News about Realty Income

To collect $4,950 a month (about $59,400 a year), the capital needed depends on yield: a conservative 3.5% portfolio requires $1.7 million, while a 12% yield needs only $495,000. The article splits the target across three monthly payers: JEPQ (yield about 11.6%, roughly $171,000), O (about 5.8%, roughly $341,000) and MAIN (about 8.0% including supplementals, roughly $246,000), for a total of about $758,000. JEPQ's monthly payout ranged from $0.47 to $0.70 in 2026, with the latest at $0.57, and the fund gives up some gains in strong rallies; Realty Income just raised its quarterly dividend for the 115th consecutive time. The article also notes most income is taxed at ordinary income rates, so holding these in an IRA may help, and excluding Main Street's supplementals at a regular yield of about 5.9% would require about $336,000 for that piece.

The article highlights five dividend stocks from consumer staples, REITs, energy and pharmaceuticals: Altria Group (MO), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Energy Transfer (ET), Pfizer (PFE) and Realty Income (O), with trailing 12-month dividend yields ranging from 5.88% to 16.72% as of Oct. 14. Pfizer is noted for an 88-year consecutive dividend streak and paid $9.8 billion in cash dividends in 2025, Altria has a 57-year record of higher dividends, and Realty Income has raised its payouts for 116 straight quarters. The article warns that AGNC's dividend could be at risk from a rising interest-rate environment. It also stresses that dividends are not guaranteed and that yields can fall as share prices rise.

The author bought six more Realty Income (O) shares, bringing the holding to 113, and calculates that about 3,583 shares would be needed to earn roughly $1,000 in monthly dividends, a position worth over $206,250 at the recent $56 share price. Realty Income currently pays $0.2715 per share each month, its 676th consecutive monthly dividend over more than 56 years, with a recent yield of about 5.8%. The author points to the REIT's diversified portfolio of long-term net-leased properties, its A-rated balance sheet and nearly $1 billion in annual adjusted free cash flow as support for the dividend. He treats it as a core income holding to anchor his retirement, while acknowledging he will probably never reach $1,000 a month from this stock alone.