Boston Common Asset Management LLC Reduces Position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Key Points

• Boston Common Asset Management cut its stake in Digital Realty by 64.4%, selling 49,148 shares and leaving 27,172 shares worth about $4.20 million at quarter-end.
• Digital Realty beat Q4 estimates (EPS $1.86 vs. $1.83; revenue $1.63B vs. $1.58B), raised FY2026 guidance to $7.90–$8.00 EPS, and carries a MarketBeat consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” with a $194.68 target.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $1.22 (annualized $4.88) for a yield of ~2.8%, though its payout ratio is high at 135.6%.

Boston Common Asset Management LLC trimmed its holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 64.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 27,172 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 49,148 shares during the quarter. Boston Common Asset Management LLC's holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $4,204,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Security National Bank of Sioux City Iowa IA grew its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.4% in the third quarter. Security National Bank of Sioux City Iowa IA now owns 14,335 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $2,478,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the period. Clarius Group LLC lifted its position in Digital Realty Trust by 3.2% during the fourth quarter. Clarius Group LLC now owns 2,024 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $313,000 after purchasing an additional 63 shares during the period. Commons Capital LLC lifted its position in Digital Realty Trust by 4.6% during the third quarter. Commons Capital LLC now owns 1,463 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $253,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares during the period. Scotia Capital Inc. boosted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 0.9% in the third quarter. Scotia Capital Inc. now owns 7,379 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $1,276,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 11.2% in the 3rd quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 646 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $112,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.71% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have weighed in on DLR. UBS Group set a $189.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. HSBC set a $193.00 price objective on Digital Realty Trust and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Moffett Nathanson upped their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $166.00 to $172.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Weiss Ratings raised Digital Realty Trust from a "hold (c+)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 17th. Finally, Scotiabank cut their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $206.00 to $189.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $194.68.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of Digital Realty Trust stock opened at $175.30 on Tuesday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1-year low of $129.95 and a 1-year high of $184.79. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $173.81 and its 200-day simple moving average is $167.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.59 and a quick ratio of 1.59. The stock has a market capitalization of $60.24 billion, a PE ratio of 48.70, a P/E/G ratio of 3.88 and a beta of 1.12.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.58 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 5.88% and a net margin of 21.41%.Digital Realty Trust's revenue was up 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.73 EPS. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. Digital Realty Trust's payout ratio is presently 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.

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