Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. Grows Stock Position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Key Points

• Oppenheimer Asset Management increased its stake in Digital Realty by 25.0% in Q4, adding 5,885 shares to hold 29,467 shares valued at about $4.56 million.
• Wall Street sentiment is positive: several firms raised price targets (e.g., BNP Paribas to $224 and JPMorgan to $230), and the stock carries a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” with a mean target of $213.86.
• Digital Realty reported Q1 EPS of $0.46 and revenue of $1.64 billion (up 16.2% y/y), set FY2026 EPS guidance at $7.95–$8.05, and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.22 (annualized $4.88, ~2.4% yield).

Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 25.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 29,467 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after buying an additional 5,885 shares during the quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.'s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $4,559,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in DLR. Bison Wealth LLC raised its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 17.2% in the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 2,653 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $471,000 after buying an additional 390 shares during the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC raised its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 9.4% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 6,784 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $972,000 after buying an additional 584 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 23.0% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 21,739 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $3,790,000 after buying an additional 4,069 shares during the last quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina raised its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 3.9% in the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 157,567 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $27,469,000 after buying an additional 5,909 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp raised its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 0.8% in the second quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 27,631 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $4,816,000 after buying an additional 231 shares during the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. BNP Paribas Exane raised their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $196.00 to $224.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Citigroup restated an "outperform" rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Monday, April 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, April 27th. 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, April 27th. Finally, Bank of America restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $170.00 price objective (down from $210.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $213.86.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of NYSE:DLR opened at $200.84 on Friday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52-week low of $146.23 and a 52-week high of $208.14. The stock has a market cap of $70.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.99, a PEG ratio of 5.46 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a quick ratio of 1.59, a current ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $184.67 and a 200-day moving average price of $170.86.

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

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th were issued a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 13th. Digital Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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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