Stifel Nicolaus Lowers Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Price Target to $200.00

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its price target cut by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $210.00 to $200.00 in a research report issued on Friday,MarketScreener reports. The firm presently has a “buy” rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock. Stifel Nicolaus’ price objective indicates a potential upside of 17.01% from the company’s current price.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on DLR. Mizuho cut their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $191.00 to $180.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. KeyCorp reiterated a “sector weight” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. HSBC set a $193.00 target price on Digital Realty Trust and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, UBS Group set a $189.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $192.13.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Up 3.8%

NYSE DLR opened at $170.93 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 2.02. The company has a market capitalization of $58.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.47, a PEG ratio of 3.89 and a beta of 1.12. Digital Realty Trust has a 12 month low of $129.95 and a 12 month high of $182.48. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $158.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $165.76.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.58 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 6.41% and a net margin of 23.67%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.73 EPS. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Digital Realty Trust news, Director Mary Hogan Preusse sold 4,166 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $157.42, for a total value of $655,811.72. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.13% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Digital Realty Trust

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Handelsbanken Fonder AB raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 7.6% during the fourth quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 173,487 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $26,840,000 after acquiring an additional 12,215 shares during the period. Profund Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 26.0% during the fourth quarter. Profund Advisors LLC now owns 4,731 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $732,000 after buying an additional 976 shares during the period. ProShare Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 6.5% during the fourth quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 78,576 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $12,156,000 after buying an additional 4,794 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 10.6% during the fourth quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 4,226 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $654,000 after buying an additional 406 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stronghold Wealth Management L.L.C. acquired a new stake in Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $263,000. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about Digital Realty Trust

Here are the key news stories impacting Digital Realty Trust this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 results beat expectations: DLR reported $1.86 EPS vs. $1.83 consensus and revenue of $1.63B (vs. ~$1.58B est.), with revenue up ~13.8% year-over-year — a sign of accelerating demand and healthy margins. Digital Realty Reports Fourth Quarter 2025 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Management raised FY‑2026 EPS guidance sharply to $7.90–$8.00, well above Wall Street’s prior consensus — this materially improves forward earnings visibility if achieved. Digital Realty Reports Fourth Quarter 2025 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Company targets ~8% core FFO growth for 2026 and cites accelerating hyperscale and AI-driven demand — a strategic tailwind for data-center REIT growth prospects. Digital Realty outlines 8% core FFO growth target for 2026 as hyperscale and AI demand accelerate
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain constructive — brokerages show a consensus “Moderate Buy,” supporting investor confidence after the print. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages
• Neutral Sentiment: Management filed a detailed earnings transcript and slide deck (useful for modelers and lease/colocation detail). Digital Realty (DLR) Q4 2025 Earnings Transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: DLR is expanding international footprint (Malaysian data-center acquisition) — strategic for hyperscaler access but not immediately accretive to US cash flows. What Digital Realty Trust (DLR)’s Malaysian Data Center Acquisition Means For Shareholders
• Negative Sentiment: Despite beats and stronger EPS guidance, shares are trading down — likely reflecting profit-taking, high multiple concerns (DLR trades at elevated P/E), and investor focus on execution risk to hit the steep FY‑26 targets.

About Digital Realty Trust

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.