WPC vs O vs BNL Stock Comparison

W. P. Carey, Realty Income and Broadstone Net Lease Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WPC W. P. Carey Inc.
$63.48 -4.0% 1M -5.0% 1Y
Market cap
$14.46B
P/E
22.0x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
5.89%
Net Lease REITs Real Estate
4 wins
O Realty Income Corp
$56.83 +2.3% 1M -5.9% 1Y
Market cap
$53.77B
P/E
41.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.05B
Div. yield
5.70%
Net Lease REITs Real Estate
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

W. P. Carey leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (W. P. Carey 4, Realty Income 3, Broadstone Net Lease 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWPCOBNLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $14.46B $53.77B $3.29B O
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.0x 41.8x 22.5x WPC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.8x 35.3x 23.2x WPC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +10.9% +7.7% O
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 20.9% 30.6% BNL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 3.4% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 5.6x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 5.89% 5.70% 6.76% BNL
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -5.0% -5.9% -8.6% WPC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.0%/yr -4.3%/yr -8.6%/yr WPC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 18.2% 17.3% 20.1% O
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 55/100 70/100 BNL

Percentile Scorecard

WPCOBNL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisWPCOBNL
Valuation 22 #114 of 145 15 #124 of 145 73 #40 of 145
Growth – 83 #25 of 141 65 #50 of 141
Profitability – 70 #41 of 134 66 #46 of 134
Financial Health – 66 #47 of 138 82 #26 of 138
Shareholder Returns 79 #28 of 131 39 #80 of 131 63 #49 of 131
Overall – 55 70
  • WPC ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • O ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • BNL ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodWPCOBNLSPY
1 month -4.0%+2.3%-9.2% -0.2%
3 months -16.1%-13.6%-23.3% +3.9%
6 months -12.6%-10.6%-14.3% +8.2%
Year to date -1.4%+0.8%-1.2% +12.9%
1 year -5.0%-5.9%-8.6% +12.3%
3 years +22.0%+16.0%+24.6% +87.4%
3 years, per year +6.9%+5.1%+7.6% +23.3%
5 years -18.5%-19.8%-36.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year -4.0%-4.3%-8.6% +10.9%
10 years +8.1%-0.8%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +0.8%-0.1%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureWPCOBNLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 18.2%17.3%20.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 19.4%18.2%21.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.07-0.100.00 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.28-0.34-0.43 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.5%-38.3%-48.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.3%-15.9%-24.8% -1.2%
52-week high $76.72$67.56$22.82 $779.14
52-week low $62.57$53.35$17.17 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleWPCOBNL
P/E now vs peer median 22.0xmedian 26.3x 41.8xmedian 26.3x 22.5xmedian 26.3x
P/S now vs peer median 8.4xmedian 4.0x 8.9xmedian 4.0x 6.9xmedian 4.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.4x 16.0xmedian 14.4x —median 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -17.3xmedian 23.3x -27.1xmedian 23.3x 10.4xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.3x 1.3xmedian 1.3x 1.1xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median -3.03median 1.91 23.25median 1.91 -4.30median 1.91

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsWPCOBNL
Revenue – $6.05B $476.17M
Net income – $1.31B $148.74M
Free cash flow – -$1.98B $317.30M
EPS (diluted) $2.87 $1.36 $0.73
Cash & equivalents $143.39M $552.65M $11.10M
Total debt – $29.29B $1.68B
Shares (diluted) 227.22M 934.66M 200.26M
Enterprise value $14.48B $54.38B $3.28B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricWPCOBNL
P/E 22.0x 41.8x 22.5x
P/FCF -17.3x -27.1x 10.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 12.9x 11.6x
P/S 8.4x 8.9x 6.9x
P/B 1.6x 1.3x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 1.6x 1.5x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA – 16.0x –
EV/EBIT – 31.8x –
EV/Revenue – 13.6x 10.4x
EV/FCF – -41.6x 15.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 19.8x 17.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -3.03 23.25 -4.30

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWPCOBNL
Revenue growth (1Y) – 10.9% 7.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 18.0% 2.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) – 42.0% 45.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 14.6% -4.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 73.6% 35.0% 45.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -7.3% 1.8% -5.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 13.8% 0.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.5% 1.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -90.4% 289.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 36.5% 104.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWPCOBNL
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – 85.4% –
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin – 23.3% –
Net margin – 20.9% 30.6%
FCF margin – -32.8% 66.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 68.8% 59.4%
Return on equity – 3.2% 4.9%
Return on assets – 1.7% 2.5%
Return on invested capital – 3.4% –
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover – 0.1x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 3.2x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.6% 2.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWPCOBNL
Debt / assets – 38.3% 28.6%
Debt / equity – 0.7x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 5.6x –
Debt / FCF – -14.8x 5.3x
Liabilities / assets 53.0% 45.1% 48.7%
Equity / assets 47.0% 54.9% 51.3%
Interest coverage – 2.2x –
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWPCOBNL
Dividend yield 5.9% 5.7% 6.8%
Net buyback yield – -3.4% –
Shareholder yield 5.9% 2.3% 6.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 228.6% 147.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – -151.1% 69.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.3% -0.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 15.6% 3.7%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusWPCOBNL
Forward P/E 19.8xFY2026 35.3xFY2026 23.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.20FY2026 $1.61FY2026 $0.74FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +31.7%FY2026 +37.6%FY2026 +48.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after 0.0% +1.2% +2.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.79BFY2026 $5.88BFY2026 $469.80MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.2%FY2026 +8.1%FY2026 +3.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.0% -2.9% +17.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWPCOBNL
Held by institutions 78.3% 78.8% 98.0%
Institutions holding 897 1,461 375
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.2% +5.2% +30.3%
Institutions buying 453 799 218
Institutions selling 295 469 98
Buyers to sellers 1.54 1.70 2.22

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

WPCOBNL
WPC 1.00 0.74 0.68
O 0.74 1.00 0.62
BNL 0.68 0.62 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WPC, O and BNL?

Realty Income (O) is the largest by market capitalisation: W. P. Carey (WPC) $14.46B, Realty Income (O) $53.77B, Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) $3.29B.

Which stock is cheaper, WPC, O and BNL?

W. P. Carey (WPC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (W. P. Carey (WPC) 22.0x, Realty Income (O) 41.8x, Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) 22.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, W. P. Carey (WPC) is cheapest (W. P. Carey (WPC) 19.8x, Realty Income (O) 35.3x, Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) 23.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Realty Income (O) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Realty Income (O) +10.9%, Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) +7.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) has the highest net margin (Realty Income (O) 20.9%, Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) 30.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year W. P. Carey (WPC) returned the most: W. P. Carey (WPC) -5.0%, Realty Income (O) -5.9%, Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) -8.6%. Over five years, W. P. Carey (WPC) compounded fastest (W. P. Carey (WPC) -4.0%/yr, Realty Income (O) -4.3%/yr, Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) -8.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) has the highest dividend yield: W. P. Carey (WPC) 5.89%, Realty Income (O) 5.70%, Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) 6.76%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Realty Income (O) has been the steadiest (W. P. Carey (WPC) 18.2%, Realty Income (O) 17.3%, Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) 20.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WPC, O and BNL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, W. P. Carey (WPC) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.