Realty Income's declared monthly rate by calendar year, the raise over the prior year, and the steps up inside each year
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-22, from Monthly Dividend Stocks: The Full List.
| year | monthly_payment_usd | annual_raise_pct | raise_count | smallest_annual_raise_pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.1834 | 0.69 | 4 | 0.69 |
| 2015 | 0.191 | 4.13 | 5 | 0.69 |
| 2016 | 0.2025 | 6.02 | 6 | 0.69 |
| 2017 | 0.2125 | 4.94 | 5 | 0.69 |
| 2018 | 0.221 | 4 | 5 | 0.69 |
| 2019 | 0.2275 | 2.94 | 5 | 0.69 |
| 2020 | 0.2345 | 3.08 | 5 | 0.69 |
| 2021 | 0.2465 | 5.12 | 5 | 0.69 |
| 2022 | 0.2485 | 0.81 | 4 | 0.69 |
| 2023 | 0.2565 | 3.22 | 5 | 0.69 |
| 2024 | 0.2635 | 2.73 | 4 | 0.69 |
| 2025 | 0.27 | 2.47 | 6 | 0.69 |
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- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
year |
number | 2,014 to 2,025 | |
monthly_payment_usd |
number | 0.1834 to 0.27 | US dollars |
annual_raise_pct |
number | 0.69 to 6.02 | percent |
raise_count |
number | 4 to 6 | count |
smallest_annual_raise_pct |
number | every row is 0.69 | percent |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH steps AS (
SELECT ed, amt,
lagInFrame(amt) OVER (ORDER BY ed ASC) AS prior_amt
FROM (
SELECT ex_dividend_date AS ed, max(cash_amount) AS amt
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'O'
AND distribution_type = 'recurring'
AND cash_amount > 0
AND ex_dividend_date >= '2013-01-01'
AND ex_dividend_date < toStartOfYear(today())
GROUP BY ed
)
),
yearly AS (
SELECT toYear(ed) AS year,
max(amt) AS monthly_rate,
countIf(prior_amt > 0 AND amt > prior_amt) AS raise_count
FROM steps
GROUP BY year
),
seq AS (
SELECT year, monthly_rate, raise_count,
lagInFrame(monthly_rate) OVER (ORDER BY year ASC) AS prior_rate
FROM yearly
),
panel AS (
SELECT year, monthly_rate, raise_count,
100 * (monthly_rate - prior_rate) / prior_rate AS raise_pct
FROM seq
WHERE prior_rate > 0 AND year >= 2014
)
SELECT year,
round(monthly_rate, 4) AS monthly_payment_usd,
round(raise_pct, 2) AS annual_raise_pct,
raise_count,
round(min(raise_pct) OVER (), 2) AS smallest_annual_raise_pct
FROM panel
ORDER BY year
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