Crispr Therapeutics AG vs Digital Realty Trust, Inc. — how do they compare? Crispr Therapeutics AG trades at $54.08 (market cap $5.23B), while Digital Realty Trust, Inc. trades at $191.45 (market cap $70.61B). The key difference: Digital Realty Trust, Inc. is far larger — about 13.5× Crispr Therapeutics AG's market cap, and Digital Realty Trust, Inc. pays a 2.56% dividend while Crispr Therapeutics AG pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CRSP | DLR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $5.23B | $70.61B |
Sector | Health | Real Estate |
52-Week High | $76.78 | $203.91 |
52-Week Low | $44.34 | $147.93 |
Enterprise Value | $3.65B | $89.32B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.56% |
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CRISPR Therapeutics is a gene editing company focused on the development of CRISPR/Cas9-based therapeutics. CRISPR/Cas9 stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9), which is a revolutionary technology for precisely altering specific sequences of genomic DNA. The company is focused on using this technology to treat genetically defined diseases. CRISPR's most advanced pipeline candidate, CTX001, is in collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals and targets sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia, which have high unmet medical needs. The company is progressing additional gene editing programs for immuno-oncology, as well as a stem cell-derived therapy for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes.
Read more on CRSP →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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