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Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)

Digital Realty Trust's annual Operating Margin came in at 10.77% in FY2025, up 26.82% year-over-year from 8.49% in FY2024.

Digital Realty Trust has reported Operating Margin for 17 years, with the latest figure at 10.77% in FY2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 239.0% year-over-year to 16.38%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 11.52% (up 230.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 10.77%, up 228.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for FY2025 stood at 10.77%, up from 8.49% in the prior year.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 15.67% in FY2021, with the low at 8.49% in FY2024.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 11.42%, with a median of 10.77% recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Margin tumbled 310 bps in 2022 and surged 228 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing DLR's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 15.67% in 2021, then fell by 20 bps to 12.57% in 2022, then declined by 24 bps to 9.58% in 2023, then declined by 11 bps to 8.49% in 2024, then grew by 27 bps to 10.77% in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 10.77% (FY2025), 8.49% (FY2024), and 9.58% (FY2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Yr)
1 Equinix 106.10 Bn 103.07 Bn 2.20 Bn -
2 American Tower 85.70 Bn 92.20 Bn 2.70 Bn -
3 Digital Realty Trust 67.00 Bn 66.16 Bn - -
4 Crown Castle 40.17 Bn 40.12 Bn 984.00 Mn -
5 Iron Mountain 37.80 Bn 37.83 Bn 1.05 Bn -
6 Sba Communications 21.99 Bn 22.08 Bn 532.10 Mn -
7 Weyerhaeuser 16.98 Bn 16.68 Bn 318.00 Mn -
8 Lamar Advertising 15.51 Bn 15.46 Bn 403.56 Mn 34.16%
9 Gaming & Leisure Properties 13.46 Bn 13.86 Bn - -
10 OUTFRONT Media 5.85 Bn 5.81 Bn 202.10 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 10.77%
Dec 31, 2024 8.49%
Dec 31, 2023 9.58%
Dec 31, 2022 12.57%
Dec 31, 2021 15.67%
Dec 31, 2020 14.28%
Dec 31, 2019 18.52%
Dec 31, 2018 18.05%
Dec 31, 2017 18.36%
Dec 31, 2016 23.21%
Dec 31, 2015 22.79%
Dec 31, 2014 16.00%
Dec 31, 2013 25.76%
Dec 31, 2012 28.62%
Dec 31, 2011 28.64%
Dec 31, 2010 28.00%
Dec 31, 2009 27.90%