Realty Income (O) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026)
Realty Income's Return on Assets [ROA] was 1.85% in Q3 2026, up 0.49 percentage points from 1.36% a year earlier and up 0.11 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Realty Income (O) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Assets [ROA] at Realty Income came in at 1.51%, up 0.14 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of -0.51 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] was 1.37% in FY2024 (-0.26 pp), 1.63% in FY2023 (-0.25 pp), 1.88% in FY2022 (+0.75 pp) and 1.13% in FY2021 (-0.89 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q3 2021.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Assets [ROA] has increased for seven straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.16 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] over five years was Q4 2022 (a gain of 0.75 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2021 (a drop of 0.88 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, O's Return on Assets [ROA] in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was 1.74% (Q2 2026), 1.55% (Q1 2026) and 1.49% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welltower | 177.74 Bn | 163.76 Bn | 1.47 Bn | 2.43% |
| 2 | Prologis | 120.05 Bn | 114.00 Bn | - | 4.42% |
| 3 | Simon Property | 74.18 Bn | 70.24 Bn | - | 13.57% |
| 4 | Public Storage | 62.09 Bn | 60.82 Bn | - | 7.82% |
| 5 | Realty Income | 55.76 Bn | 54.03 Bn | - | 1.85% |
| 6 | Ventas | 45.60 Bn | 44.27 Bn | - | 0.90% |
| 7 | Extra Space Storage | 33.58 Bn | 32.49 Bn | 650.96 Mn | 3.71% |
| 8 | Vici Properties | 27.29 Bn | 25.64 Bn | 1.06 Bn | 4.95% |
| 9 | Vivmark Residential | 24.52 Bn | 24.30 Bn | - | 4.41% |
| 10 | Essex Property Trust | 17.52 Bn | 17.27 Bn | - | 2.87% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.85% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.74% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.55% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.49% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.36% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.31% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.42% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.26% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.30% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.24% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.24% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.55% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.62% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.66% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.78% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.83% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.43% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.27% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.07% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.08% |
API Access
Realty Income Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=O&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=O&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();