Realty Income Co. (NYSE:O) Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Brokerages
Realty Income Co. (NYSE:O – Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twelve research firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $61.45.
Several research firms have recently commented on O. Scotiabank lowered shares of Realty Income from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $61.00 to $54.00 in a research note on Monday, October 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on shares of Realty Income from $71.00 to $69.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 30th. BNP Paribas upgraded shares of Realty Income from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $63.00 price target for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 13th. Wells Fargo & Company assumed coverage on shares of Realty Income in a research note on Wednesday, September 20th. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $59.00 price target for the company. Finally, Wolfe Research upgraded shares of Realty Income from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $66.00 price target for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 6th.
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Institutional Investors Weigh In On Realty Income
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Realty Income by 3.9% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 110,873,424 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $5,537,019,000 after purchasing an additional 4,172,231 shares in the last quarter. CCM Investment Advisers LLC lifted its holdings in Realty Income by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. CCM Investment Advisers LLC now owns 173,490 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $8,664,000 after purchasing an additional 635 shares in the last quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Realty Income by 11.4% in the 3rd quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 8,738 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $439,000 after purchasing an additional 894 shares in the last quarter. Fortis Group Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Realty Income in the 3rd quarter valued at about $47,000. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in shares of Realty Income by 17.6% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 133,551 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $6,670,000 after acquiring an additional 19,969 shares during the last quarter. 78.82% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Realty Income Stock Performance
NYSE:O opened at $57.12 on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $52.19 and its 200-day moving average price is $55.67. The company has a current ratio of 1.55, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64. The company has a market cap of $41.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.27, a P/E/G ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.90. Realty Income has a twelve month low of $45.03 and a twelve month high of $68.85.
Realty Income (NYSE:O – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.00 by ($0.67). Realty Income had a return on equity of 2.90% and a net margin of 22.64%. The firm had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $999.01 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.98 earnings per share. Realty Income’s revenue for the quarter was up 24.1% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Realty Income will post 4.01 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Realty Income Increases Dividend
The business also recently announced a jan 24 dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 12th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.2565 per share. This is a positive change from Realty Income’s previous jan 24 dividend of $0.26. This represents a dividend yield of 5.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, January 1st. Realty Income’s payout ratio is presently 232.58%.
About Realty Income (Get Free Report
Realty Income, The Monthly Dividend Company, is an S&P 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index. We invest in people and places to deliver dependable monthly dividends that increase over time. The company is structured as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), and its monthly dividends are supported by the cash flow from over 13,250 real estate properties primarily owned under long-term net lease agreements with commercial clients.
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