Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Stock: TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. Grows Holdings

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 10,394.5% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 802,302 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 794,657 shares during the period. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $140,828,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Cyndeo Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 359.2% during the 3rd quarter. Cyndeo Wealth Partners LLC now owns 24,092 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $4,229,000 after purchasing an additional 18,845 shares during the last quarter. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter valued at $375,000. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management lifted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 217.9% in the 3rd quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 3,465 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $608,000 after purchasing an additional 2,375 shares during the last quarter. Pension & Wealth Management Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter worth $563,000. Finally, Howard Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 12,322.3% in the third quarter. Howard Capital Management LLC now owns 271,303 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $47,622,000 after purchasing an additional 269,119 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Digital Realty Trust

In other news, Director Mark Patterson sold 200 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $193.96, for a total value of $38,792.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 6,322 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,226,215.12. This trade represents a 3.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.15% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

Shares of Digital Realty Trust stock traded up $1.61 on Friday, reaching $176.08. The stock had a trading volume of 3,483,933 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,843,424. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $185.05 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $187.15. 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 fifty-two week low of $146.23 and a fifty-two week high of $208.14. The stock has a market cap of $65.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 85.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.34 and a beta of 0.99.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.98 by ($0.77). The firm had revenue of $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.66 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 11.80% and a return on equity of 3.34%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 28.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.87 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.40 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th were issued a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is 236.89%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have commented on DLR shares. BTIG Research increased their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $215.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 10th. 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. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $229.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 25th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised Digital Realty Trust from an “overweight” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have issued a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $219.69.

Digital Realty Trust Company Profile

Digital Realty Trust, Inc is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops data centers and related digital infrastructure. The company provides facilities and technology environments that support the computing, storage, networking and connectivity needs of enterprises, cloud service providers, telecommunications companies and other organizations.

Through its PlatformDIGITAL platform, Digital Realty offers data center colocation, interconnection and hyperscale data center solutions.