Motley Fool Asset Management LLC Acquires New Position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Motley Fool Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund acquired 32,004 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $4,951,000.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% in the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 161 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares in the last quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd grew its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% during the 3rd quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 182 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in Digital Realty Trust during the 3rd quarter worth $34,000. MCF Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 157.4% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 242 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $37,000 after buying an additional 148 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently weighed in on DLR shares. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $196.00 to $224.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $196.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Evercore lifted their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $200.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $230.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Monday, April 27th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $215.89.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 2.1%

DLR opened at $180.97 on Thursday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $191.41 and its 200-day simple moving average is $175.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 1.59. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a twelve month low of $146.23 and a twelve month high of $208.14. The firm has a market cap of $63.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.75, a PEG ratio of 5.02 and a beta of 1.02.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.46. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.73% and a return on equity of 6.05%. The business had revenue of $1.64 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.63 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.77 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.950-8.050 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.05 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a $1.22 dividend. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 128.76%.

Digital Realty Trust Profile

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.