Financial Review: Realty Income (NYSE:O) and FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR)

FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) and Realty Income (NYSE:O) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares FrontView REIT and Realty Income”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FrontView REIT	$69.27 million	6.64	-$3.83 million	$0.03	627.10
Realty Income	$5.75 billion	9.48	$1.06 billion	$1.37	42.05

Realty Income has higher revenue and earnings than FrontView REIT. Realty Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FrontView REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

FrontView REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Realty Income pays an annual dividend of $3.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. FrontView REIT pays out 2,866.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Realty Income pays out 238.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Realty Income has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years. Realty Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for FrontView REIT and Realty Income, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FrontView REIT	0	4	7	2	2.85
Realty Income	1	9	6	2	2.50

FrontView REIT currently has a consensus target price of $21.72, indicating a potential upside of 15.46%. Realty Income has a consensus target price of $72.34, indicating a potential upside of 25.56%. Given Realty Income’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Realty Income is more favorable than FrontView REIT.

Profitability

This table compares FrontView REIT and Realty Income’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FrontView REIT	2.10%	0.29%	0.17%
Realty Income	20.93%	3.12%	1.72%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

70.8% of Realty Income shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of FrontView REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Realty Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

FrontView REIT has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Realty Income has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Realty Income beats FrontView REIT on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FrontView REIT

FrontView REIT specializes in real estate investing.

About Realty Income

Realty Income, The Monthly Dividend Company, is an S&P 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index. We invest in people and places to deliver dependable monthly dividends that increase over time. The company is structured as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), and its monthly dividends are supported by the cash flow from over 15,450 real estate properties (including properties acquired in the Spirit merger in January 2024) primarily owned under long-term net lease agreements with commercial clients. To date, the company has declared 644 consecutive monthly dividends on its shares of common stock throughout its 55-year operating history and increased the dividend 123 times since Realty Income’s public listing in 1994 (NYSE: O).