2,274,033 Shares in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Purchased by Deutsche Bank AG

Deutsche Bank AG purchased a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 2,274,033 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $408,371,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in DLR. Perigon Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $316,000. Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI bought a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $325,000. Trust Co. of Vermont bought a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,557,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in Digital Realty Trust in the 2nd quarter valued at $198,824,000. Finally, OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Digital Realty Trust in the 2nd quarter valued at $339,000. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

DLR has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $215.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Friday, April 24th. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $189.00 to $197.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $230.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped 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. 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 company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $219.13.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

Shares of DLR stock opened at $198.36 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $186.09 and its 200-day moving average is $184.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.06. The stock has a market capitalization of $73.40 billion, a PE ratio of 96.29, a PEG ratio of 5.67 and a beta of 1.03. 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 announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 analyst estimates of $1.66 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.87 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 28.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.4 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a $1.22 dividend. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 236.89%.

Digital Realty Trust Company 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.