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Realty Income (O) Q3 2026 Earnings: Guidance Mixed

Q3 2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026): revenue, EPS and full-year guidance from the SEC filing

Published Nov 5, 2026

TL;DR

  • Realty Income: mixed; revenue +10.3% vs a year earlier.

Realty Income's results for Q3 2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026) come from the company's own earnings release, filed with the SEC on 2026-11-02. Everything below is taken from that filing; quotes are copied exactly. Company outlooks are the company's own.

At a glance

ItemValue
Revenue (GAAP)$1,622 million (+10.3% vs a year earlier)
Diluted EPS (GAAP)$0.43
Adjusted per-share figure (company's non-GAAP measure; FFO/AFFO for REITs)$1.12
Full-year guidanceMixed

Guidance

Realty Income raised 2026 AFFO per share to $4.45–$4.46 from $4.44–$4.45, lowered net income per share to $1.55–$1.56, reaffirmed $10.0 billion investments.

Why this label: Revised vs prior table: AFFO/share $4.45–$4.46 (prior $4.44–$4.45) up, GAAP net income/share $1.55–$1.56 (prior $1.59–$1.60) down.

MetricPeriodNewPrior (as stated in the release)
AFFO per shareFY2026$4.45–$4.46$4.44–$4.45
net income per shareFY2026$1.55–$1.56$1.59–$1.60
investment volume (at 100%)FY2026$10.0 billion$10.0 billion
occupancyFY2026above 98.5%approx 98.5%
same store rent growthFY20261.1%–1.3%1.1%–1.3%
property expenses (non-reimbursable, % of total revenue)FY20261.3%–1.5%approx 1.5%

From the release

Revenue: "Total revenue · $ · 1,621.6 · $ · 1,470.6"

Earnings per share: "Net income available to common stockholders was $403.9 million, or $0.43 per share"

AFFO per share: "AFFO per share · $4.45 - $4.46 · $4.44 - $4.45"

net income per share: "Net income per share (2) · $1.55 - $1.56 · $1.59 - $1.60"

investment volume (at 100%): "Investment volume (at 100%) · $10.0 billion · $10.0 billion"

Quotes are copied from the filing; in table rows, cell borders are shown as “·”.

Key fact: Raised 2026 AFFO per share guidance to $4.45–$4.46; Q3 AFFO per share rose 3.7%.

Source

Realty Income earnings release (SEC filing), accession 0000726728-26-000056, filed 2026-11-02.

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