DLR Digital Realty Trust, Inc. — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns, acquires, develops, and operates data centers through its operating partnership subsidiary, Digital Realty Trust, L.P. The company is focused on providing data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions for domestic and international customers across a variety of industry verticals ranging from cloud and information technology services, communications and social networking to financial services, manufacturing, energy, healthcare, and consumer products. As of March 31, 2026, the company's 309 data centers, including 89 data centers held as investments in unconsolidated entities, contain applications and operations critical to the day-to-day operations of technology industry and corporate enterprise data center customers. Digital Realty's portfolio is comprised of approximately 3.0 gigawatts of IT capacity, as well as approximately 6.3 gigawatts of buildable IT capacity under active development and held for future development, located throughout North America, Europe, South America, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. was established and incorporated on March 09, 2004 in Maryland and is based in Austin, Texas.
Dividend Snapshot
Key Metrics
Current Yield
2.59%
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.Annualized Dividend
$4.8800
The most recent payment scaled to a full year by how often it's paid. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00.Frequency
Q Quarterly
How often the dividend is paid: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.Rank Score
46.5
Our 0-100 house score blending yield, payout safety, growth and momentum. Higher means a stronger profile on those factors in our model — a research score, not advice or a recommendation to buy.RSI (14)
49
Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.52-Week Range
$147.93 – $203.91
The lowest and highest price over the past year — shows where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio
132.09% (EPS-based)
The share of GAAP earnings paid out as dividends. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earns. It shows n/a for BDCs, REITs and funds, which pay out of cash flow / net investment income rather than GAAP earnings, so this ratio doesn't apply.Years Paying
21
How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.Price / Book
2.32
Price-to-book ratio: share price divided by book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.S.A.F.E. Dividend Read
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)
DLR's dividend yield rose from 2.56% to 2.59% over the past ~90 days (+0.03 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and +0.03 pp from the share price ($190.45 → $188.58). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.
Yield vs Its Own History
Across 333 daily observations over the past 16 months, DLR's current yield is higher than approximately 20% of them. Our stored price history for DLR covers the past 16 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.
Adjusted Price History
Dividend History
Dividend Payment History
Ex-dividend calendar →| Amount | Type | Declared | Ex-Date | Record | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Aug 11, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | May 12, 2026 | Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Feb 19, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Nov 03, 2025 | Dec 15, 2025 | Dec 15, 2025 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Aug 11, 2025 | Sep 15, 2025 | Sep 15, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | May 29, 2025 | Jun 13, 2025 | Jun 13, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Feb 26, 2025 | Mar 14, 2025 | Mar 14, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Nov 04, 2024 | Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 13, 2024 | Jan 17, 2025 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Aug 07, 2024 | Sep 13, 2024 | Sep 13, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | May 08, 2024 | Jun 14, 2024 | Jun 14, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Feb 28, 2024 | Mar 14, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Nov 28, 2023 | Dec 14, 2023 | Dec 15, 2023 | Jan 19, 2024 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Aug 09, 2023 | Sep 14, 2023 | Sep 15, 2023 | Sep 29, 2023 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | May 24, 2023 | Jun 14, 2023 | Jun 15, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Feb 22, 2023 | Mar 14, 2023 | Mar 15, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Nov 29, 2022 | Dec 14, 2022 | Dec 15, 2022 | Jan 13, 2023 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Aug 17, 2022 | Sep 14, 2022 | Sep 15, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | May 24, 2022 | Jun 14, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 |
| $1.2200 Q | Regular | Mar 03, 2022 | Mar 14, 2022 | Mar 15, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 |
| $1.1600 Q | Regular | Nov 18, 2021 | Dec 14, 2021 | Dec 15, 2021 | Jan 14, 2022 |
| $1.1600 Q | Regular | Aug 11, 2021 | Sep 14, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 |
| $1.1600 Q | Regular | May 10, 2021 | Jun 14, 2021 | Jun 15, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 |
| $1.1600 Q | Regular | Feb 25, 2021 | Mar 12, 2021 | Mar 15, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 |
| $1.1200 Q | Regular | Nov 10, 2020 | Dec 14, 2020 | Dec 15, 2020 | Jan 15, 2021 |
| $1.1200 Q | Regular | Aug 11, 2020 | Sep 14, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 |
| $1.1200 Q | Regular | May 12, 2020 | Jun 12, 2020 | Jun 15, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 |
| $1.1200 Q | Regular | Feb 27, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | Mar 17, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 |
| $1.0800 Q | Regular | Nov 19, 2019 | Dec 12, 2019 | Dec 13, 2019 | Jan 15, 2020 |
| $1.0800 Q | Regular | Aug 13, 2019 | Sep 12, 2019 | Sep 13, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 |
| $1.0800 Q | Regular | May 13, 2019 | Jun 13, 2019 | Jun 14, 2019 | Jun 28, 2019 |
| $1.0800 Q | Regular | Feb 21, 2019 | Mar 14, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 | Mar 29, 2019 |
| $1.0100 Q | Regular | Nov 12, 2018 | Dec 13, 2018 | Dec 14, 2018 | Jan 15, 2019 |
| $1.0100 Q | Regular | Aug 14, 2018 | Sep 13, 2018 | Sep 14, 2018 | Sep 28, 2018 |
| $1.0100 Q | Regular | May 08, 2018 | Jun 14, 2018 | Jun 15, 2018 | Jun 29, 2018 |
| $1.0100 Q | Regular | Mar 01, 2018 | Mar 14, 2018 | Mar 15, 2018 | Mar 30, 2018 |
| $0.9300 Q | Regular | Nov 03, 2017 | Dec 14, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 | Jan 12, 2018 |
| $0.9300 Q | Regular | Aug 07, 2017 | Sep 14, 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 | Sep 29, 2017 |
| $0.9300 Q | Regular | May 09, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 | Jun 15, 2017 | Jun 30, 2017 |
| $0.9300 Q | Regular | Mar 01, 2017 | Mar 13, 2017 | Mar 15, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 |
| $0.8800 Q | Regular | Nov 09, 2016 | Dec 13, 2016 | Dec 15, 2016 | Jan 13, 2017 |
| $0.8800 Q | Regular | Aug 10, 2016 | Sep 13, 2016 | Sep 15, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 |
| $0.8800 Q | Regular | May 11, 2016 | Jun 13, 2016 | Jun 15, 2016 | Jun 30, 2016 |
| $0.8800 Q | Regular | Feb 17, 2016 | Mar 11, 2016 | Mar 15, 2016 | Mar 31, 2016 |
| $0.8500 Q | Regular | Nov 12, 2015 | Dec 11, 2015 | Dec 15, 2015 | Jan 15, 2016 |
| $0.8500 Q | Regular | Aug 11, 2015 | Sep 11, 2015 | Sep 15, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 |
| $0.8500 Q | Regular | May 13, 2015 | Jun 11, 2015 | Jun 15, 2015 | Jun 30, 2015 |
| $0.8500 Q | Regular | Feb 26, 2015 | Mar 11, 2015 | Mar 13, 2015 | Mar 31, 2015 |
| $0.8300 Q | Regular | Nov 04, 2014 | Dec 11, 2014 | Dec 15, 2014 | Jan 15, 2015 |
| $0.8300 Q | Regular | Jul 21, 2014 | Sep 11, 2014 | Sep 15, 2014 | Sep 30, 2014 |
| $0.8300 Q | Regular | Apr 29, 2014 | Jun 11, 2014 | Jun 13, 2014 | Jun 30, 2014 |
| $0.8300 Q | Regular | Feb 11, 2014 | Mar 12, 2014 | Mar 14, 2014 | Mar 31, 2014 |
| $0.7800 Q | Regular | Oct 22, 2013 | Dec 11, 2013 | Dec 13, 2013 | Jan 15, 2014 |
| $0.7800 Q | Regular | Jul 23, 2013 | Sep 11, 2013 | Sep 13, 2013 | Sep 30, 2013 |
| $0.7800 Q | Regular | May 01, 2013 | Jun 12, 2013 | Jun 14, 2013 | Jun 28, 2013 |
| $0.7800 Q | Regular | Feb 12, 2013 | Mar 13, 2013 | Mar 15, 2013 | Mar 29, 2013 |
| $0.7300 Q | Regular | Oct 30, 2012 | Dec 12, 2012 | Dec 14, 2012 | Jan 15, 2013 |
| $0.7300 Q | Regular | Jul 20, 2012 | Sep 12, 2012 | Sep 14, 2012 | Sep 28, 2012 |
