Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Given New $224.00 Price Target at BNP Paribas Exane

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its price target lifted by BNP Paribas Exane from $196.00 to $224.00 in a research report report published on Friday,MarketScreener reports. The firm currently has an outperform rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock.

DLR has been the topic of a number of other reports. TD Cowen upped their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $185.00 to $192.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday. Barclays upped their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $182.00 to $189.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. Scotiabank increased their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $189.00 to $195.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 7th. Mizuho increased their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $180.00 to $217.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Bank of America reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $170.00 price objective (down from $210.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Three analysts have 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 has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $210.50.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 0.0%

Shares of Digital Realty Trust stock opened at $199.96 on Friday. Digital Realty Trust has a one year low of $146.23 and a one year high of $208.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.59 and a quick ratio of 1.59. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $183.22 and its 200 day moving average is $170.22. The firm has a market cap of $69.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.76, a PEG ratio of 4.43 and a beta of 1.07.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.46. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 6.08% and a net margin of 21.73%.The business had revenue of $1.64 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.63 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.77 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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. Equities research analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust will post 7.94 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th were given a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 13th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 135.56%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Digital Realty Trust

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. bought a new position in Digital Realty Trust during the third quarter valued at $25,000. Salomon & Ludwin LLC bought a new position in Digital Realty Trust during the third quarter valued at $28,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% during the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 161 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 125 shares during the period. Bell Investment Advisors Inc grew its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 56.9% during the first quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 171 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares during the period. Finally, First Horizon Corp bought a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter worth $31,000. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Digital Realty Trust News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 beat and raised outlook — DLR reported beats on core metrics and raised FY‑2026 EPS and revenue guidance, citing leasing momentum and strong AI-driven demand that improved visibility for 2026. DLR Q1 Earnings Beat on Leasing Momentum and AI Demand, View Raised
• Positive Sentiment: FFO and revenue upside — DLR posted FFO and revenue above expectations (core FFO and FFO per share improved year-over-year), reinforcing cash‑flow growth supporting dividends and valuation. Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Beats Q1 FFO and Revenue Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Strong backlog and development pipeline — management highlighted a record backlog (~$1.8B total, ~$1.0B DLR share), a >50% sequential increase in pipeline to ~1.2 GW under construction, and ~61% pre‑leased at attractive yields, giving multi‑year revenue visibility. Earnings Call Transcript
• Positive Sentiment: Broad analyst upgrades — multiple firms (Raymond James, Jefferies, Bernstein, BNP Paribas Exane, Citigroup, Stifel, Mizuho, others) raised price targets and/or ratings after results, signaling stronger sell‑side conviction on growth from AI/data‑center demand. Raymond James PT Raise Jefferies PT Raise
• Neutral Sentiment: Operational notes on the call — management flagged some supply‑chain and operational hurdles; these appear manageable but are worth monitoring for timing of capacity deliveries. Earnings Call Highlights
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation to watch — shares have rallied into a premium multiple (high P/E), so investors should weigh continued execution and AI demand against a stretched valuation when sizing positions.
• Negative Sentiment: Corporate governance/activist item — an unrelated activist presentation at Americold called for votes against re‑electing board members including DLR’s CEO (Andrew Power) on Americold’s board; this could be a near‑term distraction or governance headline risk. Sieve Capital Presentation

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.