Decline in O’s short interest indicates Bullish sentiment

Jaxson Clark

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Realty Income Corp shares valued at $664,730 were sold by Preusse Mary Hogan on Sep 30 ’25. At $60.43 per share, Preusse Mary Hogan sold 11,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 19,211 shares worth approximately $1.17 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Preusse Mary Hogan purchased 11,000 shares, netting a total of over 664,586 in proceeds.

As published in a research note from JP Morgan on December 18, 2025, Realty Income Corp [O] has been rated down from a Neutral to an Underweight and the price target has been revised to $61. Analysts at Evercore ISI started covering the stock with ‘”an In-line”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of October 01, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald has initiated its “Neutral” rating for O. Earlier on July 15, 2025, Wolfe Research downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Peer perform” for O stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.

Analyzing O Stock Performance

On last trading session, Realty Income Corp [NYSE: O] rose 0.68% to $60.72. The stock’s lowest price that day was $60.2185, but it reached a high of $60.7498 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.17%. Over the course of the year, Realty Income Corp shares have jumped approximately 14.24%.

Support And Resistance Levels for Realty Income Corp (O)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 71.04 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is Realty Income Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of Realty Income Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -9.09 million shares to 38.12 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 47.21 million shares. A decline of -23.85% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.06 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 6.06.

Which companies own the most shares of Realty Income Corp (O)?

In terms of Realty Income Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 60 in the next 12 months, down nearly -0.51% from the previous closing price of $60.31. Analysts anticipate Realty Income Corp stock to reach 65 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 60. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Realty Income Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On February 25, 2025, Exane BNP Paribas assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $61.

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