O REIT — Realty Income Corporation

Realty Income Corporation (O)

Updated October 12, 2026.

O is a REIT. its distribution rate is 5.97%, its trailing-12-month yield is 5.94%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 97/100 (Safe). Total return is 4839.5% over the past 32 years, 2032.2 points ahead of SPY at 2807.3%.

O performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-12.

Total return is 4839.5% over the past 32 years, 2032.2 points ahead of SPY at 2807.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -0.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 18.5%.

O key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

97 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

5.79%

Issuer

Realty Income

Asset type

REIT

Asset class

Real Estate

Inception date

10/18/1994

Distribution rate

5.97%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

5.94%

5-year average yield

5.04

Last close

$54.70 (stale; as of 2026-10-12)

Market cap

$51,758,126,405

Average volume

7634628.0

Dividend

$0.272

Ex-dividend date

09/30/2026

Payment date

10/15/2026

Beta

0.696

Payout ratio

51.2%

P/E ratio

39.64

Forward P/E

33.67

EPS

$1.38

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (5.97%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (5.94%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Realty Income or company page; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

O risks and drawbacks

The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 18.5%.

Who may consider O — and who may not

O may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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Frequently asked questions

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