Stevens Capital Management LP Has $3.69 Million Holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Stevens Capital Management LP decreased its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 17.3% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 21,350 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 4,463 shares during the period. Stevens Capital Management LP’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $3,691,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bison Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 17.2% in the 4th quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 2,653 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $471,000 after acquiring an additional 390 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC raised its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 9.4% during the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 6,784 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $972,000 after acquiring an additional 584 shares in the last quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC boosted its position in Digital Realty Trust by 5.7% during the second quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 1,677 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $301,000 after purchasing an additional 91 shares during the last quarter. Whittier Trust Co. grew its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 3.1% in the second quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 3,991 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $696,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares in the last quarter. Finally, D.A. Davidson & CO. increased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 33,118 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $5,774,000 after purchasing an additional 504 shares during the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Digital Realty Trust news, Director Mary Hogan Preusse sold 4,166 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $157.42, for a total value of $655,811.72. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.13% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on DLR shares. KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Moffett Nathanson lifted their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $166.00 to $172.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $200.00 to $202.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. UBS Group set a $189.00 price target on Digital Realty Trust in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Finally, Mizuho dropped their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $191.00 to $180.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $192.33.

Key Headlines Impacting Digital Realty Trust

Here are the key news stories impacting Digital Realty Trust this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Board authorized a quarterly cash dividend of $1.22 per share (record/payable dates set; ~2.8% yield), which supports income investors and signals confidence in cash flow. Digital Realty Declares Quarterly Cash Dividends for Common and Preferred Stock
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment is improving: multiple outlets report higher price targets and buy-side optimism (examples include a $205 target and positive commentary from Truist), which can support upside over the medium term. Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Price Target Raised to $205.00 Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Truist Financial Analyst Says
• Positive Sentiment: Longer-term thematic upside from AI/data-center demand: industry pieces note Digital Realty among infrastructure REITs powering AI, suggesting potential revenue tailwinds that may not yet be priced in. 5 Infrastructure REITs Quietly Powering AI While Getting No Credit for It
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent quarter showed solid revenue growth and management set FY‑2026 EPS guidance above street estimates, supporting the growth narrative, but market reaction is muted while investors parse forward renewal spreads and margin drivers. Digital Realty (DLR) Expands Global Footprint, Faces EPS Miss
• Negative Sentiment: Some headlines flagged an EPS miss or mixed takeaways on the quarter, creating short-term uncertainty and weighing on the stock despite other positive signals. This, combined with lighter-than-average intraday volume, helps explain the pullback. Digital Realty (DLR) Expands Global Footprint, Faces EPS Miss

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

Shares of DLR stock opened at $175.65 on Friday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52 week low of $129.95 and a 52 week high of $184.79. The company has a market capitalization of $60.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.79, a PEG ratio of 3.91 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $162.02 and a 200 day simple moving average of $165.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 1.59.

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 (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 firm had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.58 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.73 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

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

About Digital Realty Trust

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.