Realty Income Has Paid a Monthly Dividend for 673 Straight Months. Here's What That Means for Income Investors.
This REIT has distributed a payout longer than many of its shareholders have been alive.
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Many investors would be satisfied with a dividend payout streak of 12, 20, or 30 consecutive disbursements. Keep in mind that the typical dividend is paid quarterly, so there would be a gap of several months between each payment.
Now imagine a stock that not only had a run stretching back to 1969, but one that's dispensed a dividend monthly instead of quarterly, for a hard-to-believe total of 673 distributions (including its time as a privately held business). Well, no imagination is needed because such a company exists -- veteran real estate investment trust (REIT) Realty Income (NYSE: O).
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