Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC Invests $2.34 Million in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Key Points

• Susquehanna Fundamental Investments purchased 13,014 shares of Digital Realty Trust worth approximately $2.34 million, adding to strong institutional support; institutions own 99.71% of the stock.
• Analysts remain broadly bullish, with a “Moderate Buy” consensus and an average price target of $219.45, versus shares opening at $182.67.
• Digital Realty reported quarterly revenue of $1.92 billion, up 28.9% year over year, but missed earnings estimates. The company declared a quarterly dividend of $1.22 per share, representing a 2.7% annualized yield.

Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC purchased a new position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 13,014 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock, valued at approximately $2,337,000.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 598,259 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $92,557,000 after buying an additional 20,735 shares in the last quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 40.6% during the second quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 88,953 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $15,978,000 after buying an additional 25,667 shares during the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc increased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 5.9% during the fourth quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 4,007,211 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $619,956,000 after acquiring an additional 224,688 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter worth approximately $3,402,995,000. Finally, Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. purchased a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter worth approximately $21,224,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.71% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have commented on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $229.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Guggenheim upgraded Digital Realty Trust from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $200.00 price target for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 15th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $207.00 to $227.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. TD Cowen raised Digital Realty Trust from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $192.00 to $222.00 in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $225.00 to $220.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $219.45.

Insider Activity at Digital Realty Trust

In related news, Director Mark R. Patterson sold 200 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $193.96, for a total value of $38,792.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 6,322 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,226,215.12. This trade represents a 3.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.15% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

Shares of DLR opened at $182.67 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $186.73 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $186.49. The firm has a market cap of $67.77 billion, a PE ratio of 88.67, a P/E/G ratio of 3.24 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1-year low of $146.23 and a 1-year high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.98 by ($0.77). The firm had revenue of $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.66 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 3.34% and a net margin of 11.80%.The business's quarterly revenue was up 28.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.87 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.4 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. Digital Realty Trust's payout ratio is currently 236.89%.

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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