Macquarie Group Ltd. Has $50.24 Million Stock Holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Macquarie Group Ltd. decreased its holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 50.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 324,733 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 328,019 shares during the quarter. Macquarie Group Ltd.’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $50,239,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in DLR. Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its stake 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 valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 125 shares in the last quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd increased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% during the 3rd quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 182 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the 3rd quarter worth about $34,000. MCF Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the 4th quarter worth about $35,000. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 157.4% during the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 242 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 148 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on DLR. Wolfe Research increased their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $194.00 to $211.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, April 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $215.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Friday, April 24th. HSBC cut shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $193.00 to $210.00 in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Truist Financial reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $208.00 target price (up from $207.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $215.89.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Up 0.8%

Shares of NYSE:DLR opened at $184.22 on Friday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 12 month low of $146.23 and a 12 month high of $208.14. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $191.54 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $175.24. The company has a quick ratio of 1.59, a current ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. The firm has a market cap of $64.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 48.61, a P/E/G ratio of 4.97 and a beta of 1.02.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.46. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.73% and a return on equity of 6.05%. The firm had revenue of $1.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.63 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.77 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.950-8.050 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.05 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid 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 Monday, June 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 128.76%.

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.