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Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) Q3 2026 Earnings: Guidance Mixed

Q3 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026): revenue, EPS and full-year guidance from the SEC filing

Published Nov 5, 2026

TL;DR

  • Digital Realty Trust, Inc.: mixed; revenue +20.6% vs a year earlier.

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.'s results for Q3 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026) come from the company's own earnings release, filed with the SEC on 2026-10-29. Everything below is taken from that filing; quotes are copied exactly. Company outlooks are the company's own.

At a glance

ItemValue
Revenue (GAAP)$1,902 million (+20.6% vs a year earlier)
Diluted EPS (GAAP)$0.48
Adjusted per-share figure (company's non-GAAP measure; FFO/AFFO for REITs)$2.10
Full-year guidanceMixed

Guidance

Digital Realty raised 2026 Core FFO/share outlook to $8.30–8.35 and revenue to $7.050–7.125 billion; GAAP net income/share outlook cut to $2.90–2.95.

Why this label: Raised Core FFO/share and revenue outlook, but outlook table cuts GAAP net income per diluted share to $2.90-2.95 from $3.10-3.15 (Jul 23 column).

MetricPeriodNewPrior (as stated in the release)
Core FFO per share (excluding net promote)FY2026$8.30–8.35$8.15–8.20
Constant-Currency Core FFO per share (excluding net promote)FY2026$8.25–8.30$8.10–8.15
total revenue (excluding promote income)FY2026$7.050–7.125 billion$6.850–6.950 billion
Adjusted EBITDAFY2026$3.800–3.850 billion$3.750–3.850 billion
Nareit FFO per shareFY2026$8.55–8.60$8.40–8.45
net income per diluted share (GAAP)FY2026$2.90–2.95$3.10–3.15

From the release

Revenue: "Total operating revenues · ​ · ​ · $1,902,418 · ​ · ​ · $1,924,040 · ​ · ​ · $1,635,173 · ​ · ​ · $1,634,671 · ​ · ​ · $1,577,234"

Earnings per share: "Reported net income available to common stockholders of $0.48 per share in 3Q26, compared to $0.15 in 3Q25"

Core FFO per share (excluding net promote): "Core Funds From Operations / share (excluding net promote) · ​ · $7.90 - $8.00 · ​ · $8.00 - $8.10 · ​ · $8.15 - $8.20 · ​ · $8.30 - $8.35"

Constant-Currency Core FFO per share (excluding net promote): "Constant-Currency Core FFO / share (excluding net promote) · ​ · $7.90 - $8.00 · ​ · $7.95 - $8.05 · ​ · $8.10 - $8.15 · ​ · $8.25 - $8.30"

total revenue (excluding promote income): "Total revenue (excluding promote income) · ​ · $6.600 - $6.700 billion · ​ · $6.650 - $6.750 billion · ​ · $6.850 - $6.950 billion · $7.050 - $7.125 billion"

Quotes are copied from the filing; in table rows, cell borders are shown as “·”.

Key fact: Raised 2026 Core FFO/share outlook to $8.30–$8.35; record $627 million bookings at its share.

Source

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. earnings release (SEC filing), accession 0001104659-26-120212, filed 2026-10-29.

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