3 Reasons Realty Income Stock Could Fall

Realty Income (NYSE: O), a net-lease real estate investment trust focused on retail real estate, hasn't performed well recently, with its stock price down 19% over the past year. Despite the drop, it's entirely possible that we could see Realty Income fall even further. Here are three things that could make the stock drop, and whether investors should be worried or not.

Many investors are scared to get involved with the retail sector right now, and who could blame them? There have been a few high-profile retail bankruptcies lately, as well as a bunch of store closure announcements. Many other brick-and-mortar retailers are struggling to hang on. In fact, this is why most retail-focused REITs have underperformed other areas of real estate.

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