By Omkar Godbole (All times unless otherwise indicated)

The crypto market has been stagnating along with Bitcoin since Saturday BTC$115,104.99 Again, along with ongoing sales by early adopters or OGS wallets, we were unable to maintain profits above $116,000.

On Sunday, eight years of BTC holders moved over $136 million to polymer meat and began dumping it, according to blockchain analyst LookonChain. The holder is known to have replaced 35,991 BTC with 886,731 ETH in recent months.

Other long-term holders have settled coins in recent months as the market continues to be adjusted to six-figure prices as the new normal for BTC.

However, the latest sales are not only limited to long-term holders. Chain data tracked with GlassNode showed wallets of all sizes returning to coin distribution.

In the case of ether, whale wallets continue to scale exposure, suggesting ether outperformance against bitcoin. However, the etheric Bitcoin ratio for binance fell for the third year in a row, failing to take advantage of the trendline breakouts confirmed on Friday.

Recent outperformers MemeCoins are also under pressure, with Token, Doge and Shib losing 10% and 6% respectively in the last 24 hours.

Solana’s native tokensol traded 2% lower at $234 despite major industry participants taking steps to accelerate the adoption of Solana Native’s distributed finances. (defi).

Kyle Samani, chairman of Solana Treasury Company Forward Industries, registered with NASDAQ, said on X that the company plans to deploy funds to the Solana-based Defi protocol. Last week, the forward raised $1.65 billion in privately owned placements led by Multicoin Capital, Galaxy Digital and Jump Crypto.

Samani was in response to the ideas raised by Anthem, a crypto trader. Anthem has called for the corporate finance fund to invest in Solana-based Defi to boost the network’s Defi appeal in connection with the industry giant Ethereum.

In traditional markets, investors’ positioning in the S&P 500 looked completely biased and bullish. “The emotions are extreme, so be careful about that,” Shortbear said in X.

What to see

• Crypto
• Macros
• Revenue (Estimation based on fact set data)

Token Event

• Governance votes and phone calls
  • Curve DAO is voting to renew its donation-enabled two-crocrypt contract, and refines the donation so as the unlocked portion will last after burns. Voting will end on September 16th.
• Unlock
  • September 15th: StarkNet (strk) To unlock 5.98% of the circulation supply, unlock the supply supply worth $17.09 million.
  • September 15th: 6 Become$0.3194 To unlock 1.18% of the circulating supply, unlock the supply worth $18.06 million.
• Token launch
  • September 15th: Openledger (ovnereling) It will be listed on crypto.com.

meeting

Token talk

Oliver Night

• Monero’s blockchain suffered from the deepest Reorg ever on Monday, rewinding 18 blocks.
• Blockchain reorganization occurs when a node tracks a portion of an existing chain, where it is doing longer work. Shifts occur during a temporary fork where two versions of chains compete.
• Monero’s XMR token remained unshakable during the caterpillar. Increases by 5% despite attacks by Qubic. This is a Layer-1 AI-centric blockchain and mining pool that last month attempted to take over the Monero blockchain by accumulating 51% of its mining power.
• The event rewrites the transaction history for approximately 36 minutes, disabling approximately 118 confirmed transactions, and prompted concerns about network security.
• Crypto Podcaster Xenu claimed it was an attempt to “stop bleeding” XMR prices after the XMR price fell from $344 to $235 during the first 51% attack in August.
• XMR is currently trading at $304, bringing negative sentiment aside, up 78% in daily trading volume to $136 million.

Positioning of derivatives

By Omkar Godbole

• The top 25 coins have experienced a decline in open interest in futures (Hey) Over the past 24 hours, Memecoins such as Doge, Pepe and Fartcoin have registered double-digit capital outflows. This contrasts with the pre-covered bounce seen in most tokens.
• BTC’s Global Futures oi Tally returned to 720k BTC last week from a nearly record high of 744k BTC. Total OI across the market has returned to $90 billion from $95 billion over the weekend.
• ETH tally shows new capital inflows, growing from around 13.2 million ether to over 14 million ether earlier this month. However, this does not necessarily indicate a bullish position. (CVD) ETH has been negative for the past 24 hours. It is a sign of net sales pressure.
• Most major tokens have seen negative CVDs for the past 24 hours.
• Activities on futures registered with the CME appear to be gaining pace, bounced back from a high low of 133.25k BTC earlier this week to 141.69k BTC. The annual rate for three months is below 10%, extending the consolidation. ETH’s CME OI remains below 2 million ether.
• Deribit biases BTC and ETH has been significantly mitigated in all tenors as the market expects Fed rate reductions in the coming months. The implicit volatility term structure remains in Contango, and its December expiration date is expected to be more unstable.

Market movements

• BTC is down 1.1% from 4pm on Friday at $114,933.52 (24 hours: -1%)
• ETH is down 3.1% at $4,528.04 (24 hours: -3.22%)
• Coindesk 20 is down 2.73% at 4,245.39 (24 hours: -3.35%)
• Ether CESR Composite staking rate is 2.82%, down 2 bps
• BTC’s funding rate is 0.0081% (8.829% per year) About Vinanence

• DXY has not changed at 97.48
• Gold futures fell 0.29% to $3,675.80
• Silver futures fell 0.56% at $42.59
• Nikkei 225 closed 0.89% at 44,768.12
• Hang Seng rose 0.22% to 26,446.56
• FTSE is down 0.1% at 9,273.57
• The Euro Stoxx 50 is up 0.6% at 5,423.13
• DJIA fell 0.59% on Friday at 45,834.22
• The S&P 500 was unchanged at 6,584.29
• NASDAQ Composite rose 0.44% at 22,141.10
• S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.42% at 29,283.82
• S&P 40 Latin America has been closed with a change at 2,857.80
• The US 10-year financial ratio has not changed at 4.059%
• E-Mini S&P 500 futures are no different at 6,594.50
• E-Mini Nasdaq-100 futures remain unchanged at 24,098.00
• The e-mini dow Jones Industrial Average Index is up 0.22% at 45,957.00

Bitcoin statistics

• BTC dominance: 58.11% (0.57%)
• Ether to Bitcoin ratio: 0.03938 (-1.38%)
• Hashrate (7-day moving average):025 eh/s
• Hashpris (spot): $53.81
• Total fee: 3.13 BTC/$362,347
• CME Futures Open Interest: 141,690 BTC
• BTC priced in gold: 31.5 oz
• BTC vs. Gold Market Cap: 8.90%

Technical Analysis

• Doge fell from 30.7 cents to 26 cents, and it penetrated the bullish trend line from its September 6th low.
• The breakdown suggests the momentum of the updated seller.
• Prices are also accepted below the one-sided cloud. Crossovers under the cloud are said to represent a bearish shift in trends.

Crypto stocks

• Coinbase Global (coin): Closed on Friday at $323.04 (-0.28%)-0.34% is $321.95 in front of the market
• Round (CRCL): Closed at $125.32 (-6.27%)+1.81% 127.59 dollars
• Galaxy Digital (glxy): Closed at $29.70 (+2.88%)-0.47% at $29.56
• strong (blsh): Closed at $51.84 (-3.98%)+1.72% $52.73
• Mala Holdings (Mara): Closed at $16.31 (+3.82%)-0.67% at $16.20
• Riot Platform (Riol): Closed at $15.89 (+1.53%)-0.44% at $15.82
• Core Scientific (Colts): Closed at $15.86 (+1.99%)-0.38% at $15.80
• CleanSpark (CLSK): Closed for $10.35 (+1.47%)not changed in previous markets
• Coinshares Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners etf (WGMI): Closed at $37.32 (+4.63%)
• Escape movement (exod): Closed at $28.36 (-1.73%)not changed in previous markets

Cryptocurrency company

• strategy (MSTR): Closed at $331.44 (+1.66%)-0.53% 329.68 dollars
• Semler Scientific (SMLR): Closed at $29.19 (+2.28%)
• Sharplink Games (sbet): Closed for $17.7 (+8.19%)-2.26% at $17.30
• Upexi (upxi): Closed at $6.76 (+18.93%)+1.55% at $6.86
• Light Strategy (Lt): Closed at $3.07 (+10.43%)

ETF Flow

Spot BTC ETF

• Daily Net Flow: $642.4 million
• Cumulative net flow: $567.9 billion
• Total BTC holdings: 1.31 million

