Digital Realty Trust (Digital Realty Trust) ROE %

: 0.61% (As of Dec. 2023)

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ROE % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Stockholders Equity over a certain period of time. Digital Realty Trust's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $113 Mil. Digital Realty Trust's average Total Stockholders Equity over the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $18,654 Mil. Therefore, Digital Realty Trust's annualized ROE % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.61%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Digital Realty Trust's ROE % or its related term are showing as below:

DLR' s ROE % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.12 Med: 5.26 Max: 9.57
Current: 5.29

During the past 13 years, Digital Realty Trust's highest ROE % was 9.57%. The lowest was 2.12%. And the median was 5.26%.

DLR's ROE % is ranked better than
54.62% of 800 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 4.305 vs DLR: 5.29

Digital Realty Trust ROE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Digital Realty Trust's ROE % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Digital Realty Trust Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

ROE %

5.87

2.58

9.57

2.12

5.17

Digital Realty Trust Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
ROE %																0.09	1.58	2.71	16.39	0.61

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, Digital Realty Trust's ROE %, along with its competitors' market caps and ROE % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Digital Realty Trust ROE % Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Digital Realty Trust's ROE % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Digital Realty Trust's ROE % falls into.

Digital Realty Trust ROE % Calculation

Digital Realty Trust's annualized ROE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

ROE %	=	Net Income (A: Dec. 2023 )	/	( (Total Stockholders Equity (A: Dec. 2022 )	+	Total Stockholders Equity (A: Dec. 2023 ))	/ count )
	=	948.838	/	( (17583.334	+	19117.534)	/ 2 )
	=	948.838	/	18350.434
	=	5.17 %

Digital Realty Trust's annualized ROE % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

ROE %	=	Net Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	( (Total Stockholders Equity (Q: Sep. 2023 )	+	Total Stockholders Equity (Q: Dec. 2023 ))	/ count )
	=	113.24	/	( (18190.026	+	19117.534)	/ 2 )
	=	113.24	/	18653.78
	=	0.61 %

In the calculation of annual ROE %, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) net income data. ROE % is displayed in the 30-year financial page.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) ROE % Explanation

ROE % measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' equity (also known as net assets or assets minus liabilities). ROE % shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. ROE %s between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.

The factors that affect a company's ROE % can be illustrated with the three-step DuPont Analysis:

	ROE %		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	Net Income	/	Total Stockholders Equity
=	113.24	/	18653.78
=	(Net Income / Revenue )	*	(Revenue / Total Assets)	*	(Total Assets / Total Stockholders Equity)
=	(113.24 / 5478.556)	*	(5478.556 / 43022.8875)	*	(43022.8875 / 18653.78)
=	Net Margin %	*	Asset Turnover	*	Equity Multiplier
=	2.07 %	*	0.1273	*	2.3064
=	ROA %	*	Equity Multiplier
=	0.26 %	*	2.3064
=	0.61 %

With this breakdown, it is clear that if a company grows its Net Profit Margin, its Asset Turnover, or its Leverage, it can grow its ROE %.

The factors that affect a company's ROE % can also be illustrated with the five-step DuPont Analysis:

	ROE %		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	Net Income	/	Total Stockholders Equity
=	113.24	/	18653.78
=	(Net Income / Pre-Tax Income)	*	(Pre-Tax Income / Operating Income)	*	(Operating Income / Revenue)	*	(Revenue / Total Assets)	*	(Total Assets / Total Stockholders Equity)
=	(113.24 / 162.46)	*	(162.46 / 718.52)	*	(718.52 / 5478.556)	*	(5478.556 / 43022.8875)	*	(43022.8875 / 18653.78)
=	Tax Burden	*	Interest Burden	*	Operating Margin %	*	Asset Turnover	*	Equity Multiplier
=	0.697	*	0.2261	*	13.12 %	*	0.1273	*	2.3064
=	0.61 %

Note: The net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) net income data. The Revenue data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) revenue data. The same rule applies to Pre-Tax Income and Operating Income.
^* In the five-step DuPont Analysis, Operating Income is only available for non-financial companies. Thus, for Insurance companies, we use EBIT as a substitution of Operating Income. For Banks, both Operating Income and EBIT is unavailable. Thus we combined Interest Burden and Operating Margin % into Pretax Margin %, and the DuPont Analysis is divided into four components instead.

Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the equity multiplier when investing in high ROE % companies. Like ROA %, ROE % is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their ROE %s can be extremely high.

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Digital Realty Trust (Digital Realty Trust) Business Description

Industry

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Address

5707 Southwest Parkway, Building 1, Suite 275, Austin, TX, USA, 78735

Website

https://www.digitalrealty.com

Digital Realty owns and operates over 300 data centers worldwide. It has nearly 40 million rentable square feet across five continents. Digital's offerings range from retail co-location, where an enterprise may rent a single cabinet and rely on Digital to provide all the accommodations, to "cold shells," where hyperscale cloud service providers can simply rent much, or all, of a barren, power-connected building. In recent years, Digital Realty has de-emphasized cold shells and now primarily provides higher-level service to tenants, which outsource their related IT needs to Digital. Digital Realty has also moved more into the co-location business, increasingly serving enterprises and facilitating network and cloud connections. Digital Realty operates as a real estate investment trust.

Executives

Cindy Fiedelman	officer: Chief Human Resources Officer	FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200, SAN FRANCISCO X1 94111
Peter C. Olson	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	5707 SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, BUILDING 1, SUITE 275, AUSTIN TX 78735
Mandeville Jean F H P	director	C/O INTERXION, SCORPIUS 30, HOOFDDORP P7 2132 LR
Dyer Corey	officer: EVP, Global Sales & Marketing	FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Christopher Sharp	officer: Chief Technology Officer	FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Jeannie Lee	officer: EVP, General Counsel	5707 SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, BUILDING 1, SUITE 275, AUSTIN TX 78735
A William Stein	officer: CFO And CIO	DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC., FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
David C Ruberg	officer: MANAGING DIRECTOR, EUROPE	16057 TAMPA PALMS BLVD WEST, #405, TAMPA FL 33647
Kevin Kennedy	director
William G Laperch	director	360 HAMILTON AVE, C/O ABOVENET INC, WHITE PLAINS NY 10601
Joshua Ananda Mills	officer: General Counsel	C/O KKR & CO. INC., 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Camilla A. Harris	officer: Principal Accounting Officer	8020 PARK LANE, DALLAS TX 75231
Andrew Power	officer: Chief Financial Officer	FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Michael A Coke	director	TERRENO REALTY CORPORATION, 101 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Matt Mercier	officer: SVP, Finance and Accounting	FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111