3 Reasons to Buy Realty Income Stock Like There's No Tomorrow

If you are a conservative investor who prefers to buy the biggest and best stocks in a sector, then you'll want to own Realty Income (NYSE: O). Despite a recent rally, the share price is still reasonably attractive -- at least for now. That's why you might want to jump on Realty Income today, because tomorrow, it might not be as desirable an income stock.Here are three reasons to buy this giant net lease real estate investment trust (REIT) before you miss the chance.Realty Income has a market cap of $53 billion. The next closest competitor has a market cap of just under $13 billion. That means that Realty Income is more than four times the size of its top competitor in the net lease REIT sector. (A net lease requires tenants to pay for most property-level operating costs.) But the size advantage goes well beyond market cap, given that Realty Income owns a shockingly large 15,400 properties.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool