Digital Realty Trust, Inc. · DLR · FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026

Digital Realty reports record leasing and raises FY2026 FFO outlook

Digital Realty's Q3 analysis supports a constructive operating narrative: AI, cloud and interconnection demand are driving leasing, backlog growth and expansion plans. The main counterweights are execution, capital costs and community or regulatory scrutiny around data-center development.

Reported After market closeNYSEReal Estate $67.86B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.48 Consensus $0.52
EPS surprise -8.4% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $1.90B Consensus $1.75B
Revenue surprise +8.5% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move -3.0% Event window
SPY move -1.2% Same window
Abnormal move -1.9% Stock minus SPY
Volume 0.3× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift 0.0% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior quarter, the leasing backlog increased from $1.9 billion to $2.5 billion, management raised the FY2026 core FFO outlook, and the company added a $1.4 billion perpetual-capital initiative, Columbia Capital and a Turkey joint venture to its growth platform.

Guidance delta

Management raised FY2026 core FFO guidance by almost 2%, indicating a 13% growth target.

Key takeaways

  • Record leasing produced an $855 million total leasing book and lifted backlog 30% sequentially to $2.5 billion.
  • AI, cloud and interconnection demand supported both 0–1 MW and greater-than-1 MW segments.
  • A new perpetual private-capital strategy secured $1.4 billion of cornerstone equity commitments.

Management priorities

  • Scale the perpetual private-capital vehicle with additional cornerstone closings.
  • Expand connectivity-rich environments and AI-ready infrastructure globally.
  • Continue inorganic growth across colocation, hyperscale and private capital.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
DLR REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $1B Q4 '23 actual $1B, miss Q1 '24 estimate $1B Q1 '24 actual $1B, miss Q2 '24 estimate $1B Q2 '24 actual $1B, miss Q3 '24 estimate $1B Q3 '24 actual $1B, miss Q2 '25 estimate $2B Q2 '25 actual $1B, miss Q3 '25 estimate $2B Q3 '25 actual $2B, match Q4 '25 estimate $2B Q4 '25 actual $2B, beat Q1 '26 estimate $2B Q1 '26 actual $2B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $2B Q2 '26 actual $2B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $2B Q3 '26 actual $2B, beat Q4 '26 estimate $2B Q1 '27 estimate $2B Q2 '27 estimate $2B Q3 '27 estimate $2B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy47 ratings
Bullish3472.4%
Neutral1225.5%
Bearish12.1%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$178.83Current
$81Low
$188.38Average
$240High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 30, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
BTIG Buy BuyMaintainSep 10, 2026
Evercore ISI Group Outperform OutperformMaintainAug 18, 2026
HSBC Buy HoldUpgradeAug 14, 2026
Argus Research Buy HoldUpgradeAug 5, 2026
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainJul 30, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $178.83. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Redburn PartnersAnalyst unavailable$227$182.12 +26.9%Sep 21, 2026
BTIGAnalyst unavailable$220$189.08 +23.0%Sep 10, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$240$198.08 +34.2%Aug 18, 2026
HSBCAnalyst unavailable$240$197.58 +34.2%Aug 13, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$223$193.8 +24.7%Aug 10, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

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.…

Historical context

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Real Estate peers this season

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DLR-PJ Digital Realty Trust, Inc. FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026 -8.4% — Digital Realty Raises FFO Guidance as Leasing and Backlog Reach Records
KIM Kimco Realty Corporation FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026 +101.6% +4.4% Kimco raises 2026 outlook as occupancy and lease spreads strengthen

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  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-10-30T14:09:29.585539+00:00
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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-30. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.