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Opinions Mike S. Newton, CIM FCSI
Digital Realty TrustDLRTOP PICKDec 05, 2017
Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 18, 2026. Market Open.
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DLR is a fundamentally strong REIT, with expanding net profit margins and ROE, and it generates good free cash flows. Its yield is attractive, although its Funds From Operations (FFO) to debt have been declining over the past few years, indicating its debt levels have increased at a faster rate than FFO. It trades at a high valuation, but this can be justified given its strong fundamentals. Given a potential peak in interest rates, the underlying secular trend growth in the data center industry, and its strong fundamentals, we would be comfortable holding or adding slowly to this name.
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The chart shows a nice uptrend since late May, and coming after a 2-year downtrend before peaking at $180. It's a recovery story. Is there enough interest for this to break above $120 to $140? Watch weekly closes, rather than daily closes, because there are five data points in a week.
Varun Anand
(A Top Pick Dec 06/19, Up 22%) Carrier-neutral data centre. Now prefers Equinix. 12-month price target of $165.50, so there's still some runway.
Kim BoltonEquinix vs. Digital Realty They're both the largest US data centres. Equinix focuses on interconnection and co-location, housing thousands of businesses within the same business centre. Digital Realty focuses on hyperscale, which provides buildings and server racks for megacaps like Google. The latter business has fewer barriers to entry and is far more competitive with less pricing power. He prefers Equinix's model.
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The world is using an increasing amount of technology with Cloud spaced server space. This company bought a data Centre for about $4 billion recently, which gave them access to a lot of European property, a nice added bonus. Has about 150 data centres globally, and some of the biggest names in the S&P 500. To move this beyond just being a commodity of acreage of data farms, they are adding a level of IT consulting, which have higher margins. Has an effective tax rate of only 3%, so are not getting a lot of love in the last couple of days. Under this pressure, the shares represent a pretty good buying opportunity. Dividend yield of 3.4%. (Analysts’ price target is $127.)