Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) is Aew Capital Management L P’s 4th Largest Position

Aew Capital Management L P raised its holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 17.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 791,745 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 116,980 shares during the quarter. Digital Realty Trust accounts for 6.8% of Aew Capital Management L P’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest position. Aew Capital Management L P owned approximately 0.24% of Digital Realty Trust worth $140,400,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hudson Valley Investment Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 6.4% in the 3rd quarter. Hudson Valley Investment Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 2,484 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $402,000 after purchasing an additional 150 shares during the period. Stephens Inc. AR raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Stephens Inc. AR now owns 40,139 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $6,496,000 after buying an additional 243 shares in the last quarter. Shepherd Financial Partners LLC increased its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 7.0% in the 3rd quarter. Shepherd Financial Partners LLC now owns 7,675 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,242,000 after purchasing an additional 504 shares during the period. Weatherly Asset Management L. P. increased its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 17.7% in the 3rd quarter. Weatherly Asset Management L. P. now owns 41,737 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $6,754,000 after purchasing an additional 6,267 shares during the period. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 32.9% in the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 2,320 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $375,000 after purchasing an additional 574 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Digital Realty Trust

In related news, CFO Matt Mercier sold 2,518 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $187.40, for a total transaction of $471,873.20. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 0.6 %

DLR stock opened at $156.38 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $51.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 96.53, a PEG ratio of 4.38 and a beta of 0.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 2.07. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a one year low of $135.54 and a one year high of $198.00. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $171.26 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $169.75.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.73 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27 by $1.46. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 10.85% and a return on equity of 2.97%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a $1.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.12%. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is currently 301.23%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on DLR. Scotiabank upgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and set a $208.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. UBS Group raised Digital Realty Trust from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $147.00 to $205.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. StockNews.com downgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, February 22nd. JMP Securities restated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $220.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, Barclays increased their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $135.00 to $142.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, fourteen have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $181.00.

Digital Realty Trust Profile

Digital Realty Trust, Inc operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the provision of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. It serves the following industries: artificial intelligence (AI), networks, cloud, digital media, mobile, financial services, healthcare, and gaming.