Spot ETH ETF

• Daily Net Flow: $455.5 million
• Cumulative net flow: $133.8 billion
• Total ETH holdings: 648 million

Source: Farside Investors

While you’re asleep

• As minus-side fears go ahead of Fed rate reductions, what’s next for Bitcoin and Ether? (Coindesk): Amberdata’s Greg Magadini says regular quarter point cuts could mean gradual gains, but half-point moves could trigger an explosive rally of BTC, ETH, SOL and gold.
• The Bank of England’s proposed stablecoin ownership restrictions are ineffective, Cryptogroup says (Coindesk): Executives say that the UK’s proposed cap enforces innovation pushing overseas and may not be able to take risks, but US and EU regulations set standards without limiting their holdings.
• LSE Group launches a blockchain platform for access with private funds (Bloomberg): LSEG’s digital market infrastructure was built to increase efficiency and used in MemberCap funding for MCM Fund 1, where Crypto Exchange Archax plays the role of candidates.
• The Trump administration has claimed vast power to compete to fire federal governors before meeting (New York Times): In a filing in the federal court of appeals Sunday, Justice Department lawyers argued that Trump’s authority to expel Gov. Lisa Cook was both “reviewiewiseable” and “reasonable.”
• BOE expects to put a key rate on hold, but slowly and quantitatively tightening (Wall Street Journal): Indications of internal resistance question short-term rate cuts, with four MPC members opposed the final move, and BOE Governor Andrew Bailey warning inflationary pressure complicating policy choices.

Institutional money, funds, and public companies continue to increase their BTC holdings and currently control 12.3% of all Bitcoin supply.

According to Bitcoin analytics platform Ecoinometrics, this figure has dramatically increased over the past 12 months. Institutional money added 5% to their combined holdings in the past year alone, helping propel Bitcoin’s price by over 80% in the last 12 months.

Entities such as ETFs, sovereign funds, and corporate treasuries now collectively hold billions of dollars worth of BTC, well over one million coins.

The rise of Bitcoin treasuries

The market’s structural transformation is captured by the rise in Bitcoin treasury companies like Strategy and Metaplanet. Strategy alone now holds over 638,400 BTC, more than 3% of the total circulating supply. At the same time, Japan’s Metaplanet has surpassed 20,000 BTC, rapidly climbing the ranks among corporate Bitcoin treasuries.

Their strategies revolve around aggressive accumulation of the Bitcoin supply, equity issuance policies tailored to buy more Bitcoin, and innovative balance sheet management to maximize exposure to BTC as a reserve asset.

Wall Street’s biggest names are also scrambling to accommodate the new wave. JPMorgan began accepting shares of Bitcoin ETFs as collateral for loans in June 2025 and partnered with Coinbase to let Chase credit card holders fund crypto purchases directly.

This continuing integration through lending, wealth management, and direct purchasing shows the level of normalization of Bitcoin in traditional finance, spelling deeper liquidity for the entire ecosystem.

And with $7.5 trillion parked in money market funds right now, just looking for a new home, institutional accumulation of the Bitcoin supply will likely go up and to the right.

Bitcoin supply shift from retail to institutions

Perhaps most striking, the concentration of Bitcoin supply is shifting away from early holders and retail investors toward funds and corporations.

Recent on-chain data reveals a dramatic change in address distribution and exchange outflows over the past two years, highlighting how large players are consolidating their share of the finite supply. As Strategy’s founder and chairman, Michael Saylor famously warned:

“The digital gold rush ends ~January 7, 2035. Get your Bitcoin before there is no Bitcoin left for you.”

The accelerating institutional adoption is tightening liquidity, making available Bitcoin increasingly scarce and supporting higher prices during each influx.

Innovative treasury strategies from firms like Strategy and Metaplanet are setting new standards, while banking giants like JPMorgan endorse the asset more actively than ever.

This ongoing consolidation could fundamentally change Bitcoin’s narrative, as Bitcoin supply shifts from retail hands to institutional wallets.

Institutional appetite is now among the most powerful forces shaping both short-term volatility and the long-term destiny of the world’s largest crypto coin.

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New York’s wealthiest parasites are freaking our that their money can’t always buy elections.

