How Are O Dividends Taxed?
Built from O's own payment record and published figures, as of 2026-08-17. We are not tax advisers and this is not tax advice; a professional who knows your situation is the right stop before decisions.
Realty Income Corporation is a real estate investment trust. REIT dividends are generally ordinary income, not qualified dividends, because the REIT itself pays no corporate tax on distributed earnings. Over the trailing twelve months in our record, O paid $3.2410 per share. Portions can be classified as return of capital or capital gain in a given year; the split arrives with the year-end tax documents.
What O's Own Payment Record Adds
Tax character is one half of the question and the payment record is the other. Our O record holds 26 payments between July 1, 2024 and July 31, 2026, on a monthly schedule of 12 a year. The most recent was $0.2710 per share, ex-date July 31, 2026 and paid August 14, 2026. Nothing further is declared on our record.
Across trailing twelve months the payments ran from $0.2690 on September 2, 2025 to $0.2710 on July 31, 2026, a spread of 1%. Payments that steady make the annual taxable total straightforward to anticipate from the cadence, though the character of it still waits on the year-end documents. Ex-dates landed in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec over the trailing two years, which is the schedule an estimated-tax calculation has to follow.
Measured on the trailing twelve months against the twelve before, O's payout is up 1.5% split-adjusted, which is the closest the record comes to a direction for the taxable amount. Complete calendar years on record: 2025 at $3.4870 per share. Those are the figures a year's tax documents would have been built on.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are O's dividends qualified?
Generally no. Most REIT dividends are taxed at ordinary income rates. Through 2025-era rules many qualified for a 20% pass-through deduction as Section 199A dividends; check current law and the fund's year-end documents for your tax year, since these provisions change.
Does that make O a bad holding?
Tax character is one input, not a verdict, and we do not give buy or sell opinions. The common practical takeaway people draw is that ordinary-income payers fit differently in tax-advantaged versus taxable accounts, which is a conversation for a tax professional who knows your situation.
Full payment record: O distribution history. Other payers whose tax treatment we cover are on the dividend tax index, and the sourcing rules are on the methodology page. Free to cite with a link to dividendtable.com.