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Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, co-location and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges.

It is set to report its Q4 2024 earnings on Feb. 13, 2025. Wall Street analysts expect the company to post an EPS of $1.70, up from $1.63 in the year-ago period. According to Benzinga Pro, quarterly revenue is expected to reach $1.45 billion, up from $1.37 billion in the previous year.

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If You Bought Digital Realty Trust Stock 10 Years Ago

The company's stock traded at approximately $68.55 per share 10 years ago. If you had invested $10,000, you could have bought roughly 146 shares. Currently, shares trade at $187.27, meaning your investment's value could have grown to $27,319 from stock price appreciation alone. However, Digital Realty Trust also paid dividends during these 10 years.

Digital Realty Trust's dividend yield is currently 2.61%. Over the last 10 years, it has paid about $43.59 in dividends per share, which means you could have made $6,359 from dividends alone.

Summing up $27,319 and $6,359, we end up with the final value of your investment, which is $33,678. This is how much you could have made if you had invested $10,000 in Digital Realty Trust stock 10 years ago. This means a total return of 236.78%. The S&P 500 total return for the same period was 227.44%.

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What Could The Next 10 Years Bring?

Digital Realty Trust has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a price target of $162.78 based on the ratings of 25 analysts. The price target implies a potential downside of around 13% from the current stock price.

On Oct. 24, the company announced its Q3 2024 earnings, posting an FFO of $1.67, above the consensus estimate of $1.66 and revenues of $1.43 billion, matching expectations, as reported by Benzinga.