Realty Income (O) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026)
Realty Income's Return on Equity [ROE] was 3.15% in Q2 2026, up 0.80 percentage points from 2.35% a year earlier and up 0.35 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Realty Income (O) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Equity [ROE] at Realty Income came in at 2.70%, up 0.30 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of -1.11 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Equity [ROE] was 2.40% in FY2024 (-0.43 pp), 2.83% in FY2023 (-0.40 pp), 3.23% in FY2022 (+1.24 pp) and 2.00% in FY2021 (-1.81 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q3 2021.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Equity [ROE] has increased for six 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 Equity [ROE] over five years was Q4 2022 (a gain of 1.26 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2021 (a drop of 1.81 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, O's Return on Equity [ROE] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 2.80% (Q1 2026), 2.70% (Q4 2025) and 2.47% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welltower | 166.01 Bn | 148.52 Bn | 1.39 Bn | 3.50% |
| 2 | Prologis | 121.16 Bn | 125.55 Bn | - | 6.99% |
| 3 | Simon Property | 65.49 Bn | 66.75 Bn | - | 116.59% |
| 4 | Realty Income | 51.38 Bn | 53.76 Bn | - | 3.15% |
| 5 | Public Storage | 49.67 Bn | 48.75 Bn | - | 22.11% |
| 6 | Ventas | 43.61 Bn | 42.81 Bn | - | 1.96% |
| 7 | Extra Space Storage | 27.79 Bn | 27.79 Bn | 642.43 Mn | - |
| 8 | Vici Properties | 25.29 Bn | 23.41 Bn | 1.05 Bn | 9.65% |
| 9 | Vivmark Residential | 22.78 Bn | 22.97 Bn | - | 9.16% |
| 10 | Invitation Homes | 15.55 Bn | 15.59 Bn | - | 7.28% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.15% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.80% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.70% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.47% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.35% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.52% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.23% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.29% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.18% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.17% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.70% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.81% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.87% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.09% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.13% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.44% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.17% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.83% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.87% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.76% |
API Access
Realty Income Return on Equity [ROE] 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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=O&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=O&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();