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Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Competitors

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$172.60 +0.44 (+0.26%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern
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$172.44 -0.16 (-0.10%)
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DLR vs. EQIX, SBAC, COR, EXR, O, PLD, STAG, VICI, ARE, and BXP

Should you be buying Digital Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Digital Realty Trust include Equinix (EQIX), SBA Communications (SBAC), Cencora (COR), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Realty Income (O), Prologis (PLD), Stag Industrial (STAG), VICI Properties (VICI), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), and BXP (BXP).

Digital Realty Trust vs. Its Competitors

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) and Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Equinix has a net margin of 10.48% compared to Digital Realty Trust's net margin of 7.65%. Equinix's return on equity of 6.96% beat Digital Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Digital Realty Trust7.65% 2.07% 0.96%
Equinix 10.48%6.96%2.66%

Equinix has higher revenue and earnings than Digital Realty Trust. Equinix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Digital Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Digital Realty Trust$5.55B10.46$615.19M$1.07161.31
Equinix$8.75B8.81$815M$9.6281.86

In the previous week, Equinix had 21 more articles in the media than Digital Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Equinix and 27 mentions for Digital Realty Trust. Digital Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Equinix's score of 0.37 indicating that Digital Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Digital Realty Trust
25 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Equinix
20 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Digital Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Digital Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $187.16, suggesting a potential upside of 8.43%. Equinix has a consensus target price of $960.55, suggesting a potential upside of 21.97%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equinix is more favorable than Digital Realty Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Digital Realty Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Equinix
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.04

Digital Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Digital Realty Trust pays out 456.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equinix pays out 195.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equinix has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Summary

Equinix beats Digital Realty Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DLR vs. The Competition

MetricDigital Realty TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$57.98B$8.35B$12.04B$20.55B
Dividend Yield2.83%5.69%5.57%3.75%
P/E Ratio161.3141.2320.0728.05
Price / Sales10.464.9625.6146.08
Price / Cash23.5818.1021.5022.31
Price / Book2.721.672.284.59
Net Income$615.19M$128.99M$1.00B$985.44M
7 Day Performance1.73%1.44%2.31%2.91%
1 Month Performance-0.78%3.38%4.37%5.47%
1 Year Performance13.73%1.05%541.13%14.61%

Digital Realty Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.5422 of 5 stars
$172.60
+0.3%
$187.16
+8.4%
+13.7%$57.98B$5.55B161.313,936Positive News
EQIX
Equinix
4.8154 of 5 stars
$791.48
+0.8%
$977.30
+23.5%
+5.1%$77.42B$8.75B82.2712,100Analyst Forecast
SBAC
SBA Communications
4.5887 of 5 stars
$233.61
+1.2%
$253.43
+8.5%
+22.3%$25.10B$2.68B32.051,830Positive News
COR
Cencora
4.6758 of 5 stars
$298.99
-0.1%
$306.33
+2.5%
+33.1%$57.95B$293.96B34.6942,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EXR
Extra Space Storage
4.2533 of 5 stars
$147.08
+0.8%
$159.29
+8.3%
-0.9%$31.21B$3.26B34.134,780Positive News
Insider Trade
O
Realty Income
3.8736 of 5 stars
$57.46
+0.8%
$61.15
+6.4%
+10.0%$51.89B$5.27B52.24400Positive News
PLD
Prologis
4.8882 of 5 stars
$104.86
-0.7%
$120.42
+14.8%
-4.6%$97.30B$8.20B26.222,470Positive News
STAG
Stag Industrial
3.2951 of 5 stars
$36.17
+0.2%
$39.71
+9.8%
+2.5%$6.75B$767.38M27.2090Ex-Dividend
VICI
VICI Properties
3.9224 of 5 stars
$32.51
+0.7%
$35.42
+8.9%
+20.4%$34.35B$3.85B13.0020Positive News
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.7299 of 5 stars
$72.56
+0.7%
$116.00
+59.9%
-34.3%$12.55B$3.04B95.47590Ex-Dividend
BXP
BXP
3.7348 of 5 stars
$67.31
-0.5%
$79.54
+18.2%
+12.0%$10.66B$3.41B-3,363.82780

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