Realty Income (O) currently offers a forward dividend yield of 5.9%, more than five times the S&P 500's yield of under 1.1%. As a REIT, it must distribute 90% of its taxable income to investors, which explains its unusually high yield. Based on a monthly dividend of $0.2715 (about $3.26 per share annually) and a share price of $55.76, a $10,000 investment buys about 179 shares and generates roughly $583.54 per year, or about $48.63 per month. The company has raised its payout every year since going public in 1994, and its AFFO rose 3.8% year over year in Q2 2026, with a payout ratio of about 74.5% that the article considers sustainable. However, dividend growth has averaged in the low single digits over the past decade, so price appreciation may remain modest, and performance depends heavily on interest rate trends.
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