DLR vs SIFY vs VNET Stock Comparison

Digital Realty Trust, Sify Technologies and Vnet Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SIFY Sify Technologies Ltd
$12.30 -7.9% 1M +1.6% 1Y
Market cap
$911.63M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$384.50M
Div. yield
–
Data Centers Technology
3 wins
VNET VNET Group, Inc.
$3.77 -43.2% 1M -62.4% 1Y
Market cap
$987.52M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.55B
Div. yield
–
Data Centers Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Digital Realty Trust leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Digital Realty Trust 5, Sify Technologies 3, Vnet 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDLRSIFYVNETLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $63.48B $911.63M $987.52M DLR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 83.7x -59.0x -2.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 62.4x 615.0x — DLR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.4% +5.7% +1,237.9% VNET
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.2% -4.0% -22.1% DLR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.0% 5.4% 3.7% SIFY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.6x -9.4x 3.8x SIFY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +0.5% +1.6% -62.4% SIFY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.3%/yr -9.8%/yr -25.7%/yr DLR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.6% 61.0% 77.8% DLR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 53/100 70/100 VNET

Percentile Scorecard

DLRSIFYVNET

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

AxisDLRSIFYVNET
Valuation 10 #10 of 11 68 #13 of 38 100 #1 of 38
Growth 78 #3 of 10 31 #25 of 36 74 #10 of 36
Profitability 11 #9 of 10 61 #14 of 34 70 #11 of 34
Financial Health 80 #3 of 11 – 35 #25 of 38
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 45 53 70
  • DLR ranked among 11 companies in Infrastructure REITs
  • SIFY ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • VNET ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDLRSIFYVNETSPY
1 month +0.3%-7.9%-43.2% -0.2%
3 months -7.3%-13.1%-44.1% +3.9%
6 months -8.0%-18.8%-55.6% +8.2%
Year to date +15.7%+0.9%-55.4% +12.9%
1 year +0.5%+1.6%-62.4% +12.3%
3 years +46.3%+41.4%+27.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year +13.5%+12.2%+8.4% +23.3%
5 years +11.8%-40.2%-77.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year +2.3%-9.8%-25.7% +10.9%
10 years +94.5%+95.2%-51.1% +261.1%
10 years, per year +6.9%+6.9%-6.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDLRSIFYVNETSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.6%61.0%77.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.0%62.0%75.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.822.132.48 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.020.03-0.80 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.1%-91.8%-92.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.2%-28.7%-73.1% -1.2%
52-week high $203.91$17.24$14.03 $779.14
52-week low $147.93$10.37$3.71 $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.

MultipleDLRSIFYVNET
P/E now vs peer median 83.6xmedian 24.2x -57.6xmedian 29.5x -3.0xmedian 29.5x
P/S now vs peer median 9.8xmedian 6.3x 2.3xmedian 4.5x 0.7xmedian 4.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 27.5xmedian 15.7x -23.3xmedian 23.9x 6.1xmedian 23.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -130.7xmedian 18.2x —median 15.0x 0.8xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 2.4x 4.4xmedian 4.3x 1.7xmedian 4.3x
PEG now vs peer median 4.53median 0.72 1.16median 0.38 0.10median 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 monthsDLRSIFYVNET
Revenue $6.77B $384.50M $1.55B
Gross profit – $206.52M $316.73M
Operating income $986.10M $39.31M $93.26M
Net income $792.24M -$15.57M $623.86M
Free cash flow -$506.74M – $1.29B
R&D – – $43.13M
EPS (diluted) $2.10 $-0.21 $-1.27
Cash & equivalents $1.86B – $990.51M
Total debt $73.26B $599.45M $2.74B
Shares (diluted) 361.54M 72.46M 268.71M
Enterprise value $52.44B $911.63M -$2.73B

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
MetricDLRSIFYVNET
P/E 83.6x -57.6x -3.0x
P/FCF -130.7x – 0.8x
P/Operating cash flow 22.3x – 4.1x
P/S 9.8x 2.3x 0.7x
P/B 2.4x 4.4x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 4.4x 1.7x
EV/EBITDA 27.5x -23.3x 6.1x
EV/EBIT 84.2x 37.9x 23.0x
EV/Revenue 12.3x 3.9x 1.8x
EV/FCF -163.8x – 2.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 28.0x – 11.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.53 1.16 0.10

