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AI @ Realty Income

REIT with monthly dividends
Industry
Last updated
July 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM

Summary

  • Realty Income has incrementally explored and started adopting AI primarily in operational automation and tenant screening by early 2023, with increasing references to AI-driven efficiency gains by late 2024 and 2025.
  • By 2025, AI's role has expanded significantly, particularly in data center operations and predictive analytics, contributing to enhanced asset valuation, tenant behavior analysis, and AI-related revenue streams, with industry analysts highlighting AI as a growth driver for Realty Income and related REITs.
  • Despite AI-driven transformation, Realty Income retains strong fundamentals with its long-standing dividend streak (over 640 consecutive months as of late 2023) and disciplined acquisition strategies, while AI-related innovations continue to improve internal efficiencies and open new investment avenues, positioning the company well through early 2026.

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7 AI Use Cases at Realty Income

Market forecasting
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Risk
AI helps analyze large datasets to detect patterns and improve forecasting accuracy for market trends, portfolio risk, and investment opportunities for Realty Income's asset base. [1][2][3]
Tenant behavior
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
AI mines data to identify tenant behavior patterns, enabling improved lease management and smart home tech deployments within Realty Income's properties. [1]
Investment optimization
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Revenue
AI-driven analytics and automation enable more precise valuations, portfolio management, and opportunity sourcing aligned with Realty Income's analytics-driven acquisition strategy. [1][2]
Predictive analytics
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Revenue
AI-powered models forecast market changes and rental demand, guiding investment decisions and optimizing pricing strategies for Realty Income's portfolio. [1][2][3]
Data center efficiency
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
Digital Realty, a related REIT, pilots an in-house AI platform 'Apollo AI' in European data centers to optimize energy use and infrastructure management, enhancing Realty Income's related holdings. [1][2]
Tenant screening
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Risk
Realty Income uses AI to analyze tenant applications against historical data, credit scores, and rental histories to improve the accuracy and speed of tenant vetting processes. [1]
Operational automation
2023
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
The company explores robotic process automation and AI tools to automate routine tasks such as scheduling property viewings, rent payment reminders, and maintenance requests, boosting operational efficiency. [1][2]

Timeline

2026 Q1

2 updates

Realty Income remains a strong dividend payer with 667 straight months of payouts. AI stock screeners highlight Realty Income as an opportunity, emphasizing income reliability combined with AI-driven infrastructure demand. Analysts discuss AI's expanding role as a growth factor alongside traditional REIT fundamentals.

2025 Q4

2 updates

Despite recent stock underperformance, Realty Income's AI-related data center revenues rose by 9% YoY with a large backlog; AI-driven automation and investment optimization continue to be key themes; Analysts remain cautious but recognize AI's transformative potential for Realty Income and peer REITs.

2025 Q3

2 updates

Analysts note AI coexisting with human expertise at Realty Income; AI innovations could yield $34B efficiency gains across real estate sector by 2030; AI strategies facilitate superior forecasting, risk management and expanded opportunity sourcing.

2025 Q2

3 updates

AI-driven improvements in valuation, market forecasting, virtual property tours and tenant behavior analysis reported; Realty Income's data center revenues increase with AI-related bookings over 50%; AI-driven portfolio optimization and risk assessment gain spotlight.

2025 Q1: no updates

2024 Q4

2 updates

AI adoption expands into automating routine tasks such as scheduling, rent reminders and maintenance management alongside predictive insights enhancing investment decisions.

2024 Q3

1 updates

AI-powered predictive analytics help improve real estate investment decision-making and market forecasting.

2024 Q2

2 updates

Digital Realty pilots AI platform 'Apollo AI' at European data centers to maximize efficiency; real estate agents leverage AI for data-driven decisions.

2024 Q1

1 updates

Tenant screening improvements driven by AI, analyzing applications with historical data and credit scores to enhance decision-making.

2023 Q4

4 updates

AI gains attention in real estate with Realty Income declaring its 640th consecutive monthly dividend at $0.256 per share; industry insights highlight potential net operating income gains of 10%+ through AI efficiency; European expansion and improved operational efficiency cited.

2023 Q3: no updates

2023 Q2: no updates

2023 Q1

1 updates

Realty Income began exploring Robotic Process Automation and Artificial Intelligence tools for operational improvements.