Realty Income dividend yield O
Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1994.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 5.70%
- 10-year median
- 4.6%
- Against its 10-year history
- 91st
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 3.3% to 6.3%
- Peer median
- 3.4%
Realty Income pays 5.70% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is above its ten-year median of 4.6%, higher than on 91% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 3.3% in Feb 2020 to 6.3% in Apr 2020.
The median for 10 real estate stocks of a similar size is 3.4%.
Dividend yield over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 5.7% | 4.8% | 6.0% |
| 2025 | 5.7% | 5.3% | 6.1% |
| 2024 | 5.9% | 4.8% | 5.9% |
| 2023 | 5.3% | 4.3% | 6.2% |
| 2022 | 4.7% | 3.9% | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 3.9% | 3.9% | 4.8% |
| 2020 | 4.5% | 3.3% | 6.3% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | 3.3% | 4.2% |
| 2018 | 4.2% | 4.0% | 5.2% |
| 2017 | 4.5% | 3.8% | 4.7% |
| 2016 | 4.2% | 3.3% | 4.5% |
| 2015 | 4.4% | 4.0% | 5.2% |
| 2014 | 4.4% | 4.4% | 5.8% |
| 2013 | 5.7% | 3.5% | 5.8% |
| 2012 | 4.4% | 4.1% | 5.0% |
| 2011 | 5.0% | 4.8% | 5.8% |
| 2010 | 5.0% | 4.8% | 6.5% |
| 2009 | 6.6% | 6.2% | 11.2% |
| 2008 | 7.1% | 5.7% | 9.6% |
| 2007 | 5.9% | 5.0% | 6.4% |
Against its peers
Companies in Real Estate nearest Realty Income's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Dividend yield |
|---|---|
| ORealty Income | 5.70% |
| PSAPublic Storage | 3.87% |
| VMRKVivmark Residential | n/m |
| DLRDigital Realty Trust | 2.83% |
| VTRVentas | 2.35% |
| SPGSimon Property | 4.21% |
| CCICrown Castle | 4.94% |
| CBRECBRE | n/m |
| AMTAmerican Tower | 3.74% |
| IRMIron Mountain | 3.14% |
| EQIXEquinix | 2.11% |
| Peer median | 3.44% |
Where Realty Income ranks
What the dividend yield tells you
Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.
A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.