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Now trading at a price of $56.61, Realty Income has moved 0.8% so far today.

Over the last year, Realty Income logged a -1.5% change, with its stock price reaching a high of $61.09 and a low of $50.71. Over the same period, the stock underperformed the S&P 500 index by -15.7%. AThe company's 50-day average price was $59.31. Realty Income (NYSE: O), an S&P 500 company, is real estate partner to the world's leading companies. Based in San Diego, CA, the Large-Cap Real Estate company has 468 full time employees. Realty Income has offered a 5.7% dividend yield over the last 12 months.

Increasing Revenues but Narrowing Margins:

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Revenue (M) $1,488 $1,647 $2,080 $3,344 $4,079 $5,271
Operating Margins 30% 25% 19% 27% 23% 18%
Net Margins 28% 24% 17% 26% 21% 16%
Net Income (M) $436 $395 $359 $869 $872 $861
Net Interest Expense (M) $291 $309 $324 $465 $730 $970
Depreciation & Amort. (M) $594 $677 $898 $1,670 $1,895 $2,396
Diluted Shares (M) 316 345 415 612 693 864
Earnings Per Share $1.38 $1.14 $0.87 $1.42 $1.26 $0.98
EPS Growth n/a -17.39% -23.68% 63.22% -11.27% -22.22%
Avg. Price $58.52 $52.53 $59.73 $64.45 $57.42 $56.14
P/E Ratio 42.41 45.68 68.66 45.39 45.57 57.29
Free Cash Flow (M) $1,045 $1,107 $1,303 $2,468 $2,890 $3,452
CAPEX (M) $24 $9 $19 $96 $69 $121
EV / EBITDA 23.62 23.17 26.97 20.27 20.41 21.9
Total Debt (M) $6,787 $8,517 $12,749 $14,528 $19,934 $25,016
Net Debt / EBITDA 6.49 7.07 9.68 5.55 6.98 7.38

Realty Income has weak operating margins with a negative growth trend, declining EPS growth, and a highly leveraged balance sheet. On the other hand, the company benefits from rapidly growing revenues and increasing reinvestment in the business and generally positive cash flows.

a Lower P/B Ratio Than Its Sector Average but Priced at a Premium:

Realty Income has a trailing twelve month P/E ratio of 55.4, compared to an average of 27.31 for the Real Estate sector. Based on its EPS guidance of $1.59, the company has a forward P/E ratio of 37.3. The 2.0% compound average growth rate of Realty Income's historical and projected earnings per share yields a PEG ratio of 27.12. This suggests that these shares are overvalued. In contrast, the market is likely undervaluing Realty Income in terms of its equity because its P/B ratio is 1.33 while the sector average is 1.94. The company's shares are currently trading 79.8% below their Graham number.

Realty Income Has an Analyst Consensus of Some Upside Potential:

The 21 analysts following Realty Income have set target prices ranging from $59.0 to $75.0 per share, for an average of $63.45 with a hold rating. The company is trading -10.8% away from its average target price, indicating that there is an analyst consensus of some upside potential.

Realty Income has an average amount of shares sold short because 5.7% of the company's shares are sold short. Institutions own 79.1% of the company's shares, and the insider ownership rate stands at 0.1%, suggesting a small amount of insider investors. The largest shareholder is Vanguard Group Inc, whose 16% stake in the company is worth $8,272,770,993.

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