Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR-PL) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Digital Realty Trust's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 24.28% for Q2 2026, down 52.30 percentage points from 76.58% a year earlier but up 7.91 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR-PL) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Digital Realty Trust reported Return on Sales [ROS] of 14.56%, down 14.10 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 10.77%, up 2.28 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] carries a five-year change of -3.51 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Sales [ROS] was 8.49% in FY2024 (-1.08 pp), 9.58% in FY2023 (-3.00 pp), 12.57% in FY2022 (-3.10 pp) and 15.67% in FY2021 (+1.39 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] is 0.73% (Q2 2024) to 76.58% (Q2 2025).
- Year-over-year, Return on Sales [ROS] increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.81 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Sales [ROS] over five years came in Q2 2025 (a gain of 75.86 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2026 (a drop of 52.30 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows DLR-PL's Return on Sales [ROS] at 16.38% (Q1 2026), 6.89% (Q4 2025) and 8.78% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 24.28% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 16.38% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.89% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.78% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 76.58% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.99% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.05% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 11.76% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.73% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.22% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.79% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.15% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 11.33% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 13.25% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.81% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 13.20% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 14.95% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 12.53% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 11.83% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 16.27% |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=DLR-PL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "DLR-PL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=DLR-PL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();