Realty Income (O): trailing vs forward dividend yield at every month end, two years
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 Trailing vs Forward Dividend Yield Explained.
| month | month_label | declared_monthly_usd | checks_in_window | trailing_yield_pct | forward_yield_pct | gap_abs_pp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08 | Aug 2024 | 0.263 | 11 | 4.57 | 5.08 | 0.51 |
| 2024-09 | Sep 2024 | 0.263 | 10 | 4.08 | 4.97 | 0.89 |
| 2024-10 | Oct 2024 | 0.2635 | 10 | 4.38 | 5.33 | 0.95 |
| 2024-11 | Nov 2024 | 0.2635 | 11 | 4.94 | 5.46 | 0.52 |
| 2024-12 | Dec 2024 | 0.2635 | 10 | 4.89 | 5.92 | 1.03 |
| 2025-01 | Jan 2025 | 0.264 | 10 | 4.79 | 5.8 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | Feb 2025 | 0.264 | 11 | 5.06 | 5.55 | 0.5 |
| 2025-03 | Mar 2025 | 0.268 | 11 | 4.99 | 5.54 | 0.55 |
| 2025-04 | Apr 2025 | 0.2685 | 11 | 5.03 | 5.57 | 0.55 |
| 2025-05 | May 2025 | 0.2685 | 12 | 5.61 | 5.69 | 0.08 |
| 2025-06 | Jun 2025 | 0.2685 | 12 | 5.52 | 5.59 | 0.07 |
| 2025-07 | Jul 2025 | 0.269 | 12 | 5.67 | 5.75 | 0.07 |
| 2025-08 | Aug 2025 | 0.269 | 12 | 5.43 | 5.49 | 0.06 |
| 2025-09 | Sep 2025 | 0.269 | 12 | 5.26 | 5.31 | 0.05 |
| 2025-10 | Oct 2025 | 0.2695 | 13 | 5.99 | 5.58 | 0.41 |
| 2025-11 | Nov 2025 | 0.2695 | 13 | 6.04 | 5.61 | 0.43 |
| 2025-12 | Dec 2025 | 0.27 | 13 | 6.18 | 5.75 | 0.44 |
| 2026-01 | Jan 2026 | 0.27 | 13 | 5.71 | 5.3 | 0.41 |
| 2026-02 | Feb 2026 | 0.27 | 13 | 5.22 | 4.83 | 0.39 |
| 2026-03 | Mar 2026 | 0.2705 | 13 | 5.73 | 5.31 | 0.42 |
| 2026-04 | Apr 2026 | 0.2705 | 13 | 5.45 | 5.05 | 0.4 |
| 2026-05 | May 2026 | 0.2705 | 13 | 5.72 | 5.3 | 0.42 |
| 2026-06 | Jun 2026 | 0.271 | 13 | 5.66 | 5.25 | 0.41 |
| 2026-07 | Jul 2026 | 0.271 | 13 | 5.49 | 5.09 | 0.4 |
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- 24 × 7
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
month |
date | 2024-08 to 2026-07 | |
month_label |
text | 24 distinct values (Apr 2025, Apr 2026, Aug 2024…) | |
declared_monthly_usd |
number | 0.263 to 0.271 | US dollars |
checks_in_window |
number | 10 to 13 | |
trailing_yield_pct |
number | 4.08 to 6.18 | percent |
forward_yield_pct |
number | 4.83 to 5.92 | percent |
gap_abs_pp |
number | 0.05 to 1.03 |
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 px AS (
SELECT toStartOfMonth(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) AS month_start,
max(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) AS last_day,
argMax(close, window_start) AS close_price
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'O'
AND toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) >= toDate('2024-08-01')
AND toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) <= toDate('2026-07-31')
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959
GROUP BY month_start
),
dv AS (
SELECT ex_dividend_date, cash_amount
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'O'
AND distribution_type = 'recurring'
AND frequency = 12
AND cash_amount > 0
AND ex_dividend_date >= toDate('2023-07-01')
)
SELECT formatDateTime(px.month_start, '%Y-%m') AS month,
formatDateTimeInJodaSyntax(px.month_start, 'MMM yyyy') AS month_label,
round(toFloat64(argMax(dv.cash_amount, dv.ex_dividend_date)), 4) AS declared_monthly_usd,
countIf(dv.ex_dividend_date > px.last_day - INTERVAL 1 YEAR) AS checks_in_window,
round(sumIf(toFloat64(dv.cash_amount), dv.ex_dividend_date > px.last_day - INTERVAL 1 YEAR)
/ toFloat64(any(px.close_price)) * 100, 2) AS trailing_yield_pct,
round(toFloat64(argMax(dv.cash_amount, dv.ex_dividend_date)) * 12
/ toFloat64(any(px.close_price)) * 100, 2) AS forward_yield_pct,
round(abs(toFloat64(argMax(dv.cash_amount, dv.ex_dividend_date)) * 12
- sumIf(toFloat64(dv.cash_amount), dv.ex_dividend_date > px.last_day - INTERVAL 1 YEAR))
/ toFloat64(any(px.close_price)) * 100, 2) AS gap_abs_pp
FROM px, dv
WHERE dv.ex_dividend_date <= px.last_day
GROUP BY px.month_start, px.last_day
ORDER BY px.month_start
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