13,402 Shares in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Purchased by Frisco Financial Planning LLC

Frisco Financial Planning LLC bought a new stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 13,402 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $2,352,000. Digital Realty Trust makes up about 1.9% of Frisco Financial Planning LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest position.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. General Partner Inc. acquired a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the 3rd quarter worth $718,000. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 1,056.9% during the third quarter. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. now owns 25,476 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $4,472,000 after acquiring an additional 23,274 shares in the last quarter. Adelphi Trust Co grew its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 166.0% in the third quarter. Adelphi Trust Co now owns 3,849 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $676,000 after acquiring an additional 2,402 shares during the period. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB increased its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 32.1% in the third quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 34,817 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $6,111,000 after acquiring an additional 8,467 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Citizens Financial Corp bought a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter worth about $100,000. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Mark Patterson sold 200 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $193.96, for a total transaction of $38,792.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 6,322 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,226,215.12. This represents a 3.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.15% of the company’s stock.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of NYSE:DLR traded up $1.23 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $179.78. 1,517,122 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,338,897. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $187.97 and its 200-day simple moving average is $187.13. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a one year low of $146.23 and a one year high of $208.14. The company has a market cap of $66.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 87.27, a P/E/G ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a quick ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.98 by ($0.77). Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 11.80% and a return on equity of 3.34%. The firm had revenue of $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.66 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.87 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 28.9% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.4 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th were 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 of this dividend was Tuesday, September 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is currently 236.89%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Barclays lifted their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $189.00 to $197.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. HSBC lowered their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $240.00 to $235.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, September 23rd. Argus upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $212.00 target price on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. TD Cowen raised shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $192.00 to $222.00 in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $207.00 to $227.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $219.69.

About Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Trust, Inc is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops data centers and related digital infrastructure. The company provides facilities and technology environments that support the computing, storage, networking and connectivity needs of enterprises, cloud service providers, telecommunications companies and other organizations.

Through its PlatformDIGITAL platform, Digital Realty offers data center colocation, interconnection and hyperscale data center solutions.