How to buy Digital Realty Trust (DLR) stocks

Digital Realty Trust is a reit - specialty business based in the US. Digital Realty Trust shares (DLR) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $176.81 – a decrease of 4.45% over the previous week. Digital Realty Trust employs 3,664 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $5.4 billion.

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Digital Realty Trust stock price (NYSE: DLR)

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Digital Realty Trust stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$176.81
52-week range	$126.05 - $196.71
50-day moving average more info button	$179.23
200-day moving average more info button	$156.00
Wall St. target price	$180.96
PE ratio more info button	142.7097
Dividend yield more info button	$4.88 (2.76%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$1.24

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Digital Realty Trust price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $185 from 2024-12-17

1 week (2024-12-13)	-0.02%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-2.55%
3 months (2024-09-20)	16.57%
6 months (2024-06-21)	24.71%

1 year (2023-12-22)	36.92%
2 years (2022-12-22)	99.22%
3 years (2021-12-22)	20.79%
5 years (2019-12-20)	86.79%

Is Digital Realty Trust stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Digital Realty Trust stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Digital Realty Trust's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Digital Realty Trust's P/E ratio

Digital Realty Trust's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 143x. In other words, Digital Realty Trust shares trade at around 143x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're over-valued.

Digital Realty Trust's PEG ratio

Digital Realty Trust's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 10.6693. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Digital Realty Trust's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Digital Realty Trust's EBITDA

Digital Realty Trust's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.3 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Digital Realty Trust's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Digital Realty Trust financials

Revenue TTM	$5.4 billion
Operating margin TTM	10.09%
Gross profit TTM	$2.7 billion
Return on assets TTM	0.87%
Return on equity TTM	1.96%
Profit margin	8.21%
Book value	$61.91
Market Capitalization more info button	$59.8 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Digital Realty Trust's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Digital Realty Trust.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Digital Realty Trust's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 13.65

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Digital Realty Trust's overall score of 13.65 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Digital Realty Trust is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Digital Realty Trust's environmental score

Environmental score: 4.91/100

Digital Realty Trust's environmental score of 4.91 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Digital Realty Trust is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Digital Realty Trust's social score

Social score: 3.38/100

Digital Realty Trust's social score of 3.38 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Digital Realty Trust is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Digital Realty Trust's governance score

Governance score: 3.87/100

Digital Realty Trust's governance score puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Digital Realty Trust is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Digital Realty Trust's controversy score

Controversy score: 1/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Digital Realty Trust scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Digital Realty Trust has managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Digital Realty Trust Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	13.65
Total ESG percentile	6.36
Environmental score	4.91
Environmental score percentile	2
Social score	3.38
Social score percentile	2
Governance score	3.87
Governance score percentile	2
Level of controversy	1

Digital Realty Trust stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 4.1% of net profits

Recently Digital Realty Trust has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Digital Realty Trust shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Digital Realty Trust's case, that would currently equate to about $4.88 per share.

While Digital Realty Trust's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Digital Realty Trust is investing more in its future growth.

Digital Realty Trust's most recent dividend payout was on 16 January 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 12 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Digital Realty Trust's stocks ever split?

Digital Realty Trust's stocks were split on a 1000:1005 basis on 13 January 2015 . So if you had owned 1005 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1000 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Digital Realty Trust stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 0.5% higher stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Digital Realty Trust stocks, which in turn could have impacted Digital Realty Trust's stock price.

Digital Realty Trust stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Digital Realty Trust's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $126.049 up to $196.7091. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Digital Realty Trust's is 0.609. This would suggest that Digital Realty Trust's stocks are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Digital Realty Trust overview

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents..

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Digital Realty Trust is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.075% of Digital Realty Trust stocks are held by insiders and 100.674% by institutions. How many people work for Digital Realty Trust?
Latest data suggests 3,664 work at Digital Realty Trust. When does the fiscal year end for Digital Realty Trust?
Digital Realty Trust's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Digital Realty Trust based?
Digital Realty Trust's address is: 5707 Southwest Parkway, Building 1, Austin, TX, United States, 78735-6213 What is Digital Realty Trust's ISIN number?
Digital Realty Trust's international securities identification number is: US2538681030 What is Digital Realty Trust's CUSIP number?
Digital Realty Trust's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 253868301

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