Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Earns "Overweight" Rating from Cantor Fitzgerald

Key Points

• Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an "Overweight" rating on Digital Realty with a $211 price target (≈5.1% upside), while the sell‑side consensus is a "Moderate Buy" with a $213.86 average target and several firms have recently raised targets into the $215–$235 range.
• Q1 results showed $0.46 EPS (in line with estimates) and $1.64B revenue, up 16.2% YoY, and the company set FY2026 guidance at $7.95–$8.05 EPS (sell‑side consensus 8.05).
• The stock traded at $200.71, the company has a market cap of $70.0B and a P/E of 52.95, with a 52‑week range of $146.23–$208.14, reflecting recent strength but a relatively rich valuation.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "overweight" rating reissued by equities research analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald in a research report issued on Friday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $211.00 price target on the real estate investment trust's stock. Cantor Fitzgerald's price objective would indicate a potential upside of 5.13% from the company's current price.

DLR has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft started coverage on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Monday, January 5th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $180.00 price objective on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a "buy" rating and issued a $215.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Friday, April 24th. Mizuho increased their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $180.00 to $217.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. Raymond James Financial increased their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $223.00 to $233.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $213.86.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Down 0.1%

DLR stock traded down $0.23 during trading on Friday, reaching $200.71. The company had a trading volume of 203,905 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,068,024. Digital Realty Trust has a 52 week low of $146.23 and a 52 week high of $208.14. The company has a market cap of $70.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 52.95, a PEG ratio of 5.29 and a beta of 1.07. The business has a 50 day moving average of $184.67 and a 200 day moving average of $170.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.59 and a quick ratio of 1.59.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.73% and a return on equity of 6.05%. The company had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.63 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.77 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust's revenue was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.950-8.050 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust will post 8.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Digital Realty Trust

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Salomon & Ludwin LLC bought a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter worth about $28,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% in the 3rd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 161 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares in the last quarter. First Horizon Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, Bell Investment Advisors Inc lifted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 56.9% in the 1st quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 171 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares during the period. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.

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