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Digital Realty Trust (Digital Realty Trust) Cash Flow from Operations

: $1,635 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)
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Cash flow from operations refers to the cash brought in through a company's normal business operations. It is the cash flow before any investment or financing activities. It is the cash version of net income.

For the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Digital Realty Trust's Net Income From Continuing Operations was $20 Mil. Its Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization was $420 Mil. Its Change In Working Capital was $-49 Mil. Its cash flow from deferred tax was $0 Mil. Its Cash from Discontinued Operating Activities was $0 Mil. Its Asset Impairment Charge was $0 Mil. Its Stock Based Compensation was $26 Mil. And its Cash Flow from Others was $45 Mil. In all, Digital Realty Trust's Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $462 Mil.


Digital Realty Trust Cash Flow from Operations Historical Data

The historical data trend for Digital Realty Trust's Cash Flow from Operations can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Digital Realty Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Flow from Operations
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,513.82 1,706.54 1,702.23 1,659.39 1,634.78

Digital Realty Trust Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash Flow from Operations Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 456.42 349.73 464.39 358.36 462.31

Digital Realty Trust Cash Flow from Operations Calculation

Cash flow from operations refers to the cash brought in through a company's normal business operations. It is the cash flow before any investment or financing activities. It is the cash version of net income.

Digital Realty Trust's Cash Flow from Operations for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Digital Realty Trust's Cash Flow from Operations for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is:


Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,635 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Digital Realty Trust  (NYSE:DLR) Cash Flow from Operations Explanation

For companies reported in indirect method, cash flow from operations contains six items:

1. Net Income From Continuing Operations:
Net Income From Continuing Operations indicates the net income that a firm brings in from ongoing business activities. These activities are expected to continue into the next reporting period. It excludes extraordinary items, income from the cumulative effects of accounting changes, non-recurring items, income from tax loss carry forward, and preferred dividends.

Digital Realty Trust's net income from continuing operations for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $20 Mil.

2. Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization:
Depreciation is a present expense that accounts for the past cost of an asset that is now providing benefits.
Depletion and amortization are synonyms for depreciation.
Generally:
The term depreciation is used when discussing man made tangible assets
The term depletion is used when discussing natural tangible assets
The term amortization is used when discussing intangible assets

Digital Realty Trust's depreciation, depletion and amortization for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $420 Mil.

3. Change In Working Capital:
Working Capital is a measure of a company's short term liquidity or its ability to cover short term liabilities. It is defined as the difference between a company's current assets and current liabilities. Changes in Working Capital is reported in the cash flow statement since it is one of the major ways in which net income can differ from operating cash flow.

Digital Realty Trust's change in working capital for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-49 Mil. It means Digital Realty Trust's working capital declined by $49 Mil from Sep. 2023 to Dec. 2023 .

4. Deferred Tax:
It is the cash flow generated from deferred tax.

Digital Realty Trust's cash flow from deferred tax for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil.

5. Cash from Discontinued Operating Activities:
Net cash from all of the entity's discontinued operating activities.

Digital Realty Trust's cash from discontinued operating Activities for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil.

6. Asset Impairment Charge:
It is the charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of all assets from their carrying value to their fair value.

Digital Realty Trust's asset impairment charge for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil.

7. Stock Based Compensation:
It is a way corporations use stock options to reward employees. It provides executives and employees the opportunity to share in the growth of the company and, if structured properly, can align their interests with the interests of the company's shareholders and investors, without burning the company's cash on hand.

Digital Realty Trust's stock based compensation for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $26 Mil.

8. Cash Flow from Others:
These are cash differences caused by the change of inventory, accounts payable, accounts receivable etc. For instance, if a company pays its suppliers slower, its cash position will build up faster. If a company receives payments from its customers slower, its account receivables will rise, and its cash position will grow more slowly (or even shrink).

Digital Realty Trust's cash flow from others for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $45 Mil.


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Digital Realty Trust (Digital Realty Trust) Business Description

Address
5707 Southwest Parkway, Building 1, Suite 275, Austin, TX, USA, 78735
Digital Realty owns and operates over 300 data centers worldwide. It has nearly 40 million rentable square feet across five continents. Digital's offerings range from retail co-location, where an enterprise may rent a single cabinet and rely on Digital to provide all the accommodations, to "cold shells," where hyperscale cloud service providers can simply rent much, or all, of a barren, power-connected building. In recent years, Digital Realty has de-emphasized cold shells and now primarily provides higher-level service to tenants, which outsource their related IT needs to Digital. Digital Realty has also moved more into the co-location business, increasingly serving enterprises and facilitating network and cloud connections. Digital Realty operates as a real estate investment trust.
Executives
Cindy Fiedelman officer: Chief Human Resources Officer FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200, SAN FRANCISCO X1 94111
Peter C. Olson officer: Chief Accounting Officer 5707 SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, BUILDING 1, SUITE 275, AUSTIN TX 78735
Mandeville Jean F H P director C/O INTERXION, SCORPIUS 30, HOOFDDORP P7 2132 LR
Dyer Corey officer: EVP, Global Sales & Marketing FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Christopher Sharp officer: Chief Technology Officer FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Jeannie Lee officer: EVP, General Counsel 5707 SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, BUILDING 1, SUITE 275, AUSTIN TX 78735
A William Stein officer: CFO And CIO DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC., FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
David C Ruberg officer: MANAGING DIRECTOR, EUROPE 16057 TAMPA PALMS BLVD WEST, #405, TAMPA FL 33647
Kevin Kennedy director
William G Laperch director 360 HAMILTON AVE, C/O ABOVENET INC, WHITE PLAINS NY 10601
Joshua Ananda Mills officer: General Counsel C/O KKR & CO. INC., 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Camilla A. Harris officer: Principal Accounting Officer 8020 PARK LANE, DALLAS TX 75231
Andrew Power officer: Chief Financial Officer FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Michael A Coke director TERRENO REALTY CORPORATION, 101 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Matt Mercier officer: SVP, Finance and Accounting FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111