Realty Income (NYSE:O) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.01 EPS

Realty Income (NYSE:O) issued its earnings results on Monday. The real estate investment trust reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.06 by ($0.01), Zacks reports. Realty Income had a net margin of 17.57% and a return on equity of 2.35%. Realty Income updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.220-4.280 EPS.

Realty Income Stock Performance

NYSE O opened at $57.28 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.40, a quick ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $50.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.55, a P/E/G ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.00. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $53.97 and its 200 day simple moving average is $58.03. Realty Income has a 1 year low of $50.65 and a 1 year high of $64.88.

Realty Income Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a mar 25 dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd will be issued a dividend of $0.268 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 3rd. This is a boost from Realty Income’s previous mar 25 dividend of $0.26. This represents a dividend yield of 5.7%. Realty Income’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 305.71%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on O shares. Scotiabank dropped their target price on shares of Realty Income from $61.00 to $59.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 16th. UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of Realty Income from $72.00 to $71.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on shares of Realty Income from $70.00 to $66.50 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. Mizuho lowered their price target on shares of Realty Income from $60.00 to $54.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $62.00 price target on shares of Realty Income in a report on Monday, January 27th. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $62.12.

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.