US Bancorp DE Sells 11,647 Shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Key Points

• US Bancorp DE reduced its stake in Digital Realty by 5.8%, selling 11,647 shares and leaving it with 189,004 shares (about 0.06% of the company) valued at roughly $29.24 million at quarter-end.
• Wall Street sentiment is broadly positive: the consensus rating is Moderate Buy with an average target price of $213.86 after several firms raised targets and issued Buy/Overweight/Outperform opinions.
• Digital Realty reported in-line Q results—$0.46 EPS and $1.64B revenue (up 16.2% YoY)—set FY2026 guidance of $7.95–$8.05 EPS (street ~8.05), and pays a $1.22 quarterly dividend (annualized $4.88, ~2.4% yield) with a high payout ratio of 128.76%.

US Bancorp DE lessened its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 5.8% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 189,004 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 11,647 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE owned approximately 0.06% of Digital Realty Trust worth $29,243,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in DLR. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Salomon & Ludwin LLC bought a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% in the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 161 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 125 shares during the period. First Horizon Corp bought a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd lifted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% during the 3rd quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 182 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.71% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

DLR has been the topic of several analyst reports. HSBC lowered Digital Realty Trust from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and increased their target price for the stock from $193.00 to $210.00 in a report on Monday. TD Cowen increased their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $185.00 to $192.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. UBS Group increased their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $225.00 to $227.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein increased their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Two equities 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $213.86.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 0.0%

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

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

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th were paid a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.4%. Digital Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio is presently 128.76%.

Digital Realty Trust 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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