Vision Capital Corp Purchases 35,000 Shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Key Points

• Vision Capital Corp raised its stake in Digital Realty by 59.4%, buying 35,000 shares to hold 93,969 shares valued at $16.245 million — about 4.7% of the fund’s portfolio and its 8th largest position.
• Digital Realty reported an EPS beat ($1.86 vs. $1.83) and revenue rose 13.8% year‑over‑year to $1.63 billion, and the company set FY2026 guidance of 7.900–8.000 EPS.
• Analysts show a consensus rating of Moderate Buy with an average target of $193.96, and the company declared a quarterly dividend of $1.22 (annualized $4.88) yielding 2.7%, though the payout ratio is a high 135.56%.

Vision Capital Corp lifted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 59.4% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 93,969 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after buying an additional 35,000 shares during the period. Digital Realty Trust makes up approximately 4.7% of Vision Capital Corp's portfolio, making the stock its 8th largest position. Vision Capital Corp's holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $16,245,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in DLR. New York State Common Retirement Fund increased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 7.1% during the 3rd quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 233,569 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $40,379,000 after purchasing an additional 15,569 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its position in Digital Realty Trust by 13.5% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 148,970 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $25,545,000 after buying an additional 17,729 shares during the last quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management boosted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 37,575.7% during the third quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management now owns 271,265 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $46,896,000 after buying an additional 270,545 shares during the period. Gallacher Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Digital Realty Trust during the third quarter worth about $762,000. Finally, World Investment Advisors increased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 412.7% during the third quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 11,003 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $1,902,000 after acquiring an additional 8,857 shares during the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have issued reports on DLR. HSBC set a $193.00 target price on Digital Realty Trust and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $184.00 to $189.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $206.00 to $189.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Moffett Nathanson boosted their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $166.00 to $172.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, December 12th. Finally, TD Cowen restated a "hold" rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Friday, February 6th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $193.96.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of NYSE:DLR traded down $0.35 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $180.05. The stock had a trading volume of 293,852 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,084,981. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1 year low of $129.95 and a 1 year high of $184.79. The firm's 50 day moving average is $169.26 and its 200-day moving average is $166.79. The stock has a market capitalization of $61.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.04, a P/E/G ratio of 4.00 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 1.59.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.03. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 5.88% and a net margin of 21.41%.The business had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.58 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.73 EPS. The business's quarterly revenue was up 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. Research analysts predict that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.7%. Digital Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio is currently 135.56%.

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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