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
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Dividend safety
n/a

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) Return on invested capital

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Digital Realty Trust, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 0.07%, down 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.07%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.85% (fiscal 2024) to 2.82% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is below the Reit Specialty industry median of 4.19% and below the Real Estate sector median of 2.03%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 1.07% 0.22
FY2024 0.85% (0.08)
FY2023 0.93% (0.14)
FY2022 1.07% (0.29)
FY2021 1.36% 0.26
FY2020 1.10% (0.70)
FY2019 1.80% 0.23
FY2018 1.57% 0.14
FY2017 1.43% (1.39)
FY2016 2.82% 0.40

Against its own ten years

Low 0.85% High 2.82%
Ten-year median 1.36%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
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AMT American Tower Corporation compare 6.73%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. compare 6.47%
IRM Iron Mountain Incorporated compare 5.48%
EQIX Equinix, Inc. compare 4.07%
WY Weyerhaeuser Company compare 3.67%
DLR Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 0.07%
Reit Specialty industry median 4.19%
Real Estate sector median 2.03%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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