Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2020)
Digital Realty Trust's Payout Ratio came in at 4.42 for Q4 2020, up 136.2% from 1.87 a year earlier and up 103.1% from the prior quarter.
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Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2020) Analysis & Trends
Going back to Q2 2010, Digital Realty Trust's Payout Ratio data covers 43 quarters.
- Going back by year, Payout Ratio was 1.87 in FY2019 (-45.0%), 3.40 in FY2018 (-9.0%), 3.73 in FY2017 (+137.7%) and 1.57 in FY2016 (-27.2%).
- The Q4 2020 figure represents the highest quarterly Payout Ratio since Q3 2019.
- Year-over-year, Payout Ratio increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 5.3%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Payout Ratio over five years came in Q2 2016 (growth of 358.9%), and the weakest in Q2 2017 (a decline of 80.8%).
- Business Quant data shows DLR's Payout Ratio at 2.17 (Q3 2020), 1.75 (Q2 2020) and 1.68 (Q1 2020) in the three quarters before Q4 2020.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2020 | 4.42 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 2.17 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 1.75 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 1.68 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 1.87 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 4.42 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 4.00 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 3.41 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 3.40 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 3.12 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 4.14 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 3.97 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 3.73 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 3.28 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 1.49 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 1.55 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 1.57 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 2.43 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 7.75 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 3.20 |
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Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Payout Ratio 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=payout-ratio&ticker=DLR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payout-ratio", "ticker": "DLR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payout-ratio&ticker=DLR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();