Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Raised to “Strong-Buy” at Sanford C. Bernstein

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) was upgraded by stock analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report issued on Wednesday,Zacks.com reports.

A number of other research analysts also recently commented on DLR. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $188.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Citigroup reduced their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $212.00 to $190.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 6th. HSBC set a $193.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Saturday, November 8th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $193.36.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

Digital Realty Trust stock opened at $180.20 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.59 and a quick ratio of 1.59. The stock has a market cap of $61.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.04 and a beta of 1.12. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $166.85 and a two-hundred day moving average of $166.31. Digital Realty Trust has a 1 year low of $129.95 and a 1 year high of $184.79.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.03. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.41% and a return on equity of 5.88%. The firm had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.58 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.73 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Digital Realty Trust

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. SHP Wealth Management purchased a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the fourth quarter worth about $57,000. Reflection Asset Management acquired a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the 4th quarter worth approximately $51,000. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 32,500.0% during the fourth quarter. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC now owns 326 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $50,000 after buying an additional 325 shares during the last quarter. MV Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the fourth quarter valued at about $38,000. Finally, White Knight Strategic Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 64.1% during the 4th quarter. White Knight Strategic Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,328 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $515,000 after buying an additional 1,300 shares during the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More Digital Realty Trust News

Here are the key news stories impacting Digital Realty Trust this week:

• Positive Sentiment: DLR announced entry into Portugal with acquisition of a Lisbon data center (up to ~2.4 MW IT load) located near major subsea cable landings, strengthening its Southern Europe footprint and connectivity for cloud/AI workloads. Digital Realty Enters Portugal, Strengthening Southern Europe’s Digital Backbone
• Positive Sentiment: DLR acquired Telepoint to enter Bulgaria, adding two Sofia data centers and expanding interconnection reach in Southeast Europe — a move that deepens regional density important for low-latency AI and cross-border traffic. Digital Realty Acquires Telepoint to Enter Bulgaria Market
• Positive Sentiment: Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage with an “Outperform” rating and $218 price target (implying ~21% upside vs. current levels), giving institutional validation to DLR’s growth and strategy. Bernstein Initiation
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple outlets (Zacks, Yahoo/finance rewrites) amplified the Portugal and Bulgaria news, increasing visibility but largely repeating the same strategic expansion details. Zacks Coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Despite the strategic M&A and analyst upgrade, shares declined today on higher-than-average volume. Likely drivers: short-term profit-taking after recent run-up (shares near 52-week high), and investor sensitivity to DLR’s rich valuation metrics (e.g., elevated P/E), which can amplify selling when markets rotate or digest acquisition-related capex. No link

About Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Trust, Inc (NYSE: DLR) is a real estate investment trust that owns, acquires and operates carrier-neutral data centers and provides related colocation and interconnection solutions. The company focuses on large-scale, mission-critical facilities that support the physical infrastructure needs of cloud providers, enterprises, network operators and content companies. Digital Realty’s offerings are designed to enable secure, reliable and highly available IT infrastructure with an emphasis on power density, cooling, and physical security.

Digital Realty’s product set spans wholesale data center space, turnkey build-to-suit facilities, and retail colocation suites, complemented by interconnection services that allow customers to establish private and public connections to networks, cloud on-ramps and other ecosystem partners.