Stevens Capital Management LP Decreases Stock Holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Stevens Capital Management LP lowered its holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 36.7% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 13,512 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 7,838 shares during the period. Stevens Capital Management LP's holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $2,090,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bison Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 17.2% during the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 2,653 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $471,000 after buying an additional 390 shares during the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC raised its position 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 worth $972,000 after acquiring an additional 584 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted 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 acquiring an additional 4,069 shares during the last quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina grew its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 3.9% during the 2nd 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 acquiring an additional 5,909 shares during the period. Finally, Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp grew its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 27,631 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $4,816,000 after acquiring an additional 231 shares during the period. 99.71% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

Shares of DLR opened at $196.69 on Wednesday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52-week low of $146.23 and a 52-week high of $208.14. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $185.09 and its 200 day simple moving average is $171.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 1.59. The stock has a market capitalization of $68.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.40 and a beta of 1.06.

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 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 6.05% and a net margin of 21.73%.The business had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.63 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.77 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 16.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.950-8.050 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.05 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The company 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 13th. Digital Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio is 128.76%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently commented on DLR. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $215.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Bank of America reiterated a "neutral" rating and set a $170.00 price target (down from $210.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Citizens Jmp lifted their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a "market outperform" rating in a report on Monday, April 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, April 27th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus 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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