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDLRSIFYVNET
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.4% 5.7% 1,238%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.7% -65.1% 14.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 12.2% 7.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 65.9% 18.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -40.3% 49.9% -1.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 17.3% -10.7% 49.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -42.6% 19.3% 135.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 23.2% -73.4% 110.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -46.0% 31.2% -1,591%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 18.5% -49.8% -28.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 24.9% – -6.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.6% – -5.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 19.9% – 67.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.1% – 26.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDLRSIFYVNET
Gross margin – 53.7% 20.5%
EBITDA margin 44.5% -16.7% 29.5%
Operating margin 14.6% 10.2% 6.0%
Pretax margin 7.8% 3.1% 31.4%
Net margin 11.2% -4.0% -22.1%
FCF margin -7.5% – 83.5%
Operating cash flow margin 43.8% – 16.1%
Return on equity 3.1% -10.8% 102.8%
Return on assets 1.6% – 8.7%
Return on invested capital 2.0% 5.4% 3.7%
Return on capital employed – – 2.3%
Asset turnover 0.1x – 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.7x – 0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDLRSIFYVNET
Debt / assets 34.2% – 37.5%
Debt / equity 0.7x 3.0x 4.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.6x -9.4x 3.8x
Debt / FCF -36.8x – 2.1x
Liabilities / assets 48.7% – 91.8%
Equity / assets 51.3% – 8.2%
Interest coverage 2.1x 2.0x 1.1x
Current ratio – – 1.0x
Quick ratio – – 0.7x
Cash ratio – – 0.5x
Altman Z-score – – -0.03

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDLRSIFYVNET
Dividend yield 2.7% – –
Net buyback yield -4.5% – –
Shareholder yield -1.8% 0.0% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusDLRSIFYVNET
Forward P/E 62.4xFY2026 615.0xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $2.87FY2026 $0.02FY2026 $-0.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -19.8%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after -12.2% +150.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.40BFY2026 $765.58MFY2026 $1.66BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.1%FY2026 +8.7%FY2026 +16.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.6% +30.6% +35.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDLRSIFYVNET
Held by institutions 100.0% 4.6% 60.7%
Institutions holding 1,325 42 161
Change in shares held, QoQ +18.3% +2.8% +17.5%
Institutions buying 745 27 95
Institutions selling 383 4 48
Buyers to sellers 1.95 6.75 1.98

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.

DLRSIFYVNET
DLR 1.00 0.16 0.20
SIFY 0.16 1.00 0.35
VNET 0.20 0.35 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DLR, SIFY and VNET?

Digital Realty Trust (DLR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Digital Realty Trust (DLR) $63.48B, Sify Technologies (SIFY) $911.63M, Vnet (VNET) $987.52M.

Which company is growing faster?

Vnet (VNET) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Digital Realty Trust (DLR) +17.4%, Sify Technologies (SIFY) +5.7%, Vnet (VNET) +1,237.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Digital Realty Trust (DLR) has the highest net margin (Digital Realty Trust (DLR) 11.2%, Sify Technologies (SIFY) -4.0%, Vnet (VNET) -22.1%). On return on invested capital, Sify Technologies (SIFY) leads (Digital Realty Trust (DLR) 2.0%, Sify Technologies (SIFY) 5.4%, Vnet (VNET) 3.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sify Technologies (SIFY) returned the most: Digital Realty Trust (DLR) +0.5%, Sify Technologies (SIFY) +1.6%, Vnet (VNET) -62.4%. Over five years, Digital Realty Trust (DLR) compounded fastest (Digital Realty Trust (DLR) +2.3%/yr, Sify Technologies (SIFY) -9.8%/yr, Vnet (VNET) -25.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Digital Realty Trust (DLR) has been the steadiest (Digital Realty Trust (DLR) 27.6%, Sify Technologies (SIFY) 61.0%, Vnet (VNET) 77.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DLR, SIFY and VNET?

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.