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American Tower Corporation (AMT) vs Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR)

American Tower Corporation and Digital Realty Trust, Inc. are both Reit Specialty companies. American Tower Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $84.5B against $64.7B — 1.3× the size. American Tower Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 25.5× against 81.1×. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.4% against 6.65%. American Tower Corporation has the higher net margin (31.1% vs 11.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.73% vs 0.07%). Both pay a dividend; American Tower Corporation yields more (3.81% vs 2.77%). Across the 23 metrics below, American Tower Corporation leads on 13 and Digital Realty Trust, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric AMT DLR Reit Specialty median
P/E 25.47 81.09 27.28
P/S 7.90 9.20 5.90
P/B 8.43 2.29 2.02
Price to free cash flow 21.82 16.93 14.80
EV/EBITDA 17.32 38.34 17.27
EV/Sales 11.12 11.70 8.52
Earnings yield 3.93% 1.23% 3.51%
Free cash flow yield 4.58% 5.91% 5.15%

Profitability

Metric AMT DLR Reit Specialty median
Gross margin 73.77% 57.08% 67.43%
Operating margin 44.80% 0.79% 21.38%
Net margin 31.08% 11.20% 16.14%
Free cash flow margin 36.19% 54.36% 31.07%
Return on equity 32.81% 3.04% 4.76%
Return on assets 5.35% 1.47% 3.29%
Return on invested capital 6.73% 0.07% 4.19%

Growth

Metric AMT DLR Reit Specialty median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.65% 17.39% 5.36%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 12.03% 122.36% 26.78%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.77% 9.38% 6.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 8.39% 36.93% 0.00%

Health

Metric AMT DLR Reit Specialty median
Debt to equity 3.63 0.67 0.62
Current ratio 0.52 1.06 0.70
Net debt to EBITDA 5.13 5.84 4.47

Dividend

Metric AMT DLR Reit Specialty median
Dividend yield 3.81% 2.77% 3.93%
Payout ratio 0.97 2.37 1.17

Size

Metric AMT DLR Reit Specialty median
Market cap 84.51b 64.73b 8.53b

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