CDW Corp. vs Digital Realty Trust, Inc. — how do they compare? CDW Corp. trades at $144.5 (market cap $18.44B), while Digital Realty Trust, Inc. trades at $173.11 (market cap $65.83B). The key difference: Digital Realty Trust, Inc. is far larger — about 3.6× CDW Corp.'s market cap, and Digital Realty Trust, Inc. pays the higher dividend (2.74%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CDW | DLR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $18.44B | $65.83B |
Sector | Technology | Real Estate |
52-Week High | $182.18 | $203.91 |
52-Week Low | $99.30 | $147.93 |
Enterprise Value | $23.65B | $83.35B |
Dividend Yield | 1.75% | 2.74% |
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CDW Corp is a value-added reseller operating in the U.S. (95% of sales) and Canada (5%). The company has more than 100,000 products on its line of cards that range from notebooks to data center software. Roughly half of CDW's revenue comes from midsize and large businesses, with the remaining from small businesses, government agencies, education institutions, and health-care organizations.
Read more on CDW →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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