HighTower Advisors LLC Has $12.59 Million Stock Holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

HighTower Advisors LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 7.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 72,772 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 5,804 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $12,587,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. New York State Common Retirement Fund increased its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 7.1% in the 3rd quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 233,569 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $40,379,000 after acquiring an additional 15,569 shares during the last quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management boosted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 37,575.7% during the 3rd quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management now owns 271,265 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $46,896,000 after acquiring an additional 270,545 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 13.5% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 148,970 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $25,545,000 after purchasing an additional 17,729 shares during the period. Gallacher Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter valued at approximately $762,000. Finally, World Investment Advisors raised its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 412.7% in the third quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 11,003 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,902,000 after purchasing an additional 8,857 shares during the period. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Digital Realty Trust

In other Digital Realty Trust news, Director Mary Hogan Preusse sold 4,166 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $157.42, for a total transaction of $655,811.72. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.13% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

DLR has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $184.00 to $189.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Weiss Ratings raised Digital Realty Trust from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 6th. Citigroup cut their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $212.00 to $190.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $188.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $192.33.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 0.7%

NYSE:DLR opened at $175.65 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $162.02 and a 200 day simple moving average of $165.72. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52-week low of $129.95 and a 52-week high of $184.79. The company has a market cap of $60.35 billion, a PE ratio of 48.79, a PEG ratio of 3.91 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 1.59.

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 for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.03. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 5.88% and a net margin of 21.41%.The firm had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.58 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $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, sell-side analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a $1.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 135.56%.

More Digital Realty Trust News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Board authorized a quarterly cash dividend of $1.22 per share (record/payable dates set; ~2.8% yield), which supports income investors and signals confidence in cash flow. Digital Realty Declares Quarterly Cash Dividends for Common and Preferred Stock
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment is improving: multiple outlets report higher price targets and buy-side optimism (examples include a $205 target and positive commentary from Truist), which can support upside over the medium term. Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Price Target Raised to $205.00 Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Truist Financial Analyst Says
• Positive Sentiment: Longer-term thematic upside from AI/data-center demand: industry pieces note Digital Realty among infrastructure REITs powering AI, suggesting potential revenue tailwinds that may not yet be priced in. 5 Infrastructure REITs Quietly Powering AI While Getting No Credit for It
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent quarter showed solid revenue growth and management set FY‑2026 EPS guidance above street estimates, supporting the growth narrative, but market reaction is muted while investors parse forward renewal spreads and margin drivers. Digital Realty (DLR) Expands Global Footprint, Faces EPS Miss
• Negative Sentiment: Some headlines flagged an EPS miss or mixed takeaways on the quarter, creating short-term uncertainty and weighing on the stock despite other positive signals. This, combined with lighter-than-average intraday volume, helps explain the pullback. Digital Realty (DLR) Expands Global Footprint, Faces EPS Miss

Digital Realty Trust Company 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.