Advisors Preferred LLC Grows Stock Position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Key Points

• Advisors Preferred LLC increased its stake in Digital Realty by 112.4% in Q4 to 26,121 shares valued at $4.05 million, and institutional investors now own 99.71% of the company’s stock.
• Digital Realty reported Q1 EPS of $0.46 (in line) and revenue of $1.64 billion, up 16.2% year-over-year, and provided FY2026 guidance of 7.95–8.05 EPS, roughly matching analysts' consensus of 8.05.
• Shares trade near $200.84 with a market cap of about $70.1 billion and a high valuation (P/E ~52.99); the firm pays a $1.22 quarterly dividend (annual $4.88) for a 2.4% yield but a 128.76% payout ratio.

Advisors Preferred LLC grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 112.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 26,121 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after purchasing an additional 13,821 shares during the quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC's holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $4,050,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in DLR. Bison Wealth LLC increased its holdings in 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 worth $471,000 after acquiring an additional 390 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC raised its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 9.4% during the 1st 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 during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 23.0% during the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 21,739 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $3,790,000 after acquiring an additional 4,069 shares during the period. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina raised its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 3.9% during the 2nd quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 157,567 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $27,469,000 after acquiring an additional 5,909 shares during the period. Finally, Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp raised its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 27,631 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $4,816,000 after acquiring an additional 231 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.71% of the company's stock.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of DLR opened at $200.84 on Monday. 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, Inc. has a 1 year low of $146.23 and a 1 year high of $208.14. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $184.67 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $170.85. The firm has a market cap of $70.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 52.99, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.46 and a beta of 1.06.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting 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 business had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.63 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.77 EPS. The company'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. On average, equities analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th were issued a $1.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.4%. Digital Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 128.76%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on DLR. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a "hold (c+)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $205.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $182.00 to $189.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $230.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $213.86.

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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