DLR REIT — Digital Realty

Digital Realty (DLR)

Updated October 16, 2026.

DLR is a REIT. its distribution rate is 2.77%, its trailing-12-month yield is 2.77%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 100/100 (Safe). Total return is 3414.5% over the past 22 years, 2505.0 points ahead of SPY at 909.5%.

Digital Realty is a real estate investment trust that owns, acquires, develops, and operates data centers globally, providing colocation and interconnection solutions to customers in cloud services, technology, financial services, and other industries across North America, Europe, South America, Asia, Australia, and Africa. The trust distributes quarterly with a modest current distribution rate. Digital Realty appeals to income investors seeking exposure to the data center real estate sector.

DLR performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 3414.5% over the past 22 years, 2505.0 points ahead of SPY at 909.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 4.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 16.8%.

DLR key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

100 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

2.77%

Issuer

Digital Realty

Asset type

REIT

Asset class

Real Estate

Distribution rate

2.77%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

2.77%

5-year average yield

3.28

Last close

$175.97 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$65,284,645,990

Average volume

3484000.0

Dividend

$1.22

Ex-dividend date

09/15/2026

Payment date

09/30/2026

Beta

1.011

Payout ratio

146.6%

P/E ratio

85.42

Forward P/E

66.2252

EPS

$2.06

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (2.77%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (2.77%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Digital Realty or company page; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

DLR risks and drawbacks

DLR's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 16.8%.

Who may consider DLR — and who may not

DLR may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (DLR pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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