Understanding Realty Income – A Fundamental Overview

By Kim Brooks • Tuesday, July 15 09:57 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Realty Income, a Specialty Real Estate Investment Trust company whose shares moved -0.9% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Realty Income has moved 4.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 10.6%
O has an average analyst rating of buy and is -5.96% away from its mean target price of $61.83 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.1
Realty Income has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 52.9 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.59 and its forward P/E ratio is 36.6
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.35 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Realty Income is part of the Real Estate sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 27.31 and an average P/B of 1.94
O has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 80.3% and gross profit margins of 0.9%
The company has a free cash flow of $2.47 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Realty Income (NYSE: O), an S&P 500 company, is real estate partner to the world's leading companies. Founded in 1969, we invest in diversified commercial real estate and, as of March 31, 2025, have a portfolio of over 15,600 properties in all 50 U.S. states, the U.K., and six other countries in Europe. We are known as "The Monthly Dividend Company" and have a mission to invest in people and places to deliver dependable monthly dividends that increase over time. Since our founding, we have declared 658 consecutive monthly dividends and are a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index for having increased our dividend for over 30 consecutive years.

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