2,710 Shares in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Acquired by Sapient Capital LLC

Sapient Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund acquired 2,710 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $488,000.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its position in Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% in the 3rd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 161 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 125 shares in the last quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 56.9% during the 1st quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 171 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 62 shares during the period. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% during the 3rd quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 182 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter worth $34,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the fourth quarter worth $35,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

DLR has been the subject of a number of research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $207.00 to $227.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Mizuho upped their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $180.00 to $217.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 23rd. Evercore raised their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $200.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Raymond James Financial lifted their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut Digital Realty Trust from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-four have assigned a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $218.17.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

NYSE:DLR opened at $194.26 on Wednesday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1 year low of $146.23 and a 1 year high of $208.14. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $184.71 and its 200 day simple moving average is $182.61. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $71.88 billion, a PE ratio of 94.30, a PEG ratio of 5.43 and a beta of 1.03.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.98 by ($0.77). The firm had revenue of $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.66 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 3.34% and a net margin of 11.80%.The business’s revenue was up 28.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.87 EPS. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.39 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

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

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.