Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Stake Reduced by S Bank Fund Management Ltd

Key Points

• S Bank Fund Management Ltd trimmed its stake in Digital Realty by 14.7% in Q4, selling 5,680 shares and leaving it with 32,905 shares valued at $5.091 million; institutional investors now own about 99.71% of the stock.
• Digital Realty's latest quarter matched EPS estimates at $0.46 with revenue of $1.64 billion (up 16.2% year‑over‑year), and the company set FY2026 EPS guidance at 7.95–8.05, in line with analysts' consensus of 8.05.
• The REIT paid a quarterly dividend of $1.22 (annualized $4.88, yield 2.5%) but has a high dividend payout ratio of 128.76%, while analysts' average rating is Moderate Buy with a consensus price target of $213.86.

S Bank Fund Management Ltd trimmed its holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 14.7% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 32,905 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 5,680 shares during the quarter. S Bank Fund Management Ltd's holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $5,091,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Salomon & Ludwin LLC bought a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the third quarter worth approximately $28,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% in the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 161 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. First Horizon Corp bought a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter valued at $31,000. Finally, Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% in the third quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 182 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.71% of the company's stock.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Down 0.9%

NYSE:DLR opened at $196.69 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $68.63 billion, a PE ratio of 51.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.40 and a beta of 1.06. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $146.23 and a fifty-two week high of $208.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.59 and a quick ratio of 1.59. The stock's 50-day moving average is $185.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is $171.00.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46. The business had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.63 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.73% and a return on equity of 6.05%. The firm's revenue was up 16.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.77 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.950-8.050 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th were paid a dividend of $1.22 per share. 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 2.5%. Digital Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 128.76%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on DLR shares. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Barclays boosted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $182.00 to $189.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $215.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Digital Realty Trust from a "hold (c+)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 17th. Finally, TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $185.00 to $192.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $213.86.

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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