Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2026)
Digital Realty Trust (DLR) recorded Return on Assets [ROA] of 1.58% in Q2 2026, down 1.42 percentage points from 3.00% a year earlier and down 1.28 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Digital Realty Trust reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 2.82%, up 1.44 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +1.58 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 1.38% in FY2024 (-0.89 pp), 2.26% in FY2023 (+1.27 pp), 0.99% in FY2022 (-3.84 pp) and 4.82% in FY2021 (+3.58 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q1 2025.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] rose in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.02 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Assets [ROA] in the last five years was a gain of 3.82 percentage points in Q4 2021, against a drop of 3.89 percentage points in Q4 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 2.86% (Q1 2026), 2.72% (Q4 2025) and 2.92% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.58% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.86% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.72% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.92% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.00% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.96% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.36% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.02% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.67% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.75% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.25% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.23% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.03% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.91% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.95% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.92% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.77% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.91% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.84% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.99% |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=DLR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();