Realty Income (O) Return on Sales [ROS] (2020 - 2026)
Realty Income (O) recorded Return on Sales [ROS] of 48.67% in Q3 2026, up 5.43 percentage points from 43.25% a year earlier and up 2.90 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Realty Income (O) Return on Sales [ROS] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Realty Income's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 44.29% as of Sep 30, 2026, up 5.58 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 39.83%, up 2.82 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] has a five-year change of -3.92 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 37.01% in FY2024 (-3.67 pp), 40.68% in FY2023 (-0.68 pp), 41.36% in FY2022 (+6.94 pp) and 34.42% in FY2021 (-9.33 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] in data going back to Q2 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] has increased for five consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.05 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Sales [ROS] in the last five years was a gain of 24.69 percentage points in Q4 2022, against a drop of 31.34 percentage points in Q4 2021 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 45.77% (Q2 2026), 41.26% (Q1 2026) and 41.11% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welltower | 177.74 Bn | 163.76 Bn | 1.47 Bn | 9.10% |
| 2 | Prologis | 120.05 Bn | 114.00 Bn | - | 43.76% |
| 3 | Simon Property | 74.18 Bn | 70.24 Bn | - | 46.02% |
| 4 | Public Storage | 62.09 Bn | 60.82 Bn | - | 23.20% |
| 5 | Realty Income | 55.76 Bn | 54.03 Bn | - | 48.67% |
| 6 | Ventas | 45.60 Bn | 44.27 Bn | - | 11.68% |
| 7 | Extra Space Storage | 33.58 Bn | 32.49 Bn | 650.96 Mn | 44.04% |
| 8 | Vici Properties | 27.29 Bn | 25.64 Bn | 1.06 Bn | 52.20% |
| 9 | Vivmark Residential | 24.52 Bn | 24.30 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Essex Property Trust | 17.52 Bn | 17.27 Bn | - | 31.82% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 48.67% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 45.77% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 41.26% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 41.11% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 43.25% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 35.94% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 38.79% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 36.53% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 41.16% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 39.09% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 30.94% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 41.24% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 41.32% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 38.65% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 41.53% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 41.52% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 41.55% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 43.01% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 39.31% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 16.84% |
API Access
Realty Income Return on Sales [ROS] 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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=O&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=O&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();