Real income (NYSE: O ) All about dividend income. This company calls itself a monthly dividend company. Part of its corporate mission is to “deliver reliable monthly dividends that increase over time.”
Here’s how much dividend income you’d collect if you bought 100 shares Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) A decade ago
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It would have cost about $5,163 to buy 100 shares of Real Income at the end of 2015. At that time, the company paid a monthly dividend of about $0.19 per share ($2.29 annually). As a result, you will have accumulated $229.20 in shares in the first year of owning the shares. That’s a 5.7% yield on your cost base.
Real Income has steadily raised its monthly dividends over the past decade. By the end of 2025, the REIT has increased its payout by a total of 41%. As a result, those same 100 shares will now produce $324 in annual dividend income, increasing your cost-based yield to 6.3%. In total, you would have received a total of $3,030.90 in dividends over those 10 years. That’s 59% of your original capital paid back in dividends. Meanwhile, the original 100 shares would have been worth $5,637 at the end of last year. That’s a 9% increase in your original investment and a total return of approximately 68% on your original investment (dividend income and share price increase).
The REIT’s ability to grow its dividend has really paid off for investors over this period. Real Estate Income regularly invests in additional income-producing real estate, which steadily grows its income, supporting its growing dividends. With one of the best balance sheets in the sector and a multi-trillion dollar total investable market opportunity, the high-yielding shares of Realty Income should continue to rise. This makes it the best way to build Passive income from real estate.
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