 close $59.01 → 2026-10-08 close $54.17
  • P/E39.62 as of 2026-10-08
  • Net margin+18.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
  • ROE+2.7% FY2025, SEC XBRL
  • Debt / equity0.78 as of 2026-09-02
  • Revenue growth (YoY)+10.8% as of 2026-09-02
  • Revenue CAGR (3y)+19.8% SEC XBRL
  • Beta0.14 as of 2026-09-02
  • Last reported earnings2026-08-05 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)

Dividend: yield +5.7%; at least 9 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.

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How O compares in its sector

  • price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 120 covered Real Estate peers, as of 2026-10-08
  • net profit marginmiddle range 154 covered Real Estate peers, as of 2026-09-02
  • return on equitymiddle range 158 covered Real Estate peers, as of 2026-09-02
  • 3-year revenue CAGRtop 10% 155 covered Real Estate peers
  • indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 140 covered Real Estate peers, as of 2026-09-02

Position among covered Real Estate companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.

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Top 10 scores & list membership

O is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.

Top 10 score

43.1 #1074 of 1,379 scored · #55 of 87 in Real Estate

  • Profitability22.0
  • Growth70.3
  • Financial health41.7
  • Valuation57.5
  • Capital return45.5
  • Trend26.0

Growth 70th (3-year revenue CAGR 19.8%, revenue growth year over year 10.9%) and valuation 58th (price to book 1.3, price to earnings 39.6); weakest is profitability (22nd, return on equity 2.7%).

Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.

Dividend coverage (FY2025)

Exceeded at least one reported measure. In FY2025, O's dividend exceeded at least one reported measure of what it earned or generated (earnings payout 276%, operating-cash-flow payout 73%). A payout above 100% in one year is not necessarily unsustainable, but it is not fully covered by that measure.

  • Earnings payout276% dividends / net income
  • Operating-cash-flow payout73% dividends / operating cash flow — capital spending was not reported, so this does not subtract it

Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.

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How Realty Income looks technically

Realty Income (O) is trading 12.2% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 10 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 52, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 31, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago. It is 1.9% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year).

Trend

7
Distance from the 200-dayit is trading 12.2% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend-12.2%
50-day moving averageits average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $59.68$59.68
200-day moving averageits average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $61.71$61.71
Swing structureeach recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes nexthigher highs and higher lows
Last swing turnits last significant turn was a swing low 59 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on59 sessions
Since the 50/200 crossits 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 10 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal10 sessions
Trend strength (14-day ADX)a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 52, with sellers in control52.3

Momentum

3
14-day RSImomentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 31, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30)30.9
Position in its 14-day rangeit is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($53.15 to $57.32) — its "stochastic" reading is 24 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions.24.5
Since the MACD crossed zeroMACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive)1 session

Range

12
52-week highits highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $67.94$67.94
From the 52-week highit is 20.3% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year)-20.3%
Above the 52-week lowit is 1.9% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year)+1.9%
Below the 52-week highit is 20.3% below its highest point of the past year20.3%
Since a 20-day breakoutit made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago2 sessions
Since a 55-day breakoutit made a new 55-day low about 2 trading days ago2 sessions
All-time highits highest closing price on record is $82.29 (set on 2020-02-20)$82.29
Given back of the 52-week moveover the past year its closes ranged ($53.35 to $67.56), and it has recovered only a small part of its fall from last year’s high — 6% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $62.13 to $62.59. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast.5.8%
From the all-time highit is 34.2% below its all-time high-34.2%
Nearest price levelit is sitting right on a resistance level at $54.26 — a price it turned at twice since 2025-02-25, most recently on 2025-05-14. Since 2024-10-08 it has 1 such level below the current price and 7 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go.+0.2%
All-time lowits lowest closing price on record is $13.81 (set on 2009-03-06)$13.81
Above the all-time lowit is 292.3% above its all-time low+292.3%

Volatility

5
Band width vs its own 6 monthsday-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 89% of the past ~6 months)89th percentile
Typical daily rangein a typical session it travels about $0.8619 between its high and its low — about 1.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was$0.8619
Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ)most of its recent trading has stayed between about $52.17 and $59.47 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles$52.17 – $55.82 – $59.47
Typical daily range (% of price)its price moves about 1.6% in a typical session — among the calmest in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price1.6%
Stretch from the 200-day averageit is trading 8.7 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (12.2% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale8.7 daily ranges below its 200-day average

Volume

1
Volume vs its 30-day averagetrading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average1.55×

Analyst

2
Change in the average price targetanalysts have cut their average price target by 1.3% since the prior reading-1.3%
Change in the consensus ratingthe analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading0.02 toward sell

