Is 2026 the Year to Buy Realty Income?
Investors attempting to live off the dividends their portfolios generate are typically looking for two things: a reliable dividend and a growing business. That's exactly what you'll get with Realty Income (NYSE: O). And you'll collect a 5.2% dividend yield along the way, more than four times what you'd earn from an S 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index fund. Here's why 2026 could be the right time to buy Realty Income.
Realty Income is a retail-focused net lease real estate investment trust (REIT). A net lease requires the tenant to pay for most property-level operating costs. Although any single property is high risk, since there's only one tenant, the risk is fairly low across a large portfolio. Essentially, Realty Income avoids the expense and uncertainty of maintaining its properties. Realty Income is the largest net lease REIT, with a portfolio of more than 15,500 properties.
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