Realty Income (O) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Sumit Roy, President, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $16.3M in 2025, up 7% from $15.2M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 105:1, on median employee pay of $154,939.

Filed
March 25, 2026
Annual meeting
May 21, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$16.3M+7% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
105:1median $154,939
CEO pay in equity
56%$9.1M in awards
CEO At-Risk Compensation
74%Target direct compensation
Say-on-Pay Support
93.0%Prior year vote
AFFO Per Share
$4.2815th consecutive year of growth
Total Investment Volume
$6.3BCompleted in 2025
Portfolio Occupancy
98.9%As of December 31, 2025

How Roy was paid

$16.3M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary6%Stock awards56%Non-equity incentive31%All other compensation7%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Sumit RoyPresident, Chief Executive Officer$16,251,931
Jonathan PongExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer$3,692,242
Neil M. AbrahamExecutive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and President, Realty Income International$5,347,962
Mark E. HaganExecutive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer$5,265,147
Michelle BushoreExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary$3,885,910

What changed and why

  • $16.3MSumit Roy earned total compensation of $16,251,931 in fiscal 2025, representing an increase from $15,246,209 in 2024.
  • 74%Approximately 74% of the CEO total target direct compensation for 2025 consisted of at-risk performance-based elements.
  • $9.1MStock awards for the CEO totaled $9,149,496, while non-equity incentive plan compensation reached $4,981,012.
  • 93.0%Stockholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with a 93.0% approval vote at the previous annual meeting.
  • 2.1%Adjusted Funds From Operations per share increased 2.1% to a record $4.28 in 2025.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.