Maven Securities LTD Takes $5.39 Million Position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Maven Securities LTD acquired a new position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund acquired 30,000 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $5,387,000.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in DLR. California State Teachers Retirement System grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 20,892.8% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 89,457,597 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $16,064,795,000 after purchasing an additional 89,031,462 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the 2nd quarter worth about $7,277,032,000. Cohen & Steers Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 18.0% during the 4th quarter. Cohen & Steers Inc. now owns 28,001,340 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $4,332,366,000 after buying an additional 4,276,073 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter valued at about $3,402,995,000. Finally, State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 20,649,053 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $3,219,256,000 after acquiring an additional 231,933 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Up 0.6%

Digital Realty Trust stock opened at $189.56 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $186.52 and a 200 day simple moving average of $186.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $70.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 92.02, a PEG ratio of 3.61 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.06. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52 week low of $146.23 and a 52 week high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last released 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 net margin of 11.80% and a return on equity of 3.34%. The business had revenue of $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.66 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.87 EPS. Digital Realty Trust’s quarterly 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. Analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.4 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be issued a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.6%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 236.89%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

DLR has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $229.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Monday, July 27th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $230.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. TD Cowen upgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $192.00 to $222.00 in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Citigroup reissued a “market outperform” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Friday, July 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $219.45.

Insider Transactions at Digital Realty Trust

In other Digital Realty Trust news, Director Mark Patterson sold 200 shares of Digital Realty Trust stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $193.96, for a total transaction of $38,792.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 6,322 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,226,215.12. The trade was a 3.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.15% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Digital Realty Trust Company Profile

Digital Realty Trust, Inc is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops data centers around the world. The company provides the physical infrastructure businesses need to house information technology equipment, cloud-computing resources and critical digital systems.

Its services include data center colocation, hyperscale facilities, interconnection and related infrastructure solutions. Through its PlatformDIGITAL offering, Digital Realty helps customers connect to cloud providers, network operators, internet service providers, enterprises and other digital ecosystems.