Senator Gary Peters Buys Realty Income Shares
Senator Gary Peters bought $1,000 to $15,000 in Realty Income shares on July 23
When it comes to tracking the stock trading activity of members of Congress, unusual timing or committee assignments can be reasons to pay particular attention.
Other times, members may be just like regular investors looking for themes, such as dividend payments. • Where are O shares going? Senator Buys Stock in "The Monthly Dividend Company" Sen.
Gary Peters (D-Mich.) recently bought up more shares of Realty Income Corp (NYSE: O ), a real estate investment trust, according to the Government Trades page.
The senator bought $1,000 to $15,000 in shares on July 23.
This marked the third time Peters had bought shares of Realty Income, with purchases of $15,000 to $50,000 made in March 2023 and July 2021.
Realty Income is also known as "The Monthly Dividend Company," a nickname it holds dear for doing just as it says.
The company currently pays out monthly dividends of $0.271 per share, good for $3.252 annually, or around a 5.2% annual dividend.
The owner of commercial properties, the REIT has paid out 673 consecutive monthly dividends since its founding in 1969.
The company has also increased its dividend amount 135 times since its 1994 public listing, according to Realty Income’s website.
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Peters has bought the following stocks in 2026, with a look at their annual dividend yield below: AT&T Inc (NYSE: T ): 4.5% Kraft Heinz (NYSE: KHC ): 6.5% PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP ): 4.3% J.M.
Smucker Co (NYSE: SJM ): 3.8% Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK ): 3.2% Several of the stocks are also considered consumer staples and defensive names that can do well during times of recession and when consumers are hurting financially.
Peters may be positioning his portfolio to grab dividend yield and have stocks that could do well as consumers make choices on purchases in the face of higher inflation and higher overall consumer costs.
The senator bought only two stocks in 2025 and bought no stocks in 2024.
In 2026, he has made around $162,000 in trades, with the majority of transactions being purchases, according to Quiver Quantitative.
Peters typically discloses buying and selling municipal securities and corporate bonds and doesn’t buy as many stocks as other members of Congress.
In the past, Peters has been supportive of legislation to ban members of Congress from buying and selling stocks and other investments.
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