Danske Bank A S Purchases 72,100 Shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Key Points

• Danske Bank A S increased its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 29.1%, buying 72,100 shares in Q4 to own 320,040 shares valued at $49.51 million (about 0.09% of the company).
• Analysts have been raising targets (e.g., Scotiabank, Jefferies, Citizens JMP), leaving a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and an average price target of $213.86.
• Digital Realty posted Q results of $0.46 EPS (in line) and $1.64B revenue (up 16.2% YoY), set FY2026 guidance of $7.95–$8.05 EPS, and pays a $1.22 quarterly dividend ($4.88 annual, 2.4% yield) with a payout ratio of 128.76%.

Danske Bank A S grew its holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 29.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 320,040 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after acquiring an additional 72,100 shares during the quarter. Danske Bank A S owned 0.09% of Digital Realty Trust worth $49,513,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. PDS Planning Inc boosted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. PDS Planning Inc now owns 1,785 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $276,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares during the period. Clarius Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of 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 worth $313,000 after purchasing an additional 63 shares during the period. Commons Capital LLC raised its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 4.6% in the third quarter. Commons Capital LLC now owns 1,463 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $253,000 after buying an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Scotia Capital Inc. raised its position in shares of 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 valued at $1,276,000 after buying an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 11.2% in the third quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 646 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $112,000 after buying an additional 65 shares during the period. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have commented on the company. Scotiabank raised their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $222.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday. Barclays upped their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $182.00 to $189.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Wolfe Research raised their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $194.00 to $211.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, April 6th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $223.00 to $233.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Citizens Jmp increased their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a "market outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, April 27th. 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's stock. According to MarketBeat, Digital Realty Trust has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $213.86.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

NYSE DLR opened at $200.84 on Friday. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $184.67 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $170.86. The stock has a market cap of $70.08 billion, a PE ratio of 52.99, a PEG ratio of 5.46 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 1.59. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $146.23 and a fifty-two week high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 6.05% and a net margin of 21.73%.The company had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.63 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.77 EPS. Digital Realty Trust's revenue was up 16.2% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

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

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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