As reported in The New York Times, Manhattan’s premiere collection of real estate vampires gathered for an emergency pearl-clutching session at the Seagram Building’s Pool Room for an emergency planning meeting on how to ensure disgraced-governor-turned-desperate-candidate Andrew Cuomo wins the mayoral race over Zohran Mamdani, who is currently crushing Cuomo in the polls.

Developer billionaire Jeff Blau sent out a fear-soaked email blast dripping with flop sweat: “Sorry for the late notice, but there is no more time for delay, discussion, or dithering — we must act decisively to ensure that the next mayor of New York is Andrew Cuomo. The only viable candidate with the experience, support and gravitas to defeat Zohran Mamdani is Governor Andrew Cuomo. We cannot afford hesitation,” the email read. “Every one of us must get involved immediately. We cannot afford hesitation. Every one of us must get involved immediately. The time to act is now. If we fail to mobilize, the financial capital of the world risks being handed over to a socialist this November. We cannot — and will not — let that happen,” warned the email.

The Times reports that “In addition to the Blaus, the invitation was signed by, among others, a co-owner of the Seagram Building, Aby Rosen; the billionaire philanthropist Laurie M. Tisch; and the hedge fund billionaire Gregg Hymowitz.”

Meanwhile, current Mayor Eric Adams is polling at a robust 9% while allegedly shopping for a Saudi ambassadorship.

Previously:
• Mamdani more popular with NYC conservatives than Cuomo and Adams
• Video celebrates Mamdani’s historic win and claps back at racial microaggressions
• Mamdani overwhelms Cuomo in NYC primary
• Mamdani won more votes in round 1 than Cuomo received in every round

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The Bitcoin mining industry has grappled with dwindling revenues since the last halving event in 2024, which saw miners’ reward drop from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. On top of this, the mining difficulty has continued to climb, making it more challenging to secure the Bitcoin network.

Despite the rising price of BTC over the past year, the miners have struggled to remain profitable while securing the world’s largest blockchain. A crypto expert has shared insights into the Bitcoin mining industry over the past few months in the current cycle.

Miners Could Be Forced To Shed BTC Holdings: Crypto CEO

In a September 5 post on the X platform, Alphractal founder and CEO Joao Wedson discussed the Bitcoin mining landscape with insights from recent on-chain data. According to the on-chain analyst, the BTC mining sector has looked a bit unstable so far in the year 2025.

Wedson attributed the Bitcoin mining industry’s struggles partly to the high price of BTC, which surged by almost 100% since the last halving event. The premier cryptocurrency is believed to be highly valued compared to what the blockchain validators earned during the peak years of 2017 and 2021.

According to the Alphractal founder, the combination of rising hash rate and low on-chain volume has added to the competition for winning blocks on the BTC networks. These less-than-optimal conditions create extra pressure, forcing miners to invest in expensive modern equipment to compete.

To put things into an on-chain perspective, Wedson highlighted the Mining Equilibrium Index (MEI), which measures current mining profitability against historical averages (a ratio of short-term to long-term mining revenue efficiency). This metric works by comparing the 30-day average revenue per hash to the 365-day average.

The Alphractal founder shared that the MEI metric staying above 1 signals above-average mining conditions. Meanwhile, when this index falls beneath 0.5, it suggests a struggling mining industry, which could be linked to capitulation or hashrate adjustments.

Source: @joao_wedson on X

Wedson revealed that the Mining Equilibrium Index currently stands around 1.06, which is well above the stressed mining levels where miners can no longer sustain operations. However, the on-chain data expert noted that the current level is also beneath the highs of 2.5 seen between 2017 and 2021.

With the growing competition and operational cost of securing the Bitcoin network, Wedson revealed that miners might be forced to offload some of their BTC holdings. Ultimately, this could put some downward pressure on the price of the flagship cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin Price At A Glance

As of this writing, the price of BTC stands at around $110,700, reflecting no significant movement in the past day. However, the market leader seems to be making a recovery of some sort, jumping by nearly 3% in the past seven days.

The price of BTC on the daily timeframe | Source: BTCUSDT chart on TradingView

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Bitcoin’s $107,800 Line In The Sand: Support Or Breakdown Ahead?

