Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. Has $4.12 Million Stock Holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. reduced its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 61.0% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 23,815 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 37,285 shares during the quarter. Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $4,117,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Security National Bank of Sioux City Iowa IA boosted its position in Digital Realty Trust by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Security National Bank of Sioux City Iowa IA now owns 14,335 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,478,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the period. Commons Capital LLC increased its position in Digital Realty Trust by 4.6% in the 3rd quarter. Commons Capital LLC now owns 1,463 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $253