Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Invests $1.05 Million in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Key Points

• Jefferies opened a new stake in Digital Realty Trust, buying 6,044 shares valued at about $1.05 million in the third quarter, amid a shareholder base that is 99.71% institutional investors.
• DLR beat quarterly expectations and set strong guidance, reporting $1.86 EPS (vs. $1.83 expected) and $1.63B revenue (up 13.8% YoY) and issuing FY2026 EPS guidance of $7.90–$8.00 versus analysts' consensus near 7.07.
• The company announced a $1.22 quarterly dividend (annualized $4.88, 2.7% yield) payable Mar. 31, though the dividend payout ratio is an elevated 135.56%, which may concern yield-focused investors.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. purchased a new stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 6,044 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock, valued at approximately $1,045,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in DLR. New York State Common Retirement Fund lifted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 7.1% in the 3rd quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 233,569 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $40,379,000 after acquiring an additional 15,569 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 13.5% during the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 148,970 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $25,545,000 after acquiring an additional 17,729 shares during the last quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management increased its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 37,575.7% in the 3rd quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management now owns 271,265 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $46,896,000 after purchasing an additional 270,545 shares in the last quarter. Gallacher Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter worth about $762,000. Finally, World Investment Advisors raised its position in Digital Realty Trust by 412.7% in the third quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 11,003 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $1,902,000 after purchasing an additional 8,857 shares during the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently weighed in on DLR. Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on Digital Realty Trust in a report on Thursday, March 5th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $218.00 price target on the stock. KeyCorp reiterated a "sector weight" rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $184.00 to $189.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. TD Cowen restated a "hold" rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, UBS Group set a $189.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Three 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, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $193.96.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

Digital Realty Trust stock opened at $180.21 on Friday. The stock's 50 day moving average is $169.26 and its 200 day moving average is $166.79. 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 firm has a market cap of $61.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 50.06, a P/E/G ratio of 4.00 and a beta of 1.12. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a one year low of $129.95 and a one year high of $184.79.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 business had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.58 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.73 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 13.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The company 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. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.7%. Digital Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio is 135.56%.

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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