Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Competitors

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$164.06 -0.75 (-0.46%)
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DLR vs. ARE, BXP, KRC, SLG, HIW, DEI, PDM, BDN, HPP, and EQC

Should you be buying Digital Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Digital Realty Trust include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), and Equity Commonwealth (EQC). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.

Digital Realty Trust vs.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a net margin of 10.36% compared to Digital Realty Trust's net margin of 8.04%. Digital Realty Trust's return on equity of 2.24% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Digital Realty Trust8.04% 2.24% 1.00%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities 10.36%1.43%0.85%

Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Digital Realty Trust received 345 more outperform votes than Alexandria Real Estate Equities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave Digital Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 63.90% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Digital Realty TrustOutperform Votes
823
67.40%
Underperform Votes
398
32.60%
Alexandria Real Estate EquitiesOutperform Votes
478
63.90%
Underperform Votes
270
36.10%

Digital Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $179.95, indicating a potential upside of 9.69%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus target price of $121.30, indicating a potential upside of 27.88%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities 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)
6 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18

Digital Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Digital Realty Trust pays out 410.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 293.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Digital Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Alexandria Real Estate Equities 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$5.48B9.94$948.84M$1.19137.86
Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.12B5.27$322.95M$1.8052.70

In the previous week, Digital Realty Trust had 36 more articles in the media than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Digital Realty Trust and 13 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Digital Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' score of 0.64 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
34 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Digital Realty Trust beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DLR vs. The Competition

MetricDigital Realty TrustReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$54.42B$7.07B$12.04B$20.30B
Dividend Yield2.90%7.73%5.70%3.67%
P/E Ratio137.8650.8322.9345.83
Price / Sales9.947.8127.8616.46
Price / Cash18.8617.5118.3520.33
Price / Book2.632.482.745.73
Net Income$948.84M$169.99M$1.03B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-1.25%0.71%0.52%0.13%
1 Month Performance-8.11%1.40%2.41%1.37%
1 Year Performance20.44%8.95%16.35%16.03%

Digital Realty Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.4553 of 5 stars
$164.06
-0.5%
$179.95
+9.7%
+20.4%$54.42B$5.48B137.863,664Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.753 of 5 stars
$95.66
-0.3%
$121.30
+26.8%
-20.5%$16.58B$3.12B53.21590Short Interest ↓
BXP
Boston Properties
4.0984 of 5 stars
$71.77
-1.3%
$82.23
+14.6%
+5.3%$11.34B$3.41B717.47780Short Interest ↑
KRC
Kilroy Realty
4.4308 of 5 stars
$36.96
-0.8%
$41.20
+11.5%
-3.6%$4.36B$1.13B22.13260Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
SLG
SL Green Realty
3.1676 of 5 stars
$65.06
-1.4%
$71.07
+9.2%
+37.8%$4.29B$886.27M813.751,188
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.521 of 5 stars
$28.99
-1.5%
$30.86
+6.5%
+23.6%$3.07B$834M21.63340Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
DEI
Douglas Emmett
3.7442 of 5 stars
$17.37
-1.5%
$18.75
+7.9%
+23.6%$2.91B$986.48M133.83750
PDM
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
3.4775 of 5 stars
$8.36
-0.8%
$11.00
+31.7%
+7.7%$1.04B$577.76M-13.48150Earnings Report
Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
3.5526 of 5 stars
$4.92
-0.9%
$5.50
+11.9%
+15.2%$848.67M$505.52M-4.31330
HPP
Hudson Pacific Properties
3.709 of 5 stars
$3.20
-0.5%
$5.08
+58.9%
-61.7%$451.23M$952.30M-1.53880
EQC
Equity Commonwealth
1.5608 of 5 stars
$1.70
+0.3%
N/A-90.7%$181.92M$60.52M4.3520

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