In a QuickTake post on CryptoQuant, Yonsei_dent shares some technical insight into the Bitcoin market, highlighting several important price levels at the moment. The analyst explains that Bitcoin’s current market price is sitting almost directly on top of the Short-Term Holder (STH) Realized Price, an important metric that tracks the average cost basis of recently acquired coins.

Notably, investors holding coins for 1 week–1 month have an average cost basis of $116,400, while the 1–3 month cohort sits lower at $112,600. Meanwhile, holders in the 3–6 month range show a significantly cheaper cost basis of $93,400. When all these groups of short-term holders are weighted by realized capitalization, the blended average STH cost basis is calculated at around $107,800, i.e., about 1.45%% below present market prices.

This alignment makes the $107,800 level a critical line in the sand, so to speak, for the current bullish structure. If Bitcoin remains above this threshold, short-term holders will remain close to breakeven, reducing the likelihood of widespread panic selling. However, if Bitcoin bulls lose this support zone, many new market entrants will fall into loss territory, increasing the potential for a heightened selling pressure.

In such a bearish scenario, market participants would likely turn their attention toward the $93,400 support area, where the 3–6 month cost basis resides. This level could provide the next significant cushion, given that investors in this cohort are sitting on healthier profits and are likely to display stronger holding conviction.

However, it’s worth stating that the situation is not outright bearish. A decisive recovery above $112,600–$116,400, representing the cost bases of 1–3 months and 1 week–1 month holders, respectively, could restore market confidence and reignite bullish momentum towards a potential return to the present market ATH.

Bitcoin Price Overview

At press time, Bitcoin trades at $109,400 following a 5.65% devaluation in the past month. Meanwhile, the daily trading volume is down by 27.02% and valued at $50.48 billion. With a market cap of $2.15 trillion, Bitcoin remains the largest cryptocurrency and fifth-largest global asset.

Key takeaways:

• Bitcoin miners sold $485 million worth of BTC during a 12-day period ending Aug. 23.

• Despite miners selling, Bitcoin’s network hashrate and fundamentals remain resilient.

Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed the $112,000 mark on Thursday, recovering from a six-week low hit just two days prior. Despite the bounce, traders remain uneasy as Bitcoin miners have been offloading coins at the fastest pace in nine months. The question is whether this signals the start of deeper trouble or if other factors are driving the recent outflows.

Miner wallets tracked by Glassnode show steady reductions between Aug. 11 and Aug. 23, with little sign of renewed accumulation since then. The last stretch of consistent withdrawals exceeding 500 BTC per day was back on Dec. 28, 2024, after Bitcoin repeatedly failed to hold above $97,000.

In the latest sell-off, miners unloaded 4,207 BTC, worth roughly $485 million, during the 12-day period ending Aug. 23. That compares with a previous accumulation phase between April and July, when miners added 6,675 BTC to their reserves. Miner balances now stand at 63,736 BTC, valued at more than $7.1 billion.

While these flows are relatively small compared with allocations from companies like MicroStrategy (MSTR) and Metaplanet (MTPLF), they tend to fuel market speculation and FUD. If miners are facing tighter cash flow, selling pressures could escalate unless profitability improves.

Over the past nine months, Bitcoin has gained 18%, but miner profitability has dropped by 10%, according to HashRateIndex data. Rising mining difficulty and weaker demand for onchain transactions have weighed on margins. The Bitcoin network continues to self-adjust to support an average block interval of 10 minutes, but profitability remains a concern.

The Bitcoin hashprice index currently stands at 54 PH/second, down from 59 PH/second a month ago. Even so, miners hardly have grounds to complain: the indicator has improved dramatically from levels seen back in March. According to NiceHash data, even Bitmain’s S19 XP rigs from late 2022 remain profitable at $0.09 per kWh.

Bitcoin miners face AI competition but remain resilient

Some investor disappointment stems from a growing shift toward artificial intelligence infrastructure. This narrative gained traction after TeraWulf (WULF) struck a $3.2 billion deal with Google in exchange for a 14% equity stake. The funds will be used to expand TeraWulf’s AI data center campus in New York, slated to launch operations in the second half of 2026.

Related: Bitcoin to hit $1.3M by 2035 as institutions drive demand–Bitwise

Other miners are following a similar pivot. Australian firm Iren, formerly known as Iris Energy, has accelerated the acquisition of Nvidia GPUs and is building a liquid-cooled AI data center in Texas, along with a new site in British Columbia that will hold as many as 20,000 GPUs. Meanwhile, Hive, previously Hive Blockchain, has committed $30 million to expand GPU-powered operations in Quebec.

