If You Invested $10,000 In Realty Income Stock 10 Years Ago, How Much Would You Have Now?

Realty Income O invests in diversified commercial real estate and has a portfolio of 15,450 properties in all 50 U.S. states, the U.K., and six European countries.

It is set to report its Q4 2024 earnings on Feb. 24, after the market close. Wall Street analysts expect the company to post EPS of $1.06, up from $1.01 in the year-ago period. According to Benzinga Pro, quarterly revenue is expected to reach $1.35 billion, up from $1.08 billion a year earlier.

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If You Bought Realty Income Stock 10 Years Ago

The company's stock traded at approximately $49.80 per share 10 years ago. If you had invested $10,000, you could have bought roughly 201 shares. Currently, shares trade at $55.23, meaning your investment's value could have grown to $11,090 from stock price appreciation alone. However, Realty Income also paid dividends during these 10 years. 

Realty Income's dividend yield is currently 5.74%. Over the last 10 years, it has paid about $29.26 in dividends per share, which means you could have made $5,876 from dividends alone. 

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Summing up $11,090 and $5,876, we end up with the final value of your investment, which is $16,966. This is how much you could have made if you had invested $10,000 in Realty Income stock 10 years ago. This means a total return of 69.66%. However, this figure is significantly less than the S&P 500 total return for the same period, which was 229.48%.

What Could The Next 10 Years Bring? 

Realty Income has a consensus rating of "Neutral" and a price target of $61.77 based on the ratings of 24 analysts. The price target implies a nearly 12% potential upside from the current stock price.

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On Nov. 4, the company announced its Q3 2024 earnings, posting AFFO of $1.05, in line with expectations, while revenues of $1.33 billion came in above the consensus estimate of $1.282 billion, as reported by Benzinga.

"Supported by improvements in the investment environment and solid operating results, we see a robust pipeline of opportunities. As a result, we're pleased to increase our 2024 investment volume guidance to approximately $3.5 billion and raise the low-end of our AFFO per share guidance to a range of $4.17 to $4.21 per share, reflecting a 4.8% growth at the mid-point of the range," CEO Sumit Roy said. 

Check out this article by Benzinga for nine analysts' insights on Realty Income.

Given the expected upside potential, growth-focused investors may find Realty Income stock attractive. Furthermore, they can benefit from the company's solid dividend yield of 5.74%.

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