Candlestick patterns

1
Since a bearish engulfing1 session ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it1 session ago

Price gaps

2
Gap at the openit opened on 2026-10-08 0.2% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close-0.1%
Gap filleda 2.6% gap up opened on 2026-08-06 has been "filled" 44 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it44 sessions ago

Price streaks

1
Closing streakit closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run1 session up

Relative strength

4
vs market, 1 monthover the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 12.3 percentage points (the stock lost 11.2% while the market gained 1.0%)-12.3%
vs market, 3 monthsover the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 18.2 percentage points (the stock lost 14.3% while the market gained 3.8%)-18.2%
vs market, 6 monthsover the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 29.8 percentage points (the stock lost 12.4% while the market gained 17.5%)-29.8%
vs market, 12 monthsover the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 23.2 percentage points (the stock lost 8.2% while the market gained 15.0%)-23.2%

Signal agreement

2
Bullish technical signals1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast1 of 9
Bearish technical signals6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day low, a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast6 of 9

Trend (Ichimoku cloud)

1
Vs the Ichimoku cloudtrading 14% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thin, spanning 1.2% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily.-14.1%

Volume-weighted price

2
Vs this year’s average price paidthe price is 12% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $61.44 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 191 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP.-11.8%
Vs the average paid since it last reportedthe price is 7% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-05 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $58.41 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 46 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP.-7.3%

Price levels it has turned at before

O last closed at $54.17 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 1 price below its last close and 7 above; the nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.

LevelSideDistanceEvidence
$54.26Resistance0.2% above the last closeturned there twice · 2025-02-25 to 2025-05-14
$56.10Resistance3.6% above the last closeturned there 16 times · 2024-11-06 to 2026-01-02
$51.67Support4.6% below the last closeturned there twice · 2024-12-19 to 2025-01-13
$58.37Resistance7.8% above the last closeturned there 12 times · 2024-11-27 to 2025-12-16

A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.

Wave structure

No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.

Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.

An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.

Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.

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Analyst consensus

  • Consensus ratingHold (2.52 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 21 analysts
  • Mean price target$66.39 range $59.00 – $74.00; median $66.00

Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-04. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.

Analyst EPS estimate for O

  • Consensus EPS estimate$0.4347 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-04
  • Estimate change, 30 days-$0.00146 (-0.3%) from $0.4362, on 2026-08-30, 35-day window
  • Readings revised upward13% of 8 comparable readings

The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.

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Key risks (from latest filing)

["Competition in the acquisition and operation of commercial properties may lead to higher costs and lower investment yields.","Reliance on tax-deferred contribution transactions for property acquisitions can result in stockholder dilution and constraints on asset management.","General risks associated with real estate market volatility, interest rate changes, and tenant credit risk."]

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What changed in the latest 10-Q

AI-assisted comparison of O's 10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the prior one filed 2025-11-04.

Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)

