Realty Income Has Raised Its Dividend 114 Times in a Row: Is the Stock Still Worth Buying?

David Beren6 minute read
Reviewed by: David Hanson
Last updated Jul 16, 2026

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Key Stats for Realty Income Stock

  • 52-Week Range: $55.86 to $67.94
  • Current Price: $63.26
  • Street Mean Target: $68.21
  • Market Cap: $59 billion
  • Q1 2026 Revenue: $1.55 billion
  • Q1 2026 AFFO Per Share: $1.13 (up 6.6% year over year)
  • Annualized Dividend: $3.246 per share
  • Dividend Yield: 5.2%
  • Portfolio Occupancy: 98.9% across 15,571 properties

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Realty Income Has Raised Its Dividend 114 Consecutive Times. The Stock Barely Flinches.

Realty Income (O) is not the kind of company that generates a lot of heat on financial Twitter or gets mentioned in the same breath as AI infrastructure plays.

It owns single-tenant commercial real estate, things like dollar stores, drug stores, convenience stores, and quick-service restaurants, and leases those properties back to the companies that operate them under long-term net lease agreements.

Net leases mean tenants pay most property expenses in addition to rent, which makes the income stream unusually predictable.

The company has now declared 670 consecutive monthly dividends and raised its payout for 31 consecutive years. For income-focused investors, that track record is essentially the whole pitch.

What makes 2026 a more interesting year than usual is the scale of what Realty Income is building beyond that core model.

Realty Income Stock Drawdowns. (TIKR)

The drawdowns chart reflects exactly what you would expect from a business like this. Over the past year, the stock’s worst pullback was just under 12%, with most dips staying well within the 5 to 8% range before recovering. For a $59 billion company paying a 5.2% yield, that kind of price stability is part of the value proposition.

Realty Income is not going to double in a year, but it is also not likely to fall apart. CEO Sumit Roy put it plainly on the Q1 earnings call, noting that the company’s scale, track record, and operating capabilities enable it to attract the kind of institutional partners it has been bringing in.

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From $2 Billion to $9.5 Billion: How Apollo and GIC Are Changing How Realty Income Grows

Realty Income has grown its revenue from roughly $2 billion in 2021 to over $5.4 billion in 2025 by relentlessly acquiring properties and expanding its portfolio, which now spans all 50 U.S. states and 9 European countries.

In Q1 2026 alone, the company deployed $2.8 billion of capital at an initial weighted average cash yield of around 7%, a pace strong enough that management raised its full-year investment guidance from $8 billion to $9.5 billion.

Consensus estimates for the TIKR project revenue continue to climb toward $5.8 billion in 2026 and approach $7 billion by 2028.

Realty Income Revenue Estimates. (TIKR)

The fuel behind that growth rate is changing in a meaningful way. Realty Income has historically relied on public equity markets to fund acquisitions, issuing stock to raise capital, and then deploying it into properties.

The risk of that model is that when the stock trades at a discount, issuing new shares is expensive and dilutes existing investors. The company has spent 2026 building an alternative: a private capital platform that brings in large institutional investors as partners.

Apollo committed $1 billion in Q1 for a 49% stake in a joint venture of 492 retail properties. GIC, the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, joined a construction financing partnership. A U.S. Core Plus fund raised $1.7 billion from third-party investors.

Together, these moves give Realty Income access to what Roy called “deep and stable pockets of capital” priced independently of public market sentiment, a structurally smarter way to fund a business of this scale.

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A 6% Annualized Return Is Not Flashy, but That Is Not Really the Point

The TIKR valuation model for Realty Income is straightforward and worth taking at face value.

Based on mid-case assumptions, the model projects a stock price of around $105 by December 2034, implying a total return of around 65% from current levels and an annualized IRR of roughly 6%. The low case is around 5% annually, and the high case is around 7%.

Realty Income Valuation Model. (TIKR)

Those are modest numbers by growth stock standards, and investors should understand what is driving them. The return here is not coming from a dramatic re-rating of the multiple. It comes from steady earnings growth of around 6% per year, compounded over time, with the dividend providing a reliable income stream along the way.

The forward revenue growth assumptions of around 7% annually are consistent with what the company has delivered historically and with the expanded investment pipeline management just guided to.

For investors who are trying to build durable income rather than chase capital appreciation, a 5-7% annualized return on top of a 5.2% current yield is a reasonable outcome to underwrite.

TIKR’s model puts Realty Income stock on a path to $80 by 2030. Check the assumptions behind that target and build a free watchlist on TIKR for free →

Should You Invest in Realty Income?

Realty Income is the kind of stock that rewards patience over excitement. The business is stable, the dividend is well-covered, the portfolio is massive and diversified, and the new private capital strategy adds a genuine growth lever that was not there a few years ago.

The risk is not that the business breaks down. The risk is that interest rates remain elevated and broadly compress REIT valuations, or that same-store rent growth remains slow, as it was at just under 1% in Q1.

For investors looking for dependable monthly income with modest capital appreciation potential, Realty Income remains one of the cleaner options in the market.

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