United Capital Financial Advisors LLC Acquires Shares of 22,538 Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Key Points

• United Capital Financial Advisors acquired 22,538 shares of Digital Realty Trust valued at approximately $4.05 million, while institutional investors collectively own 99.71% of the company.
• Digital Realty reported quarterly revenue of $1.92 billion, up 28.9% year over year and above estimates, but earnings per share of $1.21 missed consensus by $0.77.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $1.22, equivalent to $4.88 annually and a 2.6% yield. Analysts maintain a “Moderate Buy” consensus with an average price target of $219.45 versus the stock’s $185.26 opening price.

United Capital Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 22,538 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock, valued at approximately $4,047,000.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Bison Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 17.2% during the 4th 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 increased its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 9.4% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 6,784 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $972,000 after acquiring an additional 584 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 23.0% during the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 21,739 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $3,790,000 after acquiring an additional 4,069 shares in the last quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina raised 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 worth $27,469,000 after acquiring an additional 5,909 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp lifted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 0.8% during the second quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 27,631 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $4,816,000 after purchasing an additional 231 shares during the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

DLR stock opened at $185.26 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $68.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 89.93, a PEG ratio of 5.44 and a beta of 1.03. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a twelve month low of $146.23 and a twelve month high of $208.14. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $187.16 and a 200-day simple moving average of $186.24. 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 (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.98 by ($0.77). Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 11.80% and a return on equity of 3.34%. The business had revenue of $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.66 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.87 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 28.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.4 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be issued a $1.22 dividend. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. Digital Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio is presently 236.89%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have commented on DLR shares. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $189.00 to $197.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st. Evercore restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $240.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Tuesday, August 18th. Guggenheim raised shares of Digital Realty Trust from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $200.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. HSBC upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $210.00 to $240.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Finally, Mizuho set a $223.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Monday, August 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Digital Realty Trust presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $219.45.

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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