DLRPH.CL.PFD (Digital Realty Trust) Moat Score : 7/10 (As of Jun. 25, 2025)

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What is Digital Realty Trust Moat Score?

Digital Realty Trust has the Moat Score of 7, which implies that the company might have Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages.

Digital Realty Trust has Wide Moat: Digital Realty Trust has a strong market leadership in data centers, benefiting from significant customer switching costs and economies of scale. Its extensive global network and strategic locations provide durable cost advantages and a superior distribution network, supporting its wide moat status.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Digital Realty Trust might have Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages.

Competitive Comparison of Digital Realty Trust's Moat Score

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, Digital Realty Trust's Moat Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Moat Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Digital Realty Trust's Moat Score Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Digital Realty Trust's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

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Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLRpH.CL.PFD) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score	Moat Level
10	Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9	Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7	Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6	Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5	Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4	Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3	No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0	No Moat - No discernible moat

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Digital Realty Trust Business Description

Industry

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Address

2323 Bryan Street, Suite 1800, Dallas, TX, USA, 75201

Website

https://www.digitalrealty.com

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. The company operates as a real estate investment trust.