QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (QTS) Dividends
Dividend Yield and Dividend History Highlights
- As for free cash flow, QTS has greater average cash flow over the past 5.76 years than 4.5% US-listed dividend payers.
- If price volatilty is something you're paying attention to when building your dividend portfolio, know that QTS has less fluctuation in its price than 96.94% of stocks we're observing.
- Currently, QTS generates more cash flow over the 12 months prior than 4.28% of US dividend stocks.
- If you want to include this stock in your dividend portfolio, here are some dividend stocks that are NOT correlated with QTS that may be suitable potential portfolio mates: OTIS, EIG, DHR, PCH and SIEB.
QTS Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model
| Current Price | DDM Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $62.64 | $68.98 | 15.78% |
For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. In the case of QTS, the DDM model, as implemented by StockNews, implies a positive return of 15.78% relative to its current price. Digging deeper, the aspects of QTS Realty Trust Inc's dividend discount model that we found most interesting were:
- Beta, a measure of volatility relative to the stock market overall, is lower for QTS Realty Trust Inc than it is for 88.89% of other dividend issuers in the Real Estate sector.
- QTS's market cap of approximately $4 billion makes it a mid-sized market cap company; out of dividend issuers in this group, the investment opportunity based on the difference between its current share price and its forecasted DDM value is greater than 76.83% of them.
- In comparison to its fellow dividend issuing stocks in the Real Estate sector, QTS's equity discount rate is less than 89.44% of those stocks.
QTS Dividend Chart
QTS Dividend History
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QTS Dividends vs. Peers
QTS's dividend yield currently ranks #3 of 7 vs. its peers in the REITs - Data Centers category.
| Rank | Symbol | Name | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IRM | Iron Mountain Incorporated (Delaware) REIT | 5.90% |
| 2 | COR | CoreSite Realty Corporation | 4.22% |
| 3 | QTS | QTS Realty Trust, Inc. | 3.23% |
| 4 | DLR | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 3.12% |
| 5 | CONE | CyrusOne Inc | 2.97% |
| 6 | DFT | Dupont Fabros Technology, Inc. | 2.95% |
| 7 | EQIX | Equinix, Inc. | 1.60% |
Looking for More Information on QTS dividends?
Here are a few links from around the web to help you further your research on QTS Realty Trust Inc and its dividends:QTS Realty Trust Inc Common Stock (QTS) Dividend History | Nasdaq
Dividend History for QTS Realty Trust Inc (QTS) - Dividend Investor
QTS Realty Trust Inc (QTS) Dividend History - Seeking Alpha