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Digital Realty Trust Inc

United States · Large Cap · listed since 2004 · Revenue 12 mo. $7.2B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
2.7
of 10 3 of 11 points Not rated To the score
Price
$174.20
1 Y −6.1%
Market cap
$69.6B
Phase
Payout
core business profitable, at least half of operating cash flow goes to shareholders
Revenue +9.2% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 10.8%Payout 80.9% of operating cash flow

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions.

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Digital Realty Trust, Inc. brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions. Platform DIGITAL, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation, from cloud and digital transformation to emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 55+ metros across 30+ countries on six continents. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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Summary

Digital Realty Trust Inc is around the middle of the Real Estate sector overall

43.2 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

The price requires 13.3% FCF growth a year. There are not enough years to compare it with the company's own past.

If free cash flow stays at €2.2B (2025), it supports €24.1B. The remaining €38.4B of the market value assume it grows 13.3% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

13.3%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€62.5B market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€24.1B without growth
€38.4B priced-in growth

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 24.5×, within its usual range.

Middle half of 20 quarters: 21.8× to 25.7×, median 24.5×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

No sign supports the expectation, 1 speaks against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

No indication in the stored figures.

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Volatile earnings 4 drops or sign changes in up to 10 years

Since the last quarter

Q2 → Q3 2026

Mostly better than the previous quarter: 4 of 6 changes for the better.

  • FCF, 12 mo.$1.4B → $1.8B+30.5%better
  • Gross margin13.8% → 15.8%+2.0 ppbetter
  • EBIT margin17.9% → 19.2%+1.4 ppbetter
  • FCF margin19.9% → 24.8%+4.9 ppbetter
  • Net debt$16.4B → $19.9B+21.3%worse
  • Shares outstanding362M → 380M+5.1%worse

2 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Return on equity

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability29.0below the middleEarns less than the sector: Return on capital (Greenblatt) 2.16%, sector 30.55%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity5.71%7.47%Rank 31
Return on capital (Greenblatt)2.16%30.55%Rank 1
EBIT margin10.77%45.85%Rank 7
FCF margin39.46%37.62%Rank 56
Gross margin55.39%55.39%Rank 50
Growth61.7above the middleGrows faster than the sector: Earnings growth, 3 years per year 43.19%, sector 3.56%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year10.04%6.62%Rank 69
Earnings growth, 3 years per year43.19%3.56%Rank 90
Earnings growth, 5 years per year22.35%4.17%Rank 83
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)0.00%2.49%Rank 5
Valuation20.9below the middleValued higher than the sector: EV/EBIT 137.23, sector 23.23.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield2.14%5.58%Rank 17
FCF yield3.46%4.79%Rank 37
EV/saleslower is better14.7812.03Rank 27
EV/EBITlower is better137.2323.23Rank 2
Momentum46.6around the middleShare price moving about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year−6.13%−13.68%Rank 70
Share price, 6 months−10.33%−6.91%Rank 38
Share price, 3 months−4.98%0.34%Rank 13
Distance from 52-week high−14.57%−18.73%Rank 65
Quality53.4around the middleQuality about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better2.38%3.12%Rank 55
Change in share countlower is better6.04%0.26%Rank 14
Dividend streak in years94Rank 80
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted0.39%−0.47%Rank 64
Balance sheet & risk47.7around the middleRisk about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio46.40%46.36%Rank 51
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better5.786.62Rank 60
Debt to equitylower is better1.050.92Rank 41
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better27.98%25.05%Rank 38

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $2.1B (2016) to $6.1B (2025), 12.4% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenue, $BEBIT marginFCFSharesNet debt, $B
20162.123.2%$137.9M151M5.8
20172.518.4%−$178.2M175M8.6
20183.018.1%$11.7M207M11.0
20193.218.5%$1.5B209M10.9
20203.914.3%$1.7B263M14.7
20214.415.7%$1.7B283M14.8
20224.712.6%$1.7B298M17.9
20235.59.6%−$1.9B309M17.3
20245.68.5%−$570.3M332M14.1
20256.110.8%$2.4B352M20.7
2.7 / 10Not ratedStockScorer score3 of 11 points

2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

Digital Realty Trust Inc mainly meets criteria in the Growth category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

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How Digital Realty Trust Inc's score is built

This is how the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set, calculates the points for Digital Realty Trust Inc. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

2 of 7 rules met

3 of 11 points

The rule “Exclusion: financial and real estate stocks” applies. The stock is therefore not rated regardless of the points scored.

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector mediannot met0 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%not met0 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.met1 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketnot met0 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksapplies

Detail data

How does Digital Realty Trust Inc stock perform across 18 strategies?

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  • Trending Value: Value + Momentum

Digital Realty Trust Inc key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for Digital Realty Trust Inc.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio46.816.4
P/B ratio2.71.0
Return on equity (ROE)5.7%7.5%
Equity ratio46.4%46.4%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)1.050.92
Dividend yield2.8%4.2%

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Frequently asked questions about Digital Realty Trust Inc stock

How does Digital Realty Trust Inc stock (DLR) score in the StockScorer model?
Digital Realty Trust Inc stock reaches a StockScorer score of 2.7 out of 10, but is not rated (exclusion rule: Exclusion: financial and real estate stocks).
What is Digital Realty Trust Inc's P/E ratio?
Digital Realty Trust Inc's P/E ratio is 46.8. The Real Estate sector median is 16.4.
What sector is Digital Realty Trust Inc in?
Digital Realty Trust Inc is assigned to the Real Estate sector. Its rank within the sector is 43.2 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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