** Shares of real estate investment trust Realty Income O.N fall 1% to $56.31
** Mizuho downgrades rating to "neutral" from "outperform"
** Cuts PT to $60 from $64, still representing a 5.5% upside to stock's last close
** Expectations of higher inflation and "higher-for-longer" rate environment should weigh on REITs investment spreads and growth potential, says brokerage
** Expects company's growth to decelerate in 2025 vs 2024, but inflecting towards the end of 2025 and into 2026 on accretion from data-center building joint venture with Digital Realty DLR.N
** Six brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher and 15 "hold"; their median PT is $63.50 - LSEG data
** As of last close, stock down ~2% YTD
(Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta)
((Aatreyee.Dasgupta@thomsonreuters.com))
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