Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026)
Digital Realty Trust (DLR) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 2.12% in Q2 2026, down 2.03 percentage points from 4.16% a year earlier and down 1.96 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Digital Realty Trust reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 1.71%, up 1.71 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of -0.14 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 0.00% in FY2024 (-0.21 pp), 0.21% in FY2023 (-1.47 pp), 1.68% in FY2022 (-0.16 pp) and 1.84% in FY2021 (-0.01 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q1 2025.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] rose in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.47 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 3.93 percentage points in Q4 2025, against a drop of 2.03 percentage points in Q2 2026 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 4.08% (Q1 2026), 3.93% (Q4 2025) and 3.94% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.01% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.88% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.71% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.74% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.94% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.49% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.21% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.95% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.19% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.90% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.42% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.55% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.53% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.68% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.56% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.78% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.87% |
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Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=DLR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=DLR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();