Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Price Target Raised to $195.00

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its price target hoisted by research analysts at Scotiabank from $189.00 to $195.00 in a report released on Tuesday,MarketScreener reports. The firm presently has a “sector outperform” rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock. Scotiabank’s price objective suggests a potential upside of 6.15% from the stock’s current price.

Several other research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Wolfe Research lifted their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $194.00 to $211.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft started coverage on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Monday, January 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $180.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $164.00 to $182.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 18th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $195.80.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Up 0.7%

DLR stock traded up $1.29 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $183.71. 74,957 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,997,483. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $176.34 and a 200-day moving average price of $168.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $63.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.73, a P/E/G ratio of 4.02 and a beta of 1.07. Digital Realty Trust has a 1 year low of $130.88 and a 1 year high of $186.45. 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 (NYSE:DLR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.03. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.41% and a return on equity of 5.88%. The business had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.58 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.73 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Digital Realty Trust will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Digital Realty Trust

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Purpose Unlimited Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter worth about $507,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 14.4% during the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,354,201 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $209,625,000 after purchasing an additional 170,466 shares during the period. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. boosted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 30.2% during the 4th quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 621,180 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $96,159,000 after purchasing an additional 144,092 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 2.6% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 58,919 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $9,132,000 after purchasing an additional 1,474 shares during the period. Finally, SHP Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter worth approximately $57,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Digital Realty Trust News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Opened first Asia‑Pacific Digital Realty Innovation Lab (DRIL) at NRT12 in Tokyo — provides a production‑scale testing environment for AI and hybrid‑cloud deployments (high‑density power/cooling evaluation, private AI tooling, ServiceFabric connectivity) that can shorten customer time‑to‑deploy and deepen relationships in a fast‑growing AI market. Digital Realty Opens First Asia Pacific Innovation Lab in Japan to Help Accelerate AI and Hybrid Cloud Deployment
• Positive Sentiment: Opened NRT14 data center (third facility at the NRT campus) — built for high‑power, high‑density GPU workloads with liquid‑plus‑air cooling and up to ~150 kW per cabinet capability, directly addressing enterprise and cloud demand for AI/HPC capacity in Japan. This should support near‑term leasing opportunities and revenue mix improvement. Digital Realty Opens NRT14 Data Center, Third Facility at NRT Campus in Japan
• Positive Sentiment: Wolfe Research upgraded DLR to “outperform” and raised its price target to $211 — a notable sell‑side vote of confidence that can attract institutional demand and support relative performance versus peers. Wolfe Adjusts Price Target on Digital Realty Trust to $211
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro/market take: coverage asking “Is it too late to consider DLR?” highlights that much of DLR’s positive narrative (AI-driven demand, platform scale) is already priced after a strong run. This is more a valuation check than new company news and may temper some buyers. Is It Too Late To Consider Digital Realty Trust (DLR) After Its Strong 1 Year Rally?
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation risk — DLR trades at a rich multiple (high P/E vs. historical averages) after a sizable multi‑year rally; that elevates sensitivity to execution, leasing cadence and interest‑rate moves, so near‑term upside depends on continued strong leasing and margin delivery. Valuation discussion (same coverage)

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.