Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Price Target Raised to $235.00

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its price target increased by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $230.00 to $235.00 in a report issued on Friday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has an overweight rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. TD Cowen raised shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $192.00 to $222.00 in a research note on Friday. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Scotiabank upped their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $222.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets increased their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $205.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, April 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have assigned a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $217.38.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

NYSE:DLR opened at $198.63 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.87 and a quick ratio of 1.59. Digital Realty Trust has a 1 year low of $146.23 and a 1 year high of $208.14. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $184.56 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $180.89. The company has a market cap of $69.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 96.42, a PEG ratio of 5.27 and a beta of 1.03.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.98 by ($0.77). Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 3.34% and a net margin of 11.80%.The firm had revenue of $1.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.66 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.87 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 28.9% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust will post 8.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is presently 236.89%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Digital Realty Trust

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Cherry Creek Investment Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.3% during the 1st quarter. Cherry Creek Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 18,745 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $3,378,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the period. Columbia Bank lifted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 0.9% in the first quarter. Columbia Bank now owns 6,167 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,111,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 9.1% during the first quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 657 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $118,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the period. South Plains Financial Inc. boosted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 25.7% during the fourth quarter. South Plains Financial Inc. now owns 274 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the period. Finally, Twin Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 1.1% during the first quarter. Twin Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,618 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,012,000 after buying an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Digital Realty Trust

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

• Positive Sentiment: Digital Realty reported Q2 results that showed strong leasing activity, a record backlog, and higher renewal rents, which helped the company beat FFO expectations and improve its 2026 outlook.
• Positive Sentiment: The company raised FY 2026 adjusted FFO guidance to $8.15-$8.20 per share and lifted revenue guidance to $6.9 billion-$7.0 billion, signaling confidence in continued cloud and AI-driven demand.
• Positive Sentiment: TD Cowen upgraded Digital Realty Trust to Buy from Hold and raised its price target to $222 from $192, citing stronger data center demand. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan also raised its price target on DLR to $235 from $230 and reiterated an Overweight rating, implying additional upside from current levels. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Despite the upbeat guidance, the company’s reported EPS of $1.21 came in well below Wall Street expectations, so investors are balancing the earnings miss against the stronger operating trends.

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.