Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Shares Acquired by VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al increased its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 5.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 104,033 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,500 shares during the quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $18,261,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the second quarter worth approximately $7,277,032,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 6.0% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,470,695 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,706,714,000 after buying an additional 534,158 shares during the last quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board acquired a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,178,095,000. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 17,256.9% in the 2nd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 4,890,993 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $878,325,000 after buying an additional 4,862,814 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.7% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,850,416 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $874,046,000 after buying an additional 35,850 shares in the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently commented on DLR. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $240.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Tuesday, August 18th. KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Friday, July 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $237.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Friday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $229.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $229.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Friday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $221.35.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 1.4%

DLR opened at $180.26 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $181.45 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $182.91. The company has a quick ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The company has a market cap of $66.88 billion, a PE ratio of 75.42, a P/E/G ratio of 3.49 and a beta of 0.99. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52 week low of $146.23 and a 52 week high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.52 by ($0.04). The firm had revenue of $1.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.75 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 13.06% and a return on equity of 3.81%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.89 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.37 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th were paid a $1.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.7%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 204.18%.

Digital Realty Trust News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Third-quarter FFO and revenue exceeded expectations. Core FFO was $2.10 per share, beating estimates by $0.10, while revenue reached approximately $1.90 billion—$140 million above consensus—and increased 20.6% year over year. Digital Realty Trust FFO and revenue results
• Positive Sentiment: Improving data-center fundamentals supported the outlook. Record bookings, higher occupancy and stronger rental rates drove double-digit core FFO growth. Management raised its 2026 core FFO outlook to $8.30-$8.35 per share, broadly in line with the FactSet estimate of $8.34. DLR Q3 FFO and revenue outlook
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts raised their price targets and maintained bullish ratings. Wells Fargo lifted its target to $225 from $220, Cantor Fitzgerald raised its target to $223 from $221, and Citigroup increased its target to $234 from $226. Wells Fargo and Cantor Fitzgerald both retained “overweight” ratings. Wells Fargo Digital Realty Trust rating
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor focus remains on execution and valuation. The raised outlook was close to existing expectations, limiting the potential for a major positive surprise. DLR also trades at a high earnings multiple, making the stock sensitive to interest rates and any slowdown in data-center demand.
• Negative Sentiment: Reported EPS missed the consensus estimate. Digital Realty posted quarterly EPS of $0.48 versus expectations of $0.52, despite the revenue beat. The earnings shortfall may have prompted profit-taking and helped offset the stronger FFO and operating metrics. Digital Realty Trust quarterly earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Put-option activity increased. Traders purchased 3,148 put options, approximately 87% above typical volume, signaling increased near-term hedging or bearish speculation.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Mark Patterson sold 200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $193.96, for a total transaction of $38,792.00. Following the sale, the director owned 6,322 shares of the company’s stock, 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 filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Corporate insiders own 0.15% of the company’s stock.

About Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Trust, Inc is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops data center facilities for businesses, cloud service providers, information technology companies and telecommunications organizations. The company provides the physical infrastructure needed to support data storage, networking, cloud computing and other digital operations.

Its services include data center colocation, interconnection and private connectivity solutions. Digital Realty also offers access to cloud and network providers through its PlatformDIGITAL platform, which is designed to help customers deploy, connect and manage their digital infrastructure across multiple locations.

Founded in 2001, Digital Realty serves customers through a global portfolio of data centers and related facilities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.