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MetricDLRDIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.EQIXEQUINIX INCFRMIFermi Inc.BXDCBlackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Inc.Median of the restexcluding DLR
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$170.94▼ 5.37 (3.05%)
$952.62▼ 42.38 (4.26%)
$2.65▼ 0.21 (7.34%)
$15.88▼ 0.24 (1.49%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/106.0/102.0/10not reported4.0/10
Market value$58.73B$93.57B$1.67B$1.39B
Revenue$6.11B$9.22B——
Profit$1.31B$1.35B-$486.4M—
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.10.0%5.4%——5.4%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—51.1%——51.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.10.8%20.0%——20.0%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.21.4%14.6%——14.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-12.6%-4.3%——-4.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.5.7%9.5%-44.4%—-17.4%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.3.3%12.1%-14.3%—-1.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.44.88x69.31x——69.31x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—23.90x——23.90x
Price to book2.56x6.61x1.52x—4.07x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.07x1.83x0.29x—1.06x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/66/81/3not reported3.5
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksnot reported

How DLR compares with the others

  • DLR's operating margin of 10.8% is lower than the other company selected (20.0%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the other company selected: 10.0% against 5.4%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the other company selected: 44.9x against 69.3x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.