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Digital Realty Trust vs Realty Income

DLR and O side by side, both in miscellaneous investing. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How DLR and O compare

Digital Realty Trust is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Realty Income ($68.5B against $56.3B).

On earnings, Realty Income is cheaper: it trades at 41.1× trailing earnings, against 75.5× for Digital Realty Trust.

Digital Realty Trust grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.0% versus 10.8% for Realty Income).

Both pay dividends: Digital Realty Trust yields 2.7% and Realty Income 5.0%.

Realty Income scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 7 for Digital Realty Trust), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricDLRO
Size and price
Market cap$68.5B$56.3B
Share price$181.13$59.54
Change, 1 year7.0%4.7%
Change, 5 years9.4%−16.0%
Beta (5Y)0.900.40
Employees4,282395
StockData Score
Total score711 (better)
Valuation score02 (better)
Growth score3 (better)2
Performance score3 (better)1
Health score02 (better)
Dividend score14 (better)
Valuation
P/E75.5×41.1× (better)
P/S9.7×9.1× (better)
P/B2.4×1.4× (better)
EV/EBITDA30.5×14.8× (better)
PEG1.58–
Fair value$88.57$54.09
Margin of safety−104%−10.1% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)20.0% (better)10.8%
Revenue growth, 5Y average9.4%28.4% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)−33.8%–
EPS growth (TTM)−38.3%34.3% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average29.1% (better)0.52%
Profitability
Operating margin2.8%–
Net margin13.1%–
Return on equity3.6%–
Return on invested capital0.66%–
Financial health
Debt / equity–0.04
Net debt / EBITDA–0.28
Interest coverage0.4×–
Altman Z-score1.52 (better)1.04
Piotroski F-score6 (better)5
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield2.7%5.0% (better)
Payout ratio196%–
Years of dividend growth–8
Dividend growth, 5Y average–2.9%
Buyback yield–−3.7%
Shareholder yield2.7% (better)1.3%
Ownership
Held by institutions100%78.7%
Held by insiders0.03%0.15%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$695K (better)−$874K
Superinvestors holding2 (better)1
Short interest, % of float2.0%4.5%

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