How Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Makes Money: A Visual Guide
Digital Realty Trust (DLR) generated $6.19B in revenue (TTM through Q4 2025), earning $1.31B in net profit (21.1% margin). Its largest revenue source is Rental And Other Services (97.6% of revenue). Below is an interactive breakdown of how revenue flows through the income statement.
Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Income Statement Flow
Frequently asked questions
How does Digital Realty Trust (DLR) make money?
- Digital Realty Trust (DLR) primarily makes money through Rental And Other Services, which accounts for 97.6% of total revenue. For TTM through Q4 2025, Digital Realty Trust generated $6.19B in total revenue with a net profit margin of 21.1%.
What is Digital Realty Trust (DLR) gross profit margin?
- Digital Realty Trust (DLR) reported a gross profit margin of 40% for TTM through Q4 2025, equivalent to $2.48B in gross profit. This means Digital Realty Trust retains 40% of each revenue unit after direct costs of production.
What is Digital Realty Trust (DLR) operating profit margin?
- Digital Realty Trust (DLR) reported an operating profit margin of 13.7% for TTM through Q4 2025, equivalent to $850.85M in operating profit. This reflects profitability after operating expenses such as R&D, sales, and administration, but before taxes and non-operating items.
What is Digital Realty Trust (DLR) net profit margin?
- Digital Realty Trust (DLR) reported a net profit margin of 21.1% for TTM through Q4 2025, equivalent to $1.31B in net profit. This is the share of revenue that remains as profit after all expenses, taxes, and non-operating items.
How much does Digital Realty Trust (DLR) spend on capital expenditures?
- Digital Realty Trust (DLR) spent $2.18B on capital expenditures in TTM through Q4 2025 (35.2% of total revenue). Capital expenditures represent investments in physical assets such as property, equipment, and infrastructure.
What is Digital Realty Trust (DLR) free cash flow?
- Digital Realty Trust (DLR) generated $233.12M in free cash flow for TTM through Q4 2025 (3.8% of total revenue). Free cash flow is the cash remaining after capital expenditures and represents the company's ability to fund growth, pay dividends, or reduce debt.
What is Digital Realty Trust (DLR) effective tax rate?
- Digital Realty Trust (DLR) had an effective tax rate of 2.3% for TTM through Q4 2025. This is the actual percentage of pre-tax income paid as income taxes.
About this data
- What is a Sankey diagram?
- A Sankey diagram shows how money flows through a company from revenue to net profit. The width of each flow represents its proportion.
- How is the data calculated?
- We use the income statement from company filings. For TTM (Trailing Twelve Months), we sum the last four quarters. Revenue flows to cost of revenue and gross profit, then to operating expenses (R&D, S&M, G&A) and operating profit.
- When was this data last updated?
- Based on company filings through TTM through Q4 2025.