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
Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) and Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Equinix currently has a consensus target price of $962.24, indicating a potential upside of 23.16%. Digital Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $190.68, indicating a potential upside of 14.22%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Equinix is more favorable than Digital Realty Trust.
Equinix has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
94.9% of Equinix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Equinix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Digital Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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. 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 has increased 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 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.
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 22 more articles in the media than Digital Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Equinix and 28 mentions for Digital Realty Trust. Digital Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Equinix's score of 1.33 indicating that Digital Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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