Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV Takes Position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV purchased a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor purchased 4,415 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $796,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% during the 3rd 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 last quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% during the third quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 182 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 165 shares during the period. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the third quarter worth about $34,000. MCF Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the fourth quarter worth about $35,000. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its position in Digital Realty Trust by 157.4% in the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 242 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $37,000 after acquiring an additional 148 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

NYSE DLR opened at $194.97 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $68.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.31 and a beta of 1.02. 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 company’s 50 day moving average is $192.29 and its 200-day moving average is $176.90. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 12-month low of $146.23 and a 12-month high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.46. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.73% and a return on equity of 6.05%. The company had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.63 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.77 EPS. Digital Realty Trust’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. Sell-side analysts predict that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.05 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be issued a $1.22 dividend. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 128.76%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

DLR has been the subject of a number of research reports. BNP Paribas Exane increased their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $196.00 to $224.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $215.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Friday, April 24th. Evercore upped their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $200.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Barclays raised their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $182.00 to $189.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Finally, UBS Group boosted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $225.00 to $227.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target 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.