Digital Realty Trust Dividends and Buybacks
Dividend criteria checks 5/6
Digital Realty Trust is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 2.76% that is well covered by earnings. Next payment date is on 17th January, 2025 with an ex-dividend date of 13th December, 2024.
Key information
2.8%
Dividend yield
-6.2%
Buyback Yield
| Total Shareholder Yield | -3.4% |
| Future Dividend Yield | 2.9% |
| Dividend Growth | -3.5% |
| Next dividend pay date | 17 Jan 25 |
| Ex dividend date | 13 Dec 24 |
| Dividend per share | US$4.880 |
| Payout ratio | 83% |
Recent dividend and buyback updates
Recent updates
Digital Realty: Consistent FFO Results, But Common Shares Appear Overvalued
Dec 12Digital Realty Has Huge Repricing Potential In 2025
Oct 24Digital Realty Trust: Frozen Dividends Are Unlikely To Last - A Hike Is Coming
Aug 22Digital Realty Seems To Be Overvalued Following Q2 Earnings
Aug 16Digital Realty Trust: AI Factory Opportunities (Rating Upgrade And Q2 Preview)
Jul 21Digital Realty: Still Too Expensive To Buy
Jun 05Digital Realty Trust: Record Leasing At Impressive Rates, Dividend Hike Expected Soon
May 27It's Not Worth Investing In Digital Realty Trust For The Dividends (Downgrade)
May 14Digital Realty Trust: Soaring Price, Stagnating Fundamentals, And Magic
Apr 17Digital Realty Trust's Poor Guidance Is Nothing To Be Concerned About
Mar 02Digital Realty Trust: Profit From The AI Revolution And Get Paid Nearly 4%
Jan 06Digital Realty Trust: Generative AI Is Here To Stay - $400B TAM By 2027
Dec 25Digital Realty: Solid Growth, But Priced In
Nov 21Digital Realty Trust: A Top Performing REIT In 2023
Nov 03Why Digital Realty Makes Dollars And Sense
Oct 19Digital Realty Trust Is Likely To Underperform
Oct 10Digital Realty Trust: Here Comes The Generative AI Boom
Sep 18Pros And Cons Of Investing In Digital Realty Trust
Aug 14Digital Realty Trust: A Dividend Growth Investor's Pal
Jul 20Digital Realty: 4.2% Yield Isn't Good Enough
Jul 12Digital Realty: The Equity Issuance Does Tell The Whole Story
Jun 09Digital Realty: You Can Get Paid To Ride The AI Wave
May 29Digital Realty: Poor Results Setup Rating Downgrades
Feb 17Stability and Growth of Payments
Fetching dividends data
Stable Dividend: DLR's dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: DLR's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.
Dividend Yield vs Market
| Digital Realty Trust Dividend Yield vs Market |
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| Segment | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|
| Company (DLR) | 2.8% |
| Market Bottom 25% (US) | 1.4% |
| Market Top 25% (US) | 4.5% |
| Industry Average (Specialized REITs) | 3.9% |
| Analyst forecast (DLR) (up to 3 years) | 2.9% |
Notable Dividend: DLR's dividend (2.76%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.45%).
High Dividend: DLR's dividend (2.76%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.53%).
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: At its current payout ratio (83.1%), DLR's payments are covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: At its current cash payout ratio (84.4%), DLR's dividend payments are covered by cash flows.
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2024/12/18 23:35 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2024/12/18 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2023/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. is covered by 59 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Jacob Kilstein | Argus Research Company |
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| James Ratcliffe | Barclays |