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Digital Realty Trust (DLR) earnings and revenue breakdown

Latest: Q3 2026 · 8-K filed Oct 29, 2026

Q3 2026 Revenue up 21% year over year to $1.9B · 10¢ of every $1 of revenue kept as net profit · operating margin 15.9%

Digital Realty Trust made $1.9B in Q3 2026 (+21% Y/Y). Operating margin 15.9%, net earnings $195M. See where every dollar goes — costs, profit and cash — as a Sankey from the 8-K filed Oct 29, 2026 (preliminary, from the earnings release).

Revenue$1.9B
Year over year+21%
Operating margin15.9%
Net earnings$195M
Operating cash flow—

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What changed this quarter

Revenue was $1.9B in Q3 2026, up 21% year over year.

Operating profit was $0.30B, a 15.9% margin (up 7.1 points year over year). Of the extra revenue versus Q3 2025, 50% reached operating profit, above the 9% margin then. Total costs grew 11% against revenue growth of 21%. The fastest-growing cost line was General & admin (+20%). Net earnings were $0.20B, up 188% year over year. The effective tax rate was 4.3%.

Quarterly history

Digital Realty Trust revenue by quarterDigital Realty Trust revenue by quarter$1.4BQ1 2025$1.5BQ2 2025$1.6BQ3 2025$1.6BQ4 2025$1.6BQ1 2026$1.9BQ2 2026$1.9BQ3 2026
Digital Realty Trust net earnings by quarterDigital Realty Trust net earnings by quarter$110MQ1 2025$1.0BQ2 2025$67.8MQ3 2025$98.6MQ4 2025$179MQ1 2026$453MQ2 2026$195MQ3 2026
QuarterFormFiledRevenueY/YOp. marginNet earningsOp. cash flow
Q3 20268-KOct 29, 2026$1.9B+21%15.9%$195M—
Q2 202610-QJul 31, 2026$1.9B+29%24.3%$453M$1.1B
Q1 202610-QMay 1, 2026$1.6B+16%16.4%$179M$532M
Q4 202510-KFeb 13, 2026$1.6B+14%6.9%$98.6M$719M
Q3 202510-QOct 31, 2025$1.6B+10%8.8%$67.8M$653M
Q2 202510-QAug 1, 2025$1.5B+10%14.2%$1.0B$641M
Q1 202510-QMay 1, 2025$1.4B+6%14.0%$110M$399M

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Digital Realty Trust: revenue growth, year over year and quarter over quarterDigital Realty Trust: revenue growth, year over year and quarter over quarterY/YQ/Q+6%Q1 2025+10%+6%Q2 2025+10%+6%Q3 2025+14%+4%Q4 2025+16%+0%Q1 2026+29%+18%Q2 2026+21%-1%Q3 2026
Latest (Q3 2026): Y/Y +21%, Q/Q -1%.
Digital Realty Trust: where the cash came from (+) and went (−), TTM to Q1 2026Digital Realty Trust: where the cash came from (+) and went (−), TTM to Q1 2026Capital spending−$3.3BOperating cash flow$2.5BOther financing$1.9BDividends−$1.8BAsset & business sales$1.6BOther investing−$960MNet borrowing (+) / repaid (−)$155MCash drawn (+) / kept (−)−$109MExchange rates−$89.3MPartners$3.6M
From the cash-flow statement as filed (SEC XBRL). Cash is fungible: the bars do not say which dollar paid for what.
Digital Realty Trust: profit against cash, quarter by quarterDigital Realty Trust: profit against cash, quarter by quarterNet incomeOperating cash flow$74.7M$573MQ2 2024$40.1M$567MQ3 2024$186M$769MQ4 2024$106M$399MQ1 2025$1.0B$641MQ2 2025$63.7M$653MQ3 2025$96.1M$719MQ4 2025$175M$532MQ1 2026
Latest (Q1 2026): Net income $175M, Operating cash flow $532M.
Digital Realty Trust: diluted shares by fiscal yearDigital Realty Trust: diluted shares by fiscal year0MFY2020283MFY2021298MFY2022309MFY2023332MFY2024348MFY2025
+132387.4% since FY2020: more shares outstanding (issuance, stock pay).
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About Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Trust, Inc., through its controlling interest in Digital Realty Trust, L.P. and the subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership, is a leading global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions for customers across a variety of industry verticals. The Parent operates as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Operating Partnership is the entity through which the Parent conducts its business of owning, acquiring, developing and operating data centers. The Parent was incorporated in the state of Maryland on March 9, 2004. The Operating Partnership was organized as a limited partnership in the state of Maryland on July 21, 2004.

In its own words, from its 10-K, filed Feb 13, 2026.

Digital Realty Trust against its Real Estate Investment Trusts peers

The largest companies of the same SEC industry, each at its latest quarter. Revenue growth: +21% against the peers' median +13%. Operating margin: 15.9% against the peers' median 20.6%.

CompanyQuarterRevenueY/YOp. margin
DLR Digital Realty TrustQ3 2026$1.9B+21%15.9%
WELL WelltowerQ3 2026$3.7B+38%9.1%
AMT American TowerQ3 2026$2.8B+2%45.6%
EQIX EquinixQ3 2026$2.6B+11%23.3%
PLD PrologisQ1 2026$2.3B+7%52.7%
IRM Iron MountainQ3 2026$2.0B+14%20.6%
WY WeyerhaeuserQ3 2026$1.9B+8%5.4%
VTR VentasQ3 2026$1.8B+23%2.9%
SPG Simon Property GroupQ3 2026$1.8B+13%44.3%

Source: Digital Realty Trust 8-K on SEC EDGAR · CIK 1297996 · Real Estate Investment Trusts

Guidance and outlook

Digital Realty Trust: what its forward-looking statements are about (10-Q filed 2026-07-31)Digital Realty Trust: what its forward-looking statements are about (10-Q filed 2026-07-31)Demand5Other5Capital spending5Deals4Financing4AI2Costs2The economy1Margins1
29 statements; tone +0.45 (−1 all cautious, +1 all confident); 8 hedged.
Digital Realty Trust: outlook statements against the filing beforeDigital Realty Trust: outlook statements against the filing beforeConfident13

13F: who owns DLR and who is buying

Largest holders of DLR (13F)Largest holders of DLR (13F)Vanguard Group$8.4BBlackRock$7.3BVanguard Portfolio Management LLC$5.4BCohen & Steers$5.2BVanguard Capital Management LLC$4.0BState Street$3.7BBlackstone$2.2BGeode Capital Management, LLC$1.7BBank of America$1.6BAPG Asset Management US$1.5B
Funds' net buying of DLR by quarter (13F)Funds' net buying of DLR by quarter (13F)−$240M2024-09−$404M2024-12$700M2025-03$635M2025-06$1.0B2025-09$1.1B2025-12−$548M2026-03$6.8B2026-06
Value of shares 13F filers added minus the value they sold, each quarter (quarters with most filings in).

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