Realty Income Corporation · O · FY2024 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2025
Realty Income targets $4B of acquisitions as risks remain
The call supports a measured growth thesis for Realty Income: management paired acquisition activity, capital recycling and a private-fund initiative with maintained AFFO-growth expectations. The counterweight is exposure to tenant credit, office-related rent loss, refinancing needs and cost-of-capital changes.
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What changed
Management highlighted a developing private capital fund, a $770M 7-Eleven sale-leaseback that made 7-Eleven the top client at 3.5% of annualized rent, and roughly 30 basis points of Q4 cap-rate compression.
Guidance delta
Management maintained its outlook, targeting about $4B of 2025 acquisitions and AFFO growth of 1.4%-1.7% at the midpoint.
Key takeaways
- Management reported 4.8% AFFO-per-share growth for 2024.
- The company invested $3.9B at a 7.4% weighted average initial cash yield.
- Capital recycling generated $589M of net disposal proceeds in 2024.
- A private capital fund is being developed to broaden equity sources.
- Management highlighted $3.7B of liquidity and net debt/EBITDA of 5.4x.
Management priorities
- Deploy about $4B across US and European acquisitions in 2025
- Advance and launch the private capital fund
- Continue capital recycling to support growth and reduce vacant-property exposure
- Pursue industrial, data-center and gaming opportunities
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 25, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 19, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 19, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Sector Perform | Sector Outperform | Downgrade | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Sep 21, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Freedom Broker | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | May 11, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Mar 9, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Dec 24, 2025 |
| JP Morgan | Underweight | Neutral | Downgrade | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Wedbush | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 7, 2025 |
| Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 6, 2025 |
| Exane BNP Paribas | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Dec 13, 2023 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Oct 10, 2023 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 29, 2023 |
| Raymond James | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jan 9, 2023 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 27, 2020 |
| Edward Jones | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Feb 28, 2020 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 4, 2019 |
| Capital One Financial | Equal Weight | Underweight | Upgrade | May 8, 2019 |
| Capital One | Equal Weight | Underweight | Upgrade | May 8, 2019 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Nov 15, 2018 |
| Janney Montgomery Scott | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Aug 29, 2018 |
| Janney Capital | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Aug 29, 2018 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ | Overweight | Neutral | Upgrade | Jul 10, 2018 |
| DA Davidson | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Mar 29, 2018 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 28, 2016 |
| Wunderlich Securities | Sell | Hold | Downgrade | Feb 16, 2016 |
| Wunderlich | Sell | Hold | Downgrade | Feb 16, 2016 |
| Goldman Sachs | Hold | Neutral | Maintain | May 23, 2013 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $56.89. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | Richard Hightower | $61 | $55.51 | +7.2% | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $187 | $56.08 | +228.7% | Oct 19, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $59 | $56.08 | +3.7% | Oct 19, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $63.75 | $54.17 | +12.1% | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Linda Tsai | $60 | $53.53 | +5.5% | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $59 | $55.61 | +3.7% | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $65 | $56.84 | +14.3% | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $61 | $57.15 | +7.2% | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Barclays | Richard Hightower | $65 | $61.74 | +14.3% | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $64 | $61.28 | +12.5% | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $68 | $62.79 | +19.5% | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $67 | $64.99 | +17.8% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $65 | $63.77 | +14.3% | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Wesley Golladay | $65 | $63.84 | +14.3% | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $70.75 | $63.04 | +24.4% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $67 | $60.57 | +17.8% | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Joe Dickstein | $69 | $61.28 | +21.3% | Jun 1, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $66 | $62.53 | +16.0% | May 13, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $67 | $63.62 | +17.8% | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Barclays | Richard Hightower | $68 | $64.92 | +19.5% | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $69 | $64.71 | +21.3% | Mar 11, 2026 |
| Loop Capital Markets | Zhiger Kurmet | $69 | $67.38 | +21.3% | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Nicholas Yulico | $67 | $60.56 | +17.8% | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Omotayo Okusanya | $69 | $61.42 | +21.3% | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $65 | $55.93 | +14.3% | Dec 24, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $60 | $57.44 | +5.5% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $64 | $57.5 | +12.5% | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | John Kilichowski | $60 | $56.74 | +5.5% | Nov 25, 2025 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Analyst unavailable | $60 | $56.22 | +5.5% | Nov 6, 2025 |
| Barclays | Richard Hightower | $63 | $59.94 | +10.7% | Oct 20, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $62 | $60.64 | +9.0% | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Analyst unavailable | $64 | $60.79 | +12.5% | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Nicholas Yulico | $60 | $57.92 | +5.5% | Aug 28, 2025 |
| Barclays | Richard Hightower | $58 | $58.52 | +2.0% | Apr 22, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $59 | $57.76 | +3.7% | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Jefferies | Linda Tsai | $64 | $53.41 | +12.5% | Jan 1, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Nicholas Yulico | $64 | $62.98 | +12.5% | Sep 17, 2024 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Simon Yarmak | $70.25 | $61.83 | +23.5% | Aug 28, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Greg McGinniss | $61 | $61.59 | +7.2% | Aug 26, 2024 |
| Wedbush | Jay Kornreich | $64 | $60.5 | +12.5% | Aug 19, 2024 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Simon Yarmak | $67.5 | $59.18 | +18.7% | Aug 6, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | Wesley Golladay | $58 | $59.18 | +2.0% | Aug 6, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Ronald Kamdem | $62 | $59.18 | +9.0% | Aug 6, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Greg McGinniss | $56 | $55.1 | -1.6% | May 16, 2024 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Simon Yarmak | $71 | $59.59 | +24.8% | Jun 30, 2023 |
| Wolfe Research | Andrew Rosivach | $84 | $72.61 | +47.7% | Apr 15, 2022 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Simon Yarmak | $80 | $70.86 | +40.6% | Jan 10, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Michael Bilerman | $74 | $67.2 | +30.1% | Dec 13, 2021 |
| Jefferies | Jonathan Petersen | $80 | $65.03 | +40.6% | Jul 15, 2021 |
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Start freeCompany context
Snapshot as of publicationKnown as "The Monthly Dividend Company," Realty Income is an S&P 500 corporation committed to delivering reliable monthly income to its shareholders. Operating as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), its monthly payouts are generated from the consistent cash flow of over 6,500 commercial properties, which are leased to various businesses under long-term contracts. With a remarkable 52-year operational history, the firm (NYSE: O) has announced 608 uninterrupted monthly dividends for its common stock and has increased its dividend payout 109 times since going public in 1994. It also holds a distinguished position within the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index. For additional details, please visit the company's official website at www.realtyincome.com.
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