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How Digital Realty Trust, Inc. stacks up
DLR · against 759 other Real Estate companies
Profitability
22/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #590 of 760 · scores higher than 22% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score75 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including DLR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 22?
Weighted metrics compared with all Real Estate companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Real Estate peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 86% of peers. Operating margin: 0.8% vs peer median 26.8%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 84% of peers. Return on invested capital: 0.2% vs peer median 3.4%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 64% of peers. Return on assets: 1.5% vs peer median 2.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = DLR, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | DLR | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 739 reported | 0.2% | 3.4% | 16% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 728 reported | 0.8% | 26.8% | 14% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 741 reported | 1.5% | 2.1% | 36% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 721 reported | 2.9% | 5.2% | 39% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 763 reported | 57.0% | 53.9% | 54% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DLRScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score