B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Makes New $4.15 Million Investment in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Key Points

• B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG purchased 23,108 shares of Digital Realty Trust worth approximately $4.15 million in the second quarter. Institutional investors collectively own 99.71% of the REIT.
• Digital Realty reported quarterly revenue of $1.92 billion, up 28.9% year over year and above estimates, but adjusted earnings of $1.21 per share missed consensus by $0.77. The company issued fiscal 2026 EPS guidance of $8.15 to $8.20.
• The REIT declared a quarterly dividend of $1.22 per share, equivalent to an annualized $4.88 dividend and a 2.6% yield. Analysts maintain a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating with an average price target of $219.45, compared with a recent share price of $190.81.

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG bought a new stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm bought 23,108 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock, valued at approximately $4,150,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in DLR. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 54,260,359 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $8,394,620,000 after buying an additional 854,828 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the second quarter valued at about $7,277,032,000. Cohen & Steers Inc. boosted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 18.0% during the fourth quarter. Cohen & Steers Inc. now owns 28,001,340 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $4,332,366,000 after buying an additional 4,276,073 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the fourth quarter worth about $3,402,995,000. Finally, State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 20,649,053 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $3,219,256,000 after purchasing an additional 231,933 shares in the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 1.8%

DLR stock opened at $190.81 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $70.79 billion, a PE ratio of 92.63, a P/E/G ratio of 5.51 and a beta of 1.03. The stock's 50 day moving average is $186.89 and its 200-day moving average is $185.41. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a twelve month low of $146.23 and a twelve month high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.98 by ($0.77). Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 3.34% and a net margin of 11.80%.The business had revenue of $1.92 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.66 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.87 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 28.9% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.4 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be issued a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.6%. Digital Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio is currently 236.89%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Barclays upped their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $189.00 to $197.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Wall Street Zen raised Digital Realty Trust from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Saturday, July 25th. Raymond James Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Finally, HSBC raised shares of Digital Realty Trust from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their target price for the company from $210.00 to $240.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $219.45.

Digital Realty Trust 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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