| $0.7300 Q | Regular | Apr 25, 2012 | Jun 13, 2012 | Jun 15, 2012 | Jun 29, 2012 |
| $0.7300 Q | Regular | Feb 15, 2012 | Mar 13, 2012 | Mar 15, 2012 | Mar 30, 2012 |
| $0.6800 Q | Regular | Oct 25, 2011 | Dec 13, 2011 | Dec 15, 2011 | Jan 13, 2012 |
| $0.6800 Q | Regular | Jul 26, 2011 | Sep 13, 2011 | Sep 15, 2011 | Sep 30, 2011 |
| $0.6800 Q | Regular | Apr 26, 2011 | Jun 13, 2011 | Jun 15, 2011 | Jun 30, 2011 |
| $0.6800 Q | Regular | Feb 11, 2011 | Mar 11, 2011 | Mar 15, 2011 | Mar 31, 2011 |
| $0.5300 Q | Regular | Nov 03, 2010 | Dec 13, 2010 | Dec 15, 2010 | Jan 14, 2011 |
| $0.5300 Q | Regular | Jul 20, 2010 | Sep 13, 2010 | Sep 15, 2010 | Sep 30, 2010 |
| $0.4800 Q | Regular | Apr 28, 2010 | Jun 11, 2010 | Jun 15, 2010 | Jun 30, 2010 |
| $0.4800 Q | Regular | Feb 25, 2010 | Mar 11, 2010 | Mar 15, 2010 | Mar 31, 2010 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Oct 28, 2009 | Dec 11, 2009 | Dec 15, 2009 | Jan 15, 2010 |
| $0.3600 Q | Regular | Jul 29, 2009 | Sep 11, 2009 | Sep 15, 2009 | Sep 30, 2009 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | Apr 28, 2009 | Jun 11, 2009 | Jun 15, 2009 | Jun 30, 2009 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | Feb 24, 2009 | Mar 12, 2009 | Mar 16, 2009 | Mar 31, 2009 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 2008 | Dec 11, 2008 | Dec 15, 2008 | Jan 07, 2009 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Aug 04, 2008 | Sep 11, 2008 | Sep 15, 2008 | Sep 30, 2008 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | May 06, 2008 | Jun 12, 2008 | Jun 16, 2008 | Jun 30, 2008 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Feb 25, 2008 | Mar 13, 2008 | Mar 17, 2008 | Mar 31, 2008 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Nov 01, 2007 | Dec 27, 2007 | Dec 31, 2007 | Jan 14, 2008 |
| $0.2863 Q | Regular | Aug 01, 2007 | Sep 13, 2007 | Sep 17, 2007 | Oct 01, 2007 |
| $0.2863 Q | Regular | May 02, 2007 | Jun 13, 2007 | Jun 15, 2007 | Jul 02, 2007 |
| $0.2863 Q | Regular | Feb 16, 2007 | Mar 13, 2007 | Mar 15, 2007 | Apr 02, 2007 |
| $0.2863 Q | Regular | Nov 01, 2006 | Dec 27, 2006 | Dec 29, 2006 | Jan 15, 2007 |
| $0.2650 Q | Regular | Aug 02, 2006 | Sep 13, 2006 | Sep 15, 2006 | Oct 02, 2006 |
| $0.2650 Q | Regular | May 02, 2006 | Jun 13, 2006 | Jun 15, 2006 | Jun 30, 2006 |
| $0.2650 Q | Regular | Feb 28, 2006 | Mar 13, 2006 | Mar 15, 2006 | Mar 31, 2006 |
| $0.2650 Q | Regular | Nov 09, 2005 | Dec 28, 2005 | Dec 30, 2005 | Jan 13, 2006 |
| $0.2437 Q | Regular | Aug 09, 2005 | Sep 13, 2005 | Sep 15, 2005 | Sep 30, 2005 |
| $0.2437 Q | Regular | May 10, 2005 | Jun 13, 2005 | Jun 15, 2005 | Jun 30, 2005 |
| $0.2437 Q | Regular | Feb 16, 2005 | Mar 11, 2005 | Mar 15, 2005 | Mar 31, 2005 |
| $0.1563 Q | Regular | Dec 14, 2004 | Dec 29, 2004 | Dec 31, 2004 | Jan 14, 2005 |
Peer Comparison
Selected REIT - Specialty dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.
| Ticker | Name | Yield | 5-Yr Growth | Streak | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFCG | Advanced Flower Capital Inc. | 5.63% | - | 0 yrs | 59 |
| FPI | Farmland Partners Inc. | 3.36% | 17.1% | 0 yrs | 57 |
| IRM | Iron Mountain Incorporated | 3.00% | 5.4% | 3 yrs | 56 |
| SBAC | SBA Communications Corporation | 2.70% | 19.0% | 6 yrs | 54 |
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DLR dividend — frequently asked questions
Does Digital Realty Trust, Inc. pay a dividend?
Yes. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $4.88 per share, a yield of approximately 2.59%.
What is Digital Realty Trust, Inc.'s dividend yield?
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.'s dividend yield is approximately 2.59%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does Digital Realty Trust, Inc. pay dividends?
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. pays dividends quarterly — 4 times per year.
When is Digital Realty Trust, Inc.'s next ex-dividend date?
The next ex-dividend date on record for Digital Realty Trust, Inc. is September 15, 2026. The associated payment is $1.2200 per share; you must own the shares before the ex-dividend date to receive it.
How long has Digital Realty Trust, Inc. paid dividends?
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has 21 years of dividend payments on record.
Data updated Sep 13, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.