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DLR vs EQR

Side-by-side comparison of Digital Realty Trust Inc. (DLR) and Equity Residential (EQR): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both DLR and EQR operate in Real Estate Investment Trusts (Real Estate), so they compete in similar markets.
  • DLR is the larger of the two at $70.12B, about 2.9x EQR ($24.50B).
  • Over the past year, DLR is up 24.2% and EQR is down 7.4% - DLR leads by 31.5 points.
  • DLR has been more active in the news (9 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for EQR).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceDLR+24.18%EQR-7.35%
2025-05-01+0.00%2026-04-30
MetricDLREQR
Company
Digital Realty Trust Inc.
Equity Residential
Price
-
-
Market cap
$70.12B
$24.50B
1M return
+11.51%
+10.51%
1Y return
+24.18%
-7.35%
Industry
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2004
News (4w)
9
5
Recent ratings
25
25
DLR

Digital Realty Trust Inc.

Digital Realty supports the world's leading enterprises and service providers by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITALR, the company's global data center platform, provides customers a trusted foundation and proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture PDxTM solution methodology for scaling digital business and efficiently managing data gravity challenges. Digital Realty's global data center footprint gives customers access to the connected communities that matter to them with more than 284 facilities in 48 metros across 23 countries on six continents.

EQR

Equity Residential

Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people thrive. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, is focused on the acquisition, development and management of residential properties located in and around dynamic cities that attract high quality long-term renters. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 305 properties consisting of 78,568 apartment units, located in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco, Southern California and Denver.

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