Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co Buys 9,800 Shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Key Points

• Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co increased its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 14.6% in Q4, buying 9,800 shares to hold 76,883 shares worth about $11.895 million.
• Digital Realty's latest quarter met EPS expectations ($0.46) with revenue up 16.2% year-over-year, set FY2026 guidance of 7.95–8.05 EPS, and trades with a market cap of $69.27 billion and a P/E of 52.38.
• The REIT pays a quarterly dividend of $1.22 ($4.88 annualized, ~2.5% yield) despite a high payout ratio of 128.76%, and analysts have a consensus "Moderate Buy" with an average price target of $213.86.

Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co boosted its stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 14.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 76,883 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after purchasing an additional 9,800 shares during the quarter. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co's holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $11,895,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Truist Financial Corp raised its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 62,000 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $9,592,000 after buying an additional 2,480 shares during the period. Sagace Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Sagace Wealth Management LLC now owns 15,716 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $2,431,000 after buying an additional 146 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 112.4% during the fourth quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC now owns 26,121 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $4,050,000 after buying an additional 13,821 shares in the last quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 6.2% during the fourth quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 57,528 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $8,904,000 after buying an additional 3,342 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pines Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 7.7% during the fourth quarter. Pines Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,294 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $664,000 after buying an additional 306 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.71% of the company's stock.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 1.1%

DLR stock opened at $198.51 on Tuesday. 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 two-hundred day moving average price of $170.85. The company has a market cap of $69.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.38, a P/E/G ratio of 5.46 and a beta of 1.06. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a twelve month low of $146.23 and a twelve month high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly 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. The firm had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.63 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 6.05% and a net margin of 21.73%.The business's revenue 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. Analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.05 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th were given a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend 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

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on DLR shares. BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $205.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, April 20th. Citigroup reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Monday, April 27th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft started coverage on Digital Realty Trust in a report on Monday, January 5th. They set a "buy" rating and a $180.00 price objective for the company. Weiss Ratings upgraded Digital Realty Trust from a "hold (c+)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $230.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $213.86.

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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