DLR vs. EQIX, SBAC, COR, EXR, IRM, O, PLD, STAG, VICI, and ARE
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), Iron Mountain (IRM), Realty Income (O), Prologis (PLD), Stag Industrial (STAG), VICI Properties (VICI), and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE).
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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Digital Realty Trust has a net margin of 23.98% compared to Equinix's net margin of 11.11%. Equinix's return on equity of 7.22% beat Digital Realty Trust's return on equity.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Equinix has higher revenue and earnings than Digital Realty Trust. Digital Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Equinix had 16 more articles in the media than Digital Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Equinix and 15 mentions for Digital Realty Trust. Digital Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Equinix's score of 1.51 indicating that Digital Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Digital Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $190.74, suggesting a potential upside of 16.84%. Equinix has a consensus price target of $962.52, suggesting a potential upside of 24.41%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Equinix is more favorable than Digital Realty Trust.
Digital Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Digital Realty Trust pays out 128.1% 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 183.7% 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. Digital Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Equinix beats Digital Realty Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DLR) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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