Despite the buzz around AI, Bitcoin’s own fundamentals remain solid. Network hashrate is nearing an all-time high at 960 million TH/second, up 7% in the past three months. That strength counters fears about miners’ net outflows or the lack of profitability gains across the sector.

There’s no evidence that miners are under immediate stress to liquidate positions, and even if selling continues, inflows into corporate reserves are more than capable of countering the effect.

This article is for general information purposes and is not intended to be and should not be taken as legal or investment advice. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed here are the author’s alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph.

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Investors looking for stocks that can outperform want to turn their attention to dividend payers, regardless of whether they’re interested in building a passive income stream. Companies that pay dividends tend to outperform those that don’t, and the differences are dramatic.

From 1973 through 2024, the average dividend-paying stock in the benchmark S&P 500 index delivered a 9.2% annual return. Non-dividend-paying stocks in the same index produced a measly 4.3% annualized return over the same time frame, according to Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research.

The past 12 months have been relatively rough periods for Novo Nordisk (NVO 2.06%) and Realty Income (O 0.76%). Shares of the real estate investment trust (REIT) are down by 10% from the peak they set last fall. Novo Nordisk has fared much worse. Its stock has been beaten down more than 60% from a peak it set last year. Here’s why most investors would do well to buy both while they’re down and hold them for at least a decade.

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1. Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk’s lead drug, semaglutide, is the injectable glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist marketed as Ozempic for diabetes and as Wegovy for weight management. The Denmark-headquartered company also markets an oral version of semaglutide for diabetes patients under the brand name Rybelsus.

The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing an application that could make an oral version of semaglutide for weight management available before the end of 2025. The stock has been under pressure because semaglutide has been losing market share to a younger, more effective treatment called tirzepatide from Eli Lilly.

Lilly’s tirzepatide is another GLP-1 drug that acts on glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptors, too. Its dual mode of action makes it better at weight reduction, but it’s also harder to tolerate. Obesity patients can still achieve similar weight reduction targets with more easily tolerated semaglutide. It just takes longer.

Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide will probably outsell semaglutide, but it isn’t going to replace Novo Nordisk’s lead drug completely. Despite the competition, Novo Nordisk’s business is growing fast. Management expects operating profits to rise by 10% to 16% in 2025.

American investors will find Novo Nordisk’s dividend program annoying but worth the hassle. Instead of equal quarterly payments, it declares one large annual payment and a lower interim payment in its native currency.

If this year’s payments fall in line with last year’s, investors who buy at recent prices would receive a 3.2% yield. A much higher payout seems likely. Dividend payments made in 2024 were 120% higher than the payments it distributed in 2020. Management expects operating profits to grow by double digits this year. This should translate to plenty of cash that it can use for a large payout bump.

2. Realty Income

If you’re interested in more frequent payments that rise steadily, consider Realty Income stock. This net lease REIT has been delivering monthly payments since it acquired its first property in 1970.

Realty Income has raised its dividend payout 131 times since it went public in 1994. Its dividend isn’t growing as quickly as Novo Nordisk’s, but it has risen by 3.9% annually over the past decade. That’s more than enough to outrun the typical pace of inflation.

Rising Treasury yields make reliable dividend stocks less attractive. As a result, Realty Income’s stock has been moving in the opposite direction from its dividend payout. At recent prices, the stock offers an unusually high 5.6% yield.

Realty Income should have no problem meeting its dividend obligation. In 2025, it expects adjusted funds from operations, a proxy for earnings used to evaluate REITs, to reach a range between $4.24 and $4.28 per share. That’s heaps more than it needs to meet a dividend obligation currently set at $3.228 per share.

Realty Income develops properties, but sale-leaseback deals are a large part of its business. With a highly favorable A3 credit rating from Moody’s, this REIT can generate profits while offering new tenants terms that its less-established competitors can’t beat. This stock isn’t going to be the market’s greatest performer in any given year. Over time, though, steady gains could allow it to outperform the broad market. Adding some shares to a diverse portfolio now looks like a smart move for most investors.