Alcon AG vs Digital Realty Trust, Inc. — how do they compare? Alcon AG trades at $74.19 (market cap $36.44B), while Digital Realty Trust, Inc. trades at $191.45 (market cap $70.61B). The key difference: Digital Realty Trust, Inc. is the larger of the two by market cap, and Digital Realty Trust, Inc. pays the higher dividend (2.56%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ALC | DLR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $36.44B | $70.61B |
Sector | Health | Real Estate |
52-Week High | $90.12 | $203.91 |
52-Week Low | $62.02 | $147.93 |
Enterprise Value | $40.28B | $89.32B |
Dividend Yield | 0.48% | 2.56% |
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Alcon, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is the global eyecare leader with a diverse portfolio in ophthalmology including contact lenses, eye drops, surgical equipment, and related surgical products. Novartis purchased Alcon from Nestle in 2010 and, following nine years as a Novartis subsidiary, the company was spun off as a public company in April 2019. The company reports five distinct segments: implantables (16% of revenue), consumables (31%), equipment (9%), contact lenses (27%), and ocular health (17%). The company is geographically diversified, with only about 40% of revenue from the U.S. market, and the firm has a strong presence in the European Union and Japan.
Read more on ALC →Digital Realty owns and operates nearly 300 data centers worldwide. It has more than 35 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 connections. Digital Realty operates as a real estate investment trust.
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