Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Stake Increased by Prudential PLC

Key Points

• Prudential PLC increased its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 18.7% to 109,544 shares, valued at about $18.94 million per its latest SEC filing.
• Analyst sentiment is broadly positive with a MarketBeat consensus of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $193.96, including recent buy ratings from Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Goldman Sachs.
• Digital Realty beat quarterly EPS estimates and reported revenue up 13.8% year-over-year, set FY2026 guidance of 7.900–8.000 EPS, and announced a quarterly dividend of $1.22 (annualized yield 2.7%).

Prudential PLC lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 18.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 109,544 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after buying an additional 17,258 shares during the period. Prudential PLC's holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $18,938,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. acquired a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the 3rd quarter worth about $25,000. South Plains Financial Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 280.5% in the 2nd quarter. South Plains Financial Inc. now owns 156 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 115 shares during the period. Salomon & Ludwin LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter worth approximately $28,000. First Horizon Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the third quarter worth approximately $32,000. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

DLR has been the topic of several research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft assumed coverage on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Monday, January 5th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $180.00 price objective on the stock. HSBC set a $193.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Scotiabank lowered their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $206.00 to $189.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Digital Realty Trust from a "hold (c+)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $188.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. 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 data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $193.96.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

NYSE DLR opened at $179.62 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.59, a current ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81. The stock has a market capitalization of $61.72 billion, a PE ratio of 49.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $169.75 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $166.89. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 12-month low of $129.95 and a 12-month high of $184.79.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.41% and a return on equity of 5.88%. The company had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.58 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.73 EPS. Digital Realty Trust's quarterly revenue was up 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. Digital Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 135.56%.

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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