Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

DLR Real Estate Reit Specialty

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $6.1 billion, up 10.0% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 28.9%, EPS fell 58.8%, free cash flow fell 25.9% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for ten.

175.97 1.50 +0.86%
Market cap
$64.7B
P/E
81.1×
Fwd P/E
89.2×
Dividend yield
2.77%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) Return on equity

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Digital Realty Trust, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 3.04%, down 2.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.81%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.96% (fiscal 2022) to 9.54% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is below the Reit Specialty industry median of 4.76% and below the Real Estate sector median of 3.61%.

Return on equity, annual

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Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 5.81% 2.99
FY2024 2.82% (2.19)
FY2023 5.01% 3.05
FY2022 1.96% (7.58)
FY2021 9.54% 7.57
FY2020 1.97% (3.28)
FY2019 5.25% 2.67
FY2018 2.58% 0.09
FY2017 2.49% (6.53)
FY2016 9.02% 1.91

Against its own ten years

Low 1.96% High 9.54%
Ten-year median 5.01%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
LAMR Lamar Advertising Company compare 58.4%
AMT American Tower Corporation compare 32.8%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. compare 18.8%
EQIX Equinix, Inc. compare 10.8%
WY Weyerhaeuser Company compare 4.97%
DLR Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 3.04%
SBAC SBA Communications Corporation compare −20.7%
CCI Crown Castle Inc. compare −37.1%
IRM Iron Mountain Incorporated compare −55.0%
Reit Specialty industry median 4.76%
Real Estate sector median 3.61%
Market median 1.35%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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