Digital Realty Trust, Inc. vs Global Payments Inc — how do they compare? Digital Realty Trust, Inc. trades at $191.45 (market cap $70.61B), while Global Payments Inc trades at $85.46 (market cap $22.72B). The key difference: Digital Realty Trust, Inc. is far larger — about 3.1× Global Payments Inc's market cap, and Digital Realty Trust, Inc. pays the higher dividend (2.56%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| DLR | GPN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $70.61B | $22.72B |
Sector | Real Estate | Industrials |
52-Week High | $203.91 | $90.01 |
52-Week Low | $147.93 | $62.47 |
Enterprise Value | $89.32B | $40.87B |
Dividend Yield | 2.56% | 1.16% |
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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.
Read more on DLR →Global Payments is a leading provider of payment processing and software solutions and focuses on serving small and midsize merchants. The company operates in 30 countries and generates about one fourth of its revenue from outside North America, primarily in Europe and Asia. In 2019, Global Payments merged with Total System Services in an all-stock deal that gave Total System Services shareholders 48% of the combined company's shares.
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