Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. Buys 13,550 Shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Key Points

• Duff & Phelps Investment Management increased its stake in Digital Realty by 1.0%, acquiring 13,550 shares to hold 1,385,254 shares, making DLR its 4th largest position (about 2.7% of the firm’s portfolio) and representing roughly 0.40% of Digital Realty worth $239.48M.
• Digital Realty beat quarterly estimates with $1.86 EPS and $1.63B revenue, set FY2026 guidance of 7.900–8.000 EPS, and carries a consensus analyst rating of Moderate Buy with a $193.36 target.
• Institutional investors own 99.71% of the stock, led by Vanguard’s ~52.9M-share stake (~$9.22B) while Norges Bank initiated a new roughly $3.81B position, reflecting heavy institutional interest.

Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. raised its stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 1.0% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,385,254 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after acquiring an additional 13,550 shares during the quarter. Digital Realty Trust makes up approximately 2.7% of Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest position. Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. owned approximately 0.40% of Digital Realty Trust worth $239,483,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $3,808,270,000. Prudential Financial Inc. grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 87.0% during the second quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 1,456,585 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $253,926,000 after buying an additional 677,483 shares during the period. Resolution Capital Ltd grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 25.2% during the second quarter. Resolution Capital Ltd now owns 2,967,618 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $517,345,000 after buying an additional 596,420 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 1.0% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 52,892,557 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $9,220,759,000 after buying an additional 513,697 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC increased its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 90.2% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,047,177 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $181,036,000 after buying an additional 496,534 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.71% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

DLR has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $188.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Mizuho reduced their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $191.00 to $180.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 12th. Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $218.00 price target on the stock. Moffett Nathanson boosted 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. Finally, UBS Group set a $189.00 target price on Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $193.36.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of Digital Realty Trust stock opened at $180.60 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.59, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a twelve month low of $129.95 and a twelve month high of $184.79. The firm has a market capitalization of $62.06 billion, a PE ratio of 50.17, a P/E/G ratio of 4.00 and a beta of 1.12. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $168.75 and its 200 day moving average price is $166.70.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.58 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 5.88% and a net margin of 21.41%.The business's revenue was up 13.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.73 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

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