Cheapest way to buy Realty Income Corporation shares in the UK

Realty Income Corporation (O) is a publicly traded reit - retail business based in the US which employs around 450 staff. Realty Income Corporation is listed on the NYSE and traded in US dollars. Its current price of $55.18 is 4.9% down on its price a month ago ($58.05).

How to buy shares in Realty Income Corporation

Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. To trade US shares you'll need to complete a W8-BEN form – typically part of the sign-up process.
Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer or debit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. O in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order (or limit order, if you want to try to hold out for a specific price) with your preferred number of shares or investment amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Finder Score	Account fee	Min. initial deposit	Trade cost	Link
9 Excellent	£0	$100	£499.54	Go to siteCapital at risk
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8.5 Great	£0 (0.45% for funds)	£1	£512.73	Go to siteCapital at risk

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Is it a good time to buy Realty Income Corporation stock?

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Technical analysis

View Realty Income Corporation's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

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Historical data

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Historical closes compared with the last close of $55.18

1 week (2025-05-16)	-1.88%
1 month (2025-04-23)	-4.94%
3 months (2025-02-23)	-3.35%
6 months (2024-11-23)	-3.95%
1 year (2024-05-23)	5.49%
2 years (2023-05-23)	-6.62%
3 years (2022-05-23)	-19.37%
5 years (2020-05-23)	5.81%

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Is Realty Income Corporation under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Realty Income Corporation P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Realty Income Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 50x. In other words, Realty Income Corporation's shares trade at around 50x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of March 2025 (25.37). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Realty Income Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 5.4943. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Realty Income Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Realty Income Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $4.9 billion (£3.6 billion).

The EBITDA is a measure of Realty Income Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Frequently asked questions

Dividend yield: 5.84% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 5.84% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 98.82% of net profits

Realty Income Corporation has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 5.84% of its share value annually.

Realty Income Corporation has paid out, on average, around 98.82% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 5.84% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 5.84% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Realty Income Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about 3.164 per share.

Realty Income Corporation's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Realty Income Corporation's next dividend payout is expected around 12 June 2025. To benefit from it's next dividend payout, you'll need to buy Realty Income Corporation shares before 1 June 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Realty Income Corporation's shares were split on a 1032:1000 basis on 14 November 2021. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1032 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Realty Income Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 3.1% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Realty Income Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Realty Income Corporation's share price.
It's as easy to sell Realty Income Corporation as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Realty Income Corporation shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Realty Income Corporation shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Realty Income Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	$5.4 billion
Operating margin TTM	45.15%
Gross profit TTM	$5 billion
Return on assets TTM	2.18%
Return on equity TTM	2.51%
Profit margin	18.1%
Book value	$43.22
Market capitalisation	$50 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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