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Realty Income O Return on invested capital

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13.1%+1.0pp
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4.5%+0.1pp
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Public StoragePSA
11%-1.7pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.5B+12.2%
Net income$320.9M+28.5%
EPS (diluted)$0.33+17.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$373.5M+17.1%
Total debt$545.1M+3.7%
Total equity$39.1B+0.3%
Total assets$74.6B+6.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$874.5M+11.1%
CapEx$26.3M+14.9%
Free cash flow$848.2M+10.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$56.48B+10.3%
Enterprise value$56.65B+10.2%
P/E50×-2.4×
P/S9.5×0.0×

Profitability

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Net margin19.1%+0.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity2.9%+0.4pp
Debt / equity0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Realty Income’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Realty Income’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Realty Income's return on invested capital?
Realty Income (O) reported return on invested capital of 5.6% in Q1 2026.
How has Realty Income's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Realty Income's return on invested capital increased by 11.8% year-over-year, from 5% to 5.6%.
What is the long-term trend for Realty Income's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Realty Income's return on invested capital has grown at a -1.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 22% to 20.5%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.