Swiss National Bank Sells 48,500 Shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Swiss National Bank decreased its position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 4.8% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 970,849 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 48,500 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $167,840,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of DLR. Bison Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 17.2% during the 4th quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 2,653 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $471,000 after acquiring an additional 390 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC raised its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 9.4% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 6,784 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $972,000 after acquiring an additional 584 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 2.6% during the second quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 5,354 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $933,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares during the last quarter. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 231.9% during the second quarter. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. now owns 9,851 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,717,000 after purchasing an additional 6,883 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Prospera Financial Services Inc bought a new position in Digital Realty Trust during the second quarter worth about $210,000. 99.71% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

DLR has been the topic of several research reports. Raymond James Financial lowered their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $205.00 to $195.00 and set a “strong-buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Mizuho cut their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $191.00 to $180.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 12th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $184.00 to $189.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Bank of America restated a “neutral” rating and set a $170.00 target price (down from $210.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, KeyCorp reaffirmed a “sector weight” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $193.36.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:DLR opened at $179.33 on Tuesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $167.75 and a 200 day moving average of $166.50. The stock has a market cap of $61.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 49.81, a P/E/G ratio of 3.90 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a current ratio of 1.59, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 12 month low of $129.95 and a 12 month high of $184.79.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.03. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 5.88% and a net margin of 21.41%.The company had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.58 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.73 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 13.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.7%. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is presently 135.56%.

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.