Understanding the Basics of Stock Trading

By Susan Ramirez • Tuesday, March 11 15:07 • Permanent Link

Realty Income logged a -2.9% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $56.8 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. O's trading volume is 4,783,807 compared to the stock's average volume of 5,423,425.

Realty Income trades -8.01% away from its average analyst target price of $61.75 per share. The 20 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $57.0 to $75.0, and on average have given Realty Income a rating of hold.

Anyone interested in buying O should be aware of the facts below:

Realty Income's current price is 54.7% above its Graham number of $36.71, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Realty Income has moved 10.6% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 8.5%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.98, Realty Income has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 58.0 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
O has a forward P/E ratio of 35.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.59 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.3 compared to its sector average of 2.15
Realty Income (NYSE: O), an S&P 500 company, is real estate partner to the world's leading companies.
Based in San Diego, the company has 468 full time employees and a market cap of $50.64 Billion. Realty Income currently returns an annual dividend yield of 5.4%.

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