Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Stake Reduced by GSI Capital Advisors LLC

GSI Capital Advisors LLC cut its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 7.7% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 48,557 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 4,044 shares during the period. Digital Realty Trust makes up 4.7% of GSI Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 5th biggest holding. GSI Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $8,395,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. acquired a new stake in Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter valued at $25,000. South Plains Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 280.5% during the second quarter. South Plains Financial Inc. now owns 156 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 115 shares during the last quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC acquired a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the 3rd quarter worth $28,000. Tobam purchased a new position in Digital Realty Trust during the 2nd quarter worth $28,000. Finally, First Horizon Corp acquired a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter valued at $31,000. 99.71% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other 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 value of $655,811.72. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.13% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have commented on DLR. TD Cowen restated a “hold” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Scotiabank reduced their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $206.00 to $189.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $188.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. UBS Group set a $189.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Finally, KeyCorp restated a “sector weight” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Digital Realty Trust has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $192.33.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Up 0.4%

DLR opened at $177.03 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $60.83 billion, a PE ratio of 49.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.90 and a beta of 1.12. The business has a 50-day moving average of $164.77 and a 200-day moving average of $165.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.59 and a quick ratio of 1.59. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $129.95 and a fifty-two week high of $184.79.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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 net margin of 21.41% and a return on equity of 5.88%. The business had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.58 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.73 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust’s revenue for the quarter 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. Equities research analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a $1.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.8%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is presently 135.56%.

Digital Realty Trust 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.