Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Holdings Boosted by National Pension Service

National Pension Service raised its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 578,303 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,843 shares during the quarter. National Pension Service’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $103,852,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Benjamin Edwards Inc. increased its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 40.6% in the second quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 88,953 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $15,978,000 after acquiring an additional 25,667 shares during the last quarter. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the second quarter valued at $3,286,000. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 598,259 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $92,557,000 after purchasing an additional 20,735 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc grew its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 5.9% in the fourth quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 4,007,211 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $619,956,000 after purchasing an additional 224,688 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter worth about $3,402,995,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

DLR has been the subject of several research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $207.00 to $227.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $229.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Mizuho set a $223.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Monday, August 10th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $230.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $219.61.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

Shares of Digital Realty Trust stock opened at $185.59 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $187.03 and a 200-day simple moving average of $186.93. The stock has a market capitalization of $68.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 90.09, a PEG ratio of 3.62 and a beta of 1.02. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1-year low of $146.23 and a 1-year high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.98 by ($0.77). The firm had revenue of $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.66 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 11.80% and a return on equity of 3.34%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 28.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.87 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.4 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a $1.22 dividend. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 236.89%.

Insider Activity at Digital Realty Trust

In other news, Director Mark Patterson sold 200 shares of Digital Realty Trust stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $193.96, for a total value of $38,792.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 6,322 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,226,215.12. The trade was a 3.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.15% of the company’s stock.

Digital Realty Trust Company Profile

Digital Realty Trust, Inc is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops data centers around the world. The company provides the physical infrastructure businesses need to house information technology equipment, cloud-computing resources and critical digital systems.

Its services include data center colocation, hyperscale facilities, interconnection and related infrastructure solutions. Through its PlatformDIGITAL offering, Digital Realty helps customers connect to cloud providers, network operators, internet service providers, enterprises and other digital ecosystems.