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DLR vs MPW

Side-by-side comparison of Digital Realty Trust Inc. (DLR) and Medical Properties Trust Inc. (MPW): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both DLR and MPW operate in Real Estate Investment Trusts (Real Estate), so they compete in similar markets.
  • DLR is the larger of the two at $65.64B, about 4.9x MPW ($13.27B).
  • Over the past year, DLR is up 5.7% and MPW is up 11.5% - MPW leads by 5.8 points.
  • DLR has hit the wire 14 times in the past 4 weeks while MPW has been quiet.
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceDLR+8.88%MPW+11.53%
2025-10-13+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricDLRMPW
Company
Digital Realty Trust Inc.
Medical Properties Trust Inc.
Price
$186.79-1.11%
$5.03-0.40%
Market cap
$65.64B
$13.27B
1M return
-6.39%
-0.69%
1Y return
+5.74%
+11.53%
Industry
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2004
2005
News (4w)
14
0
Recent ratings
25
25
DLR

Digital Realty Trust Inc.

Digital Realty supports the world's leading enterprises and service providers by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITALR, the company's global data center platform, provides customers a trusted foundation and proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture PDxTM solution methodology for scaling digital business and efficiently managing data gravity challenges. Digital Realty's global data center footprint gives customers access to the connected communities that matter to them with more than 284 facilities in 48 metros across 23 countries on six continents.

MPW

Medical Properties Trust Inc.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. is a self-advised real estate investment trust formed in 2003 to acquire and develop net-leased hospital facilities. From its inception in Birmingham, Alabama, the Company has grown to become one of the world's largest owners of hospitals with 431 facilities and roughly 43,000 licensed beds in nine countries and across four continents on a pro forma basis. MPT's financing model facilitates acquisitions and recapitalizations and allows operators of hospitals to unlock the value of their real estate assets to fund facility improvements, technology upgrades and other investments in operations.

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