10,290 Shares in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Bought by JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda.

JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. purchased a new stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 10,290 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $1,806,000. Digital Realty Trust accounts for approximately 4.2% of JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda.’s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest holding.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in DLR. Cherry Creek Investment Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 0.3% during the 1st quarter. Cherry Creek Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 18,745 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $3,378,000 after acquiring an additional 51 shares during the period. Columbia Bank lifted its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.9% in the first quarter. Columbia Bank now owns 6,167 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,111,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 9.1% during the 1st quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 657 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $118,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Denali Advisors LLC increased its position in Digital Realty Trust by 1.3% during the 2nd quarter. Denali Advisors LLC now owns 4,359 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $783,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Twin Capital Management Inc. increased its position in Digital Realty Trust by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. Twin Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,618 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,012,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $225.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $240.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Tuesday, August 18th. TD Cowen upgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the company from $192.00 to $222.00 in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Guggenheim upgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $200.00 price target for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 15th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have given a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $219.69.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

NYSE:DLR opened at $176.08 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $185.05 and its 200-day moving average is $187.15. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1-year low of $146.23 and a 1-year high of $208.14. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The stock has a market cap of $65.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 85.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 0.99.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 earnings per share (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 the consensus estimate of $1.66 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.87 EPS. The firm’s quarterly 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. Equities research analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.40 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th were given a $1.22 dividend. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is 236.89%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Mark Patterson sold 200 shares of Digital Realty Trust stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $193.96, for a total transaction of $38,792.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 6,322 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,226,215.12. The trade was a 3.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.15% of the company’s stock.

Digital Realty Trust Company Profile

Digital Realty Trust, Inc is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops data center facilities for businesses, cloud service providers, information technology companies and telecommunications organizations. The company provides the physical infrastructure needed to support data storage, networking, cloud computing and other digital operations.

Its services include data center colocation, interconnection and private connectivity solutions. Digital Realty also offers access to cloud and network providers through its PlatformDIGITAL platform, which is designed to help customers deploy, connect and manage their digital infrastructure across multiple locations.

Founded in 2001, Digital Realty serves customers through a global portfolio of data centers and related facilities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.