Realty Income Corporation (O) earnings on August 5, 2026

After the market closes Q2 2026

More Realty Income Corporation earnings

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed

The stock ended slightly lower even though the company raised its full-year forecast and reported stronger-than-expected sales. It climbed as much as 3.6% during the day before falling back.

O price around the earnings

62.36

Change: -0.5%

2026-08-06, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
62.31 63.03 63.74 64.46 62.70
Price series around the eventClosing price per minute from before the event to the end of the measured window.No trading (market closed)
August 5, 2026 August 6, 2026
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed

Thesis published
Results released

Zero beat rate with -23% avg surprise, analyst downgrades, negative trend strength - fundamental weakness clear.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Score crashed from -38.6 to -91.6; sustained selloff accelerating into event.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Buy
Consensus average (1-5)
2.5
Analysts covering the stock
20
Average price target
68.01
Lowest price target
61.5
Highest price target
72
Upside to price target
8.8%
Quarterly earnings growth
24.8%
Revenue growth
12%
Forward EPS
1.71
Trailing EPS
1.22
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
4
  • Strong buy: 3
  • Buy: 5
  • Hold: 15
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 1
Strong buy
3
Buy
5
Hold
15
Sell
0
Strong sell
1
  • July 22, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
  • July 15, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
  • July 6, 2026 · Baird: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
  • June 18, 2026 · Scotiabank: Maintains rating (Sector Outperform → Sector Outperform)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Constructive
Mention volume
High
Normalized volume
99%

Technicals

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed
62.9
Average true range (ATR)
1.9%
Distance to 52-week high
-5.4%
14-day change (14d)
-3.2%
30-day change (33d)
-1.5%
30-day relative strength
-5.0%
SPY change (33d)
+3.5%
Nearest support
62.83
Distance to nearest support
0.1%
Nearest resistance
63.19
Distance to nearest resistance
0.5%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
0.83
  • Major: 62.83 (0.1% away, 0.06 ATR, 31 touches)
  • Minor: 62.63 (0.4% away, 0.23 ATR, 1 touches)
  • Major: 62.38 (0.8% away, 0.43 ATR, 32 touches)
  • Major: 63.19 (0.5% away, 0.24 ATR, 30 touches)
  • Major: 63.69 (1.3% away, 0.66 ATR, 29 touches)
  • Mid: 64.01 (1.8% away, 0.93 ATR, 20 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
-23.0%
  • May 6, 2026: actual EPS 0.34 vs estimate 0.42 (surprise -17.7%)
  • February 24, 2026: actual EPS 0.33 vs estimate 0.41 (surprise -18.5%)
  • November 3, 2025: actual EPS 0.36 vs estimate 0.4 (surprise -10.8%)
  • August 6, 2025: actual EPS 0.22 vs estimate 0.4 (surprise -45.1%)

Expected move

Implied move
+1.1%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
0.9%
75th percentile move
2%
90th percentile move
2.6%
Up / down moves
10 / 10
Average up move
+0.9%
Average down move
-1.7%

Monitoring and close

What Realty Income Corporation reported

Status
Finished
Revenue$1,547 million
Revenue estimate$1,468 million
Revenue surprise+5.4%

Realty Income beat revenue estimates in Q2, with FFO in line. The company raised its FY2026 FFO guidance, reflecting optimism.

Sources (3)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict
In line with expectations

Heading into the open, the price is indicating +1.6% pre-market, a move above the stock's usual reaction (about 1%). The figures don't confirm the prior scenario: the comparable cases aren't consistent enough.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Missed
Consolidated
-0.4%
Max favorable move (MFE)
0.6%
Max adverse move (MAE)
3.6%