Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the provision of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. It serves the following industries: artificial intelligence (AI), networks, cloud, digital media, mobile, financial services, healthcare, and gaming. The company was founded on March 9, 2004, and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $165.04 to $166.70
• 50-Day Range: $165.03 to $180.32
• 52-Week Range: $129.95 to $198.00
• Volume: 1.31 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.48 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $56.78 billion
• P/E Ratio: 43.69
• Dividend Yield: 2.93%
• Price Target: $190.68
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Digital Realty Trust Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Digital Realty Trust scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 121st out of 938 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Digital Realty Trust has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.78, and is based on 15 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Digital Realty Trust has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.20%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Digital Realty Trust are expected to grow by 8.20% in the coming year, from $7.07 to $7.65 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Digital Realty Trust is 43.69, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.35.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Digital Realty Trust is 43.69, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.56.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Digital Realty Trust has a PEG Ratio of 4.75. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Digital Realty Trust has a P/B Ratio of 2.51. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.83% of the float of Digital Realty Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Digital Realty Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Digital Realty Trust has recently decreased by 2.05%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Digital Realty Trust pays a meaningful dividend of 2.92%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Digital Realty Trust does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Digital Realty Trust is 128.08%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Digital Realty Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 63.79% next year. This indicates that Digital Realty Trust will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.25

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.83% of the float of Digital Realty Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Digital Realty Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Digital Realty Trust has recently decreased by 2.05%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.79

News Sentiment

Digital Realty Trust has a news sentiment score of 1.79. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.82 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 19 news articles for Digital Realty Trust this week, compared to 25 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

17 people have searched for DLR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 89% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

12 people have added Digital Realty Trust to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 71% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Digital Realty Trust insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $30,888.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.17% of the stock of Digital Realty Trust is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

99.71% of the stock of Digital Realty Trust is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

DLR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have DLR shares performed this year?

Digital Realty Trust's stock was trading at $177.33 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, DLR stock has decreased by 6.1% and is now trading at $166.4760.

How were Digital Realty Trust's earnings last quarter?

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.74 by $0.13. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 10.0% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Digital Realty Trust have any subsidiaries?

Digital Realty Trust subsidiaries include Teraco Data Environments, Teraco Data Environments Ltd., Interxion, Ascenty, DuPont Fabros Technology, Telx, Two Datacenter Properties, and more.

Who are Digital Realty Trust's major shareholders?

Digital Realty Trust's top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (15.51%), Norges Bank (6.41%), State Street Corp (5.98%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.60%). Insiders that own company stock include Dyer Corey, Jeannie Lee, A William Stein, Jean F H P Mandeville, Jean F H P Mandeville, Peter C Olson, Mark R Patterson, Matt Mercier and Cindy Fiedelman.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Digital Realty Trust?

Shares of DLR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Digital Realty Trust own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Digital Realty Trust investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Tesla (TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intel (INTC) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/13/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/13/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/24/2025
• Today: 8/19/2025
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2025
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/23/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: REIT - EQTY TRUST - OTHER
• Sub-Industry: Office REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:DLR
• CIK: 1297996
• Web: www.digitalrealty.com
• Phone: (415) 738-6500
• Fax: 415-738-6501
• Employees: 3,936
• Year Founded: 2004

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Digital Realty Trust: $190.68
• High Price Target: $220.00
• Low Price Target: $128.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.78
• Research Coverage: 23 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.81
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 43.69
• Forward P/E Ratio: 23.55
• P/E Growth: 4.75
• Net Income: $615.19 million
• Net Margins: 23.98%
• Pretax Margin: 24.73%
• Return on Equity: 6.46%
• Return on Assets: 3.00%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.82
• Current Ratio: 2.22
• Quick Ratio: 2.22

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.77 billion
• Price / Sales: 9.84
• Cash Flow: $7.37 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 22.60
• Book Value: $66.34 per share
• Price / Book: 2.51

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 341,050,000
• Free Float: 340,470,000
• Market Cap: $56.78 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.92