Realty Income (O) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)
Realty Income (O) reported Dividends Paid - Common of $768.51 million for Q3 2026, up 4.2% from $737.86 million a year earlier and up 1.5% from the prior quarter.
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Realty Income (O) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2026, Realty Income's Dividends Paid - Common came in at $3.03 billion, up 5.5% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $2.92 billion, up 8.5% from FY2024.
- Dividends Paid - Common has increased for 16 consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 24.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Dividends Paid - Common came in at $2.69 billion in FY2024 (+27.5%), $2.11 billion in FY2023 (+16.5%), $1.81 billion in FY2022 (+55.1%) and $1.17 billion in FY2021 (+21.2%).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Dividends Paid - Common in data going back to Q3 2009.
- Year over year, Dividends Paid - Common has now increased in each of the last 65 quarters, with growth averaging 9.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The year-over-year growth in Dividends Paid - Common has ranged between 4.0% (Q2 2026) and 69.3% (Q2 2022) over the last five years.
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at $756.78 million (Q2 2026), $758.03 million (Q1 2026) and $743.76 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div. Paid (Common) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welltower | 177.74 Bn | 163.76 Bn | 1.47 Bn | - |
| 2 | Prologis | 120.05 Bn | 114.00 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Simon Property | 74.18 Bn | 70.24 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Public Storage | 62.09 Bn | 60.82 Bn | - | 33.96 Mn |
| 5 | Realty Income | 55.76 Bn | 54.03 Bn | - | 768.51 Mn |
| 6 | Ventas | 45.60 Bn | 44.27 Bn | - | 267.04 Mn |
| 7 | Extra Space Storage | 33.58 Bn | 32.49 Bn | 650.96 Mn | 340.64 Mn |
| 8 | Vici Properties | 27.29 Bn | 25.64 Bn | 1.06 Bn | 500.76 Mn |
| 9 | Vivmark Residential | 24.52 Bn | 24.30 Bn | - | 263.20 Mn |
| 10 | Essex Property Trust | 17.52 Bn | 17.27 Bn | - | 166.45 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 768.51 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 756.78 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 758.03 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 743.76 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 737.86 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 727.45 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 711.82 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 691.86 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 687.14 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 676.22 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 636.50 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 556.11 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 543.34 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 515.09 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 497.25 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 470.74 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 458.59 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 445.83 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 438.28 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 371.18 Mn |
API Access
Realty Income Dividends Paid - Common API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common&ticker=O&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common", "ticker": "O", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common&ticker=O&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();