Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) Holdings Boosted by Aptus Capital Advisors LLC

Aptus Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 12.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 71,955 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after purchasing an additional 8,213 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC's holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $12,761,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of DLR. Stolper Co lifted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Stolper Co now owns 12,648 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $2,243,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 4,336 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $769,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC lifted its position in Digital Realty Trust by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC now owns 2,393 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $424,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares during the period. Sound Income Strategies LLC increased its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 25.9% in the 4th quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 355 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $63,000 after buying an additional 73 shares during the period. Finally, Legacy Financial Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 5.4% in the 4th quarter. Legacy Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 1,437 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $255,000 after buying an additional 74 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.71% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have weighed in on DLR. JMP Securities reiterated a "market outperform" rating and issued a $220.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Monday, April 28th. UBS Group upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $147.00 to $205.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. New Street Research raised shares of Digital Realty Trust to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, April 28th. Citizens Jmp upgraded Digital Realty Trust to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Finally, Scotiabank decreased their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $208.00 to $206.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, fifteen have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $183.05.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Up 1.8 %

Shares of NYSE:DLR opened at $164.73 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $149.77 and a 200 day simple moving average of $167.68. The company has a market capitalization of $55.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 101.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.38 and a beta of 0.92. 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 52-week low of $129.95 and a 52-week high of $198.00.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.77 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.04. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 2.97% and a net margin of 10.85%. The company had revenue of $1.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.43 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.67 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th were given a $1.22 dividend. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.96%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 14th. Digital Realty Trust's payout ratio is presently 456.07%.

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.

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