Realty Income Continues to Prove It’s The Best REIT

Date: 2026-07-07 22:00:39

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Out of the roughly 225 publicly traded real estate investment trusts that exist, Realty Income continues to prove that they’re in a league of their own. Out of all the holdings in my dividend portfolio, this stock is one of my ultimate sleep-well-at-night investments. I’ve owned Realty Income for nearly a decade, and at no point have I ever worried about the monthly dividend. As of recording this, I have a little over 505 shares of Realty Income in my brokerage account, and it is one of my largest individual holdings. That’s due in part to how well this management team has been adapting to the evolving real estate landscape. Now no company is perfect or incapable of being involved in some kind of scandal. But despite the concerns and arguments raised against Realty Income over the years, none of them have ever materialised.

It’s such a great dividend stock that today I want to try to convince you that if you could only hold one real estate investment trust in your dividend portfolio, Realty Income is the one you’d pick. There are other REITs that have better growth prospects in the short term, and there are other REITs that are more discounted. But speaking specifically of a REIT that you would want to hold for the rest of your life. As long as there’s no scandal or corruption, then Realty Income would be your best pick. So we’re going to see how this company has been performing recently and adapting to changes in the market.

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