  • Added:
    • Newer filing adds reference to 'private capital business' in forward-looking statements (2026-05-07)
    • Newer filing adds 'credit and mezzanine investments' to risks section (2026-05-07)
    • Newer filing changes forward-looking statements list from 'estimated, anticipated, expect, believe, intend, continue, should, may, likely, plans' to 'estimate, anticipate, assume, expect, believe, intend, continue, should, may, likely, plan, seek' (2026-05-07)
    • Newer filing adds 'strategy, plans, and the intentions of management' and 'joint ventures, partnerships' to forward-looking statements opening section (2026-05-07)
    • Portfolio expanded from seven to eight other European countries as of March 31, 2026 (2026-05-07)
    • Consecutive monthly dividends increased from 664 to 670 (2026-05-07)
    • Dividend Aristocrats tenure increased from over 30 consecutive years to over 31 consecutive years (2026-05-07)
    • Number of properties increased from 15,542 to 15,571 (2026-05-07)
    • Number of clients increased from 1,647 to 1,786 (2026-05-07)
    • Investment grade client annualized base rent increased from 31.5% to 32.0% (2026-05-07)
    • Top 20 clients representation decreased from 36.2% to 35.3% of annualized base rent (2026-05-07)
    • Investment grade clients in top 20 increased from 10 to 12 (2026-05-07)
    • Total portfolio annualized base rent increased from $5.22 billion to $5.23 billion (2026-05-07)
    • 57-year history of paying monthly dividends mentioned (vs. 56-year in older filing) (2026-05-07)
    • 114 consecutive quarterly dividend increases as of May 2026 (vs. 112 as of October 2025) (2026-05-07)
    • 134 total dividend increases since 1994 NYSE listing (vs. 132 in older filing) (2026-05-07)
    • 2026 dividend increases table shows 2 increases (1st in Jan 2026, 2nd in Apr 2026) (2026-05-07)
    • Q1 2026 dividends per share totaled $0.8100 compared to prior year (2026-05-07)
    • Annualized base rent definition changed to specify 'pro-rata share' and 'exchange rates as of the balance sheet date' (2026-05-07)
  • Removed:
    • Older filing references Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2024; newer filing references December 31, 2025 (2025-11-04)
    • Older filing shows square footage of 349.2 million; newer shows 347.6 million (2026-05-07)
    • Older filing shows weighted average remaining lease term of 8.9 years; newer shows 8.7 years (2026-05-07)
    • Older filing shows 15,205 single-tenant properties (97.8%); newer shows 15,206 (97.7%) (2026-05-07)
    • Older filing includes reimbursement amounts for 9-month period ($257.3 million and $227.6 million); newer does not (2026-05-07)
    • Older filing reference to 'announcement of operating results' in forward-looking statements removed (2026-05-07)
    • Older filing lists risks as 'other risks inherent in the real estate business including our clients' solvency, client defaults under leases, increased client bankruptcies'; newer uses broader language 'other risks inherent in real estate, private capital, credit and mezzanine investments, and joint ventures or co-investment ventures, including solvency, defaults under leases, bankruptcies' (2026-05-07)
    • Older filing references 'terms and partners of such funding'; newer specifies 'terms, structure and partners of such funding' (2026-05-07)
    • Older filing text cuts off at 'three months ended September 30' in dividend table; newer shows complete Q1 2026 data (2026-05-07)
  • Reworded:
    • Forward-looking statement identifiers: 'estimated' changed to 'estimate'; 'anticipated' to 'anticipate'; 'plans' to 'plan'; added 'assume' and 'seek' (2026-05-07)
    • Risk language expanded from 'other risks inherent in the real estate business' to 'other risks inherent in real estate, private capital, credit and mezzanine investments, and joint ventures or co-investment ventures' (2026-05-07)
    • Funding access description: 'including the terms and partners' changed to 'including the terms, structure and partners' (2026-05-07)
    • Definition of annualized base rent: older stated 'monthly aggregate cash amount charged to clients, inclusive of monthly base rent receivables'; newer states 'pro-rata share of contractual monthly base rent for all leases in place and exchange rates as of the balance sheet date, multiplied by 12' (2026-05-07)
    • References updated from September 30, 2025 balance sheet date to March 31, 2026 throughout (2026-05-07)
    • History description: '56-year history' in older filing becomes '57-year history' in newer filing (2026-05-07)
  • Notes:
    • Older filing text is truncated at end of dividend table, limiting complete comparison of Recent Developments section
    • Reimbursement amount comparisons only partial in newer filing (Q1 only vs. Q1 and YTD in older filing)
    • Portfolio metrics reflect different balance sheet dates (Sept 30, 2025 vs. March 31, 2026) so changes reflect both time passage and operational activity

Risk Factors

The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.

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Insider activity (SEC Form 4)

0 open-market purchases and 1 open-market sale by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.

  • Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 1 sell ($209022) — 1 selling insider
  • Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 1 sell ($209022) — 1 selling insider
  • Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 1 sell ($209022) — 1 selling insider

Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)

Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-10. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.

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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.

U.S. House trading disclosures

U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 8 matched disclosures for O from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.

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Short interest (FINRA)

O had 40,805,348 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).

O had 4.31% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 6.71 days to cover at the same settlement.

  • Reported short interest (shares) 40,805,348
  • Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 4.31%
  • Prior settlement (shares) 41,002,872
  • Reported change -0.48%
  • Days to cover (reported) 6.71

Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Realty Income (O) do?

Realty Income is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, owns, and manages a large portfolio of freestanding commercial properties. The company focuses on long-term net lease agreements with creditworthy operators, shifting most property-level operating expenses to the tenants. Its diverse portfolio includes over 15,500 properties across the U.S., the U.K., and Europe.

What sector is Realty Income (O) in?

Realty Income (O) is classified in the Real Estate sector. Its industry is net lease REIT. It trades on NYSE.

Does O pay a dividend?

Yes — Realty Income (O) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 5.72% and at least 9 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-09-02). Informational only — not financial advice.

Who are Realty Income's (O) competitors?

Notable peers of Realty Income (O) include W. P. Carey, Agree Realty, National Retail Properties, VICI Properties and Essential Properties Realty Trust. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.

Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in O?

Yes — we hold 8 matched STOCK Act disclosures for O from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.

Is Realty Income (O) overbought or oversold right now?

Realty Income (O) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 31, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.

Where does stocks-llm's data on O come from?

Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.

Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.

Last updated 2026-10-08.

Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.