Marshall Wace LLP Sells 19,741 Shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR)

Marshall Wace LLP decreased its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 52.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 17,860 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 19,741 shares during the quarter. Marshall Wace LLP's holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $3,167,000 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. Invesco Ltd. raised its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 18.4% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,905,883 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $692,630,000 after purchasing an additional 607,132 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 4.1% during the fourth quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 13,533 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $2,400,000 after purchasing an additional 527 shares during the last quarter. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc raised its position in Digital Realty Trust by 17.7% during the 4th quarter. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc now owns 66,374 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $11,768,000 after purchasing an additional 9,959 shares during the last quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 26.4% in the fourth quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 54,599 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $9,682,000 after buying an additional 11,405 shares during the period. Finally, Leavell Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 74.1% during the fourth quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. now owns 18,283 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $3,262,000 after purchasing an additional 7,781 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.71% of the company's stock.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Up 2.6 %

Shares of Digital Realty Trust stock traded up $4.24 during trading on Thursday, reaching $164.78. 693,438 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,043,591. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1 year low of $129.95 and a 1 year high of $198.00. The firm has a market cap of $55.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 101.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.38 and a beta of 0.92. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. The stock's fifty day moving average is $149.58 and its 200 day moving average is $167.62.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.73 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $1.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.43 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 2.97% and a net margin of 10.85%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.67 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th were issued a $1.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 14th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.96%. Digital Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 456.07%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on DLR. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised Digital Realty Trust from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their target price for the stock from $185.00 to $194.00 in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $185.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Scotiabank lowered their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $208.00 to $206.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Citizens Jmp upgraded Digital Realty Trust to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, January 27th. Finally, Mizuho dropped their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $211.00 to $177.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, March 28th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, fifteen have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $183.05.

About Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Trust, Inc operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the provision of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. It serves the following industries: artificial intelligence (AI), networks, cloud, digital media, mobile, financial services, healthcare, and gaming.