DLR vs REXR vs GDS Stock Comparison

Digital Realty Trust, Rexford Industrial Realty and GDS Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GDS GDS Holdings Ltd
$22.81 -30.4% 1M -34.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.34B
P/E
8.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.75B
Div. yield
–
Data Centers Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Digital Realty Trust leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Digital Realty Trust 5, GDS Holdings 5, Rexford Industrial Realty 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDLRREXRGDSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $62.89B $8.49B $4.34B DLR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 82.9x -21.2x 8.2x GDS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 60.8x — 43.9x GDS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.4% +0.5% +15.8% DLR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.2% -40.4% 30.1% GDS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.0% — 1.0% DLR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.6x — 3.1x GDS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.05% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -2.6% -9.9% -34.7% DLR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.2%/yr -10.6%/yr -17.5%/yr DLR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.6% 25.8% 57.0% REXR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 49/100 69/100 GDS

Percentile Scorecard

DLRREXRGDS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDLRREXRGDS
Valuation 10 #10 of 11 29 #103 of 145 95 #3 of 38
Growth 67 #4 of 10 31 #98 of 142 57 #16 of 36
Profitability 22 #8 of 10 15 #116 of 136 73 #10 of 34
Financial Health 80 #3 of 11 90 #15 of 139 51 #19 of 38
Shareholder Returns – 80 #27 of 131 –
Overall 45 49 69
  • DLR ranked among 11 companies in Infrastructure REITs
  • REXR ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • GDS ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDLRREXRGDSSPY
1 month -2.2%+1.4%-30.4% -0.8%
3 months -10.8%-1.9%-27.3% +3.5%
6 months -11.1%+5.6%-48.1% +7.0%
Year to date +12.8%-1.8%-34.6% +12.2%
1 year -2.6%-9.9%-34.7% +13.0%
3 years +42.7%-9.3%+137.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +12.6%-3.2%+33.5% +23.1%
5 years +11.3%-42.8%-61.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year +2.2%-10.6%-17.5% +11.0%
10 years +80.8%+77.5%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +6.1%+5.9%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureDLRREXRGDSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.6%25.8%57.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.0%23.1%58.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.810.462.00 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.10-0.39-0.61 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.1%-62.4%-91.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.4%-10.6%-52.0% -1.8%
52-week high $203.91$42.53$47.52 $779.14
52-week low $147.93$32.47$22.14 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDLRREXRGDS
P/E now vs peer median 81.5xmedian 24.3x -21.2xmedian 27.4x 8.2xmedian 29.6x
P/S now vs peer median 9.5xmedian 6.4x 8.5xmedian 4.2x 2.7xmedian 4.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 27.0xmedian 15.8x —median 14.2x 11.1xmedian 24.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -127.5xmedian 18.4x 37.3xmedian 23.2x 4.9xmedian 15.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 2.3x 1.1xmedian 1.3x 1.1xmedian 3.9x
PEG now vs peer median 4.42median 0.72 0.37median 2.11 0.12median 0.38

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDLRREXRGDS
Revenue $6.77B $991.92M $1.75B
Gross profit – – $436.56M
Operating income $986.10M – $82.93M
Net income $792.24M -$403.93M $542.46M
Free cash flow -$506.74M $227.15M $952.99M
R&D – – $4.66M
EPS (diluted) $2.10 $-1.79 $2.57
Cash & equivalents $1.86B $32.23M $2.20B
Total debt $73.26B $3.26B $15.20B
Shares (diluted) 361.54M 223.81M 205.57M
Enterprise value $51.85B $8.00B -$3.94B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDLRREXRGDS
P/E 81.5x -21.2x 8.2x
P/FCF -127.5x 37.3x 4.9x
P/Operating cash flow 21.8x 16.6x 9.2x
P/S 9.5x 8.5x 2.7x
P/B 2.3x 1.1x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 2.5x 1.1x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 27.0x – 11.1x
EV/EBIT 82.5x – 78.8x
EV/Revenue 12.0x 11.8x 3.7x
EV/FCF -160.6x 51.5x 6.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.4x 23.0x 12.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.42 0.37 0.12

