Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Stock Position Increased by Handelsbanken Fonder AB

Handelsbanken Fonder AB lifted its position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 7.6% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 173,487 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 12,215 shares during the quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $26,840,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% in the 3rd 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 during the last quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% in 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 during the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter worth $34,000. Salomon & Ludwin LLC grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 63.5% in the 4th quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 255 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 99 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Colonial Trust Co SC grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 43.0% in the 3rd quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 236 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 71 shares during the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

DLR stock opened at $190.23 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 1.59. The stock has a market cap of $66.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 50.19, a P/E/G ratio of 5.06 and a beta of 1.06. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $188.25 and a 200 day simple moving average of $172.48. 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 posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.46. The business had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.63 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.73% and a return on equity of 6.05%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 16.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.77 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.950-8.050 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.06 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid a $1.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.6%. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is 128.76%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on DLR. Citizens Jmp lifted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a report on Monday, April 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $215.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Friday, April 24th. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $196.00 to $224.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Wolfe Research lifted their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $194.00 to $211.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, April 6th. Finally, KeyCorp reiterated a “sector weight” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Thursday, January 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $215.89.

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.