Realty Income Corp. (O) closed the most recent trading day at $57.84, moving +2.57% from the previous trading session. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.06%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.41%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.39%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the real estate investment trust had lost 3.39% lagged the Finance sector's gain of 4.07% and the S&P 500's gain of 5.88%.
Investors will be eagerly watching for the performance of Realty Income Corp. in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to be unveiled on August 6, 2025. The company is expected to report EPS of $1.06, unchanged from the prior-year quarter. Alongside, our most recent consensus estimate is anticipating revenue of $1.4 billion, indicating a 4.57% upward movement from the same quarter last year.
Looking at the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $4.27 per share and revenue of $5.63 billion. These totals would mark changes of +1.91% and +6.88%, respectively, from last year.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Realty Income Corp. should also be noted by investors. Such recent modifications usually signify the changing landscape of near-term business trends. Hence, positive alterations in estimates signify analyst optimism regarding the business and profitability.
Our research suggests that these changes in estimates have a direct relationship with upcoming stock price performance. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, there's been a 0.42% fall in the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. Realty Income Corp. currently has a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Digging into valuation, Realty Income Corp. currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 13.2. This indicates no noticeable deviation in contrast to its industry's Forward P/E of 13.2.
It's also important to note that O currently trades at a PEG ratio of 3.96. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. By the end of yesterday's trading, the REIT and Equity Trust - Retail industry had an average PEG ratio of 2.92.
The REIT and Equity Trust - Retail industry is part of the Finance sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 97, this industry ranks in the top 40% of all industries, numbering over 250.
The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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