FY2025 EPS Estimates for Realty Income Decreased by Analyst

Realty Income Co. (NYSE:O) – Stock analysts at Wedbush dropped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Realty Income in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, March 3rd. Wedbush analyst J. Kornreich now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will earn $4.27 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $4.33. The consensus estimate for Realty Income’s current full-year earnings is $4.19 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Realty Income’s FY2026 earnings at $4.39 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also weighed in on O. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price objective on shares of Realty Income from $62.00 to $60.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Barclays upped their price objective on Realty Income from $56.00 to $59.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Mizuho decreased their target price on shares of Realty Income from $60.00 to $54.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Scotiabank lowered their price target on Realty Income from $59.00 to $57.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 28th. Finally, UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of Realty Income from $72.00 to $71.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Realty Income presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $62.04.

Realty Income Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of NYSE O opened at $57.80 on Tuesday. Realty Income has a fifty-two week low of $50.65 and a fifty-two week high of $64.88. The company has a market cap of $51.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.05, a PEG ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.00. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $54.43 and its 200-day moving average price is $57.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 1.40 and a current ratio of 1.40.

Realty Income (NYSE:O) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.06 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $1.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.28 billion. Realty Income had a net margin of 17.57% and a return on equity of 2.35%.

Realty Income Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a mar 25 dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.268 per share. This represents a yield of 5.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 3rd. This is a positive change from Realty Income’s previous mar 25 dividend of $0.26. Realty Income’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 327.55%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Realty Income

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of O. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Realty Income in the 4th quarter valued at about $624,666,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Realty Income during the 4th quarter valued at about $553,572,000. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its stake in shares of Realty Income by 765.1% in the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 7,545,815 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $478,556,000 after buying an additional 6,673,617 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp grew its position in Realty Income by 41.2% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 13,139,719 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $701,792,000 after acquiring an additional 3,834,403 shares during the period. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC grew its holdings in shares of Realty Income by 3,150.5% during the 3rd quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 2,760,182 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $175,142,000 after purchasing an additional 2,675,266 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 70.81% of the company’s stock.

Realty Income Company Profile

Realty Income, The Monthly Dividend Company, is an S&P 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index. We invest in people and places to deliver dependable monthly dividends that increase over time. The company is structured as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), and its monthly dividends are supported by the cash flow from over 15,450 real estate properties (including properties acquired in the Spirit merger in January 2024) primarily owned under long-term net lease agreements with commercial clients.