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDLRREXRGDS
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.4% 0.5% 15.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.7% 11.1% 8.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 27.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 14.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -40.3% – -57.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 17.3% – -5.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -42.6% -222.4% -14.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 23.2% -58.0% 71.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -46.0% -238.0% -26.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 18.5% -57.7% 65.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 24.9% -2.8% 15.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.6% 11.5% 20.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 19.9% 296.5% 3.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.1% 28.4% -11.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDLRREXRGDS
Gross margin – – 24.9%
EBITDA margin 44.5% – 33.5%
Operating margin 14.6% – 4.7%
Pretax margin 7.8% – 14.8%
Net margin 11.2% -40.4% 30.1%
FCF margin -7.5% 22.9% 54.3%
Operating cash flow margin 43.8% 51.3% 29.3%
Return on equity 3.1% -4.9% 12.5%
Return on assets 1.6% -3.4% 4.4%
Return on invested capital 2.0% – 1.0%
Return on capital employed – – 0.8%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.7x -1.3x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% 8.6% 2.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDLRREXRGDS
Debt / assets 34.2% 28.1% 31.9%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.4x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.6x – 3.1x
Debt / FCF -36.8x 14.4x 4.2x
Liabilities / assets 48.7% 32.2% 64.8%
Equity / assets 51.3% 67.8% 35.2%
Interest coverage 2.1x – 0.4x
Current ratio – – 1.8x
Quick ratio – – 1.4x
Cash ratio – – 1.1x
Altman Z-score – – 0.62

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDLRREXRGDS
Dividend yield 2.8% 4.5% –
Net buyback yield -4.6% 6.5% –
Shareholder yield -1.8% 11.0% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – -99.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 176.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 5.7% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 17.4% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDLRREXRGDS
Forward P/E 60.8xFY2026 – 43.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.87FY2026 $-1.33FY2026 $0.52FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -19.8%FY2026 -254.7%FY2026 +550.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -12.2% – -103.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.40BFY2026 $976.30MFY2026 $1.96BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.1%FY2026 -0.4%FY2026 +20.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.6% -12.0% +1.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDLRREXRGDS
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 50.9%
Institutions holding 1,325 420 198
Change in shares held, QoQ +18.3% +1.3% +15.4%
Institutions buying 745 193 120
Institutions selling 383 168 61
Buyers to sellers 1.95 1.15 1.97

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DLRREXRGDS
DLR 1.00 0.30 0.21
REXR 0.30 1.00 -0.06
GDS 0.21 -0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DLR, REXR and GDS?

Digital Realty Trust (DLR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Digital Realty Trust (DLR) $62.89B, Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR) $8.49B, GDS Holdings (GDS) $4.34B.

Which stock is cheaper, DLR, REXR and GDS?

GDS Holdings (GDS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Digital Realty Trust (DLR) 82.9x, Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR) -21.2x, GDS Holdings (GDS) 8.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, GDS Holdings (GDS) is cheapest (Digital Realty Trust (DLR) 60.8x, GDS Holdings (GDS) 43.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Digital Realty Trust (DLR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Digital Realty Trust (DLR) +17.4%, Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR) +0.5%, GDS Holdings (GDS) +15.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

GDS Holdings (GDS) has the highest net margin (Digital Realty Trust (DLR) 11.2%, Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR) -40.4%, GDS Holdings (GDS) 30.1%). On return on invested capital, Digital Realty Trust (DLR) leads (Digital Realty Trust (DLR) 2.0%, GDS Holdings (GDS) 1.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Digital Realty Trust (DLR) returned the most: Digital Realty Trust (DLR) -2.6%, Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR) -9.9%, GDS Holdings (GDS) -34.7%. Over five years, Digital Realty Trust (DLR) compounded fastest (Digital Realty Trust (DLR) +2.2%/yr, Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR) -10.6%/yr, GDS Holdings (GDS) -17.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Digital Realty Trust (DLR) 0.00%, Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR) 0.05%, GDS Holdings (GDS) 0.00%. Digital Realty Trust (DLR) and GDS Holdings (GDS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR) has been the steadiest (Digital Realty Trust (DLR) 27.6%, Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR) 25.8%, GDS Holdings (GDS) 57.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DLR, REXR and GDS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Digital Realty Trust (DLR) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.