Realty Income Corporation (NYSE: O), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on free-standing retail occupancies in the United States and Puerto Rico, has proved to be a great investment.
The stock’s total return (stock price appreciation plus dividends) has whipped the broader market, as you can see in the chart below It’s also handily beaten the returns of the average REIT, as well as the average retail REIT, as proxied by the two indices shown here.