If You Invested $10K In Realty Income Stock 10 Years Ago, How Much Would You Have Now?

Realty Income Corp. O is a real estate investment trust that invests in diversified commercial real estate and has a portfolio of over 15,600 properties in all 50 U.S. states, the U.K., and six other countries in Europe.

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If You Bought Realty Income Stock 10 Years Ago

The company's stock traded at approximately $44.16 per share 10 years ago. If you had invested $10,000, you could have bought roughly 226 shares. Currently, shares trade at $55.85, meaning your investment's value could have grown to $12,647 from stock price appreciation alone. However, Realty Income also paid dividends during these 10 years.

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Realty Income's dividend yield is currently 5.77%. Over the last 10 years, it has paid about $28.16 in dividends per share, which means you could have made $6,377 from dividends alone.

Summing up $12,647 and $6,377, we end up with the final value of your investment, which is $19,024. This is how much you could have made if you had invested $10,000 in Realty Income stock 10 years ago. This means a total return of 90.24%. However, this figure is significantly less than the S&P 500 total return for the same period, which was 234.10%.

What Could The Next 10 Years Bring?

Realty Income has a consensus rating of "Neutral" and a price target of $61.48 based on the ratings of 24 analysts. The price target implies a more than 10% potential upside from the current stock price.

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On May 5, the company announced its Q1 2025 earnings, posting FFO of $1.06, in line with expectations, and revenues of $1.38 billion, above the consensus estimate of $1.31 billion, as reported by Benzinga.

"Our first quarter results reflect the strength of our portfolio and our ability to deploy capital into high-quality opportunities, particularly in Europe. Our size, scale, and breadth of investments, together with access to various capital sources, remain key advantages and reinforce our ability to drive consistent results,” said CEO Sumit Roy.

For its full-year 2025 guidance, the company expects AFFO per share in the range of $4.22 to $4.28.

Check out this article by Benzinga for seven analysts' insights on Realty Income.

Given the expected upside potential, growth-focused investors may find Realty Income stock attractive. Furthermore, they can benefit from the company's solid dividend yield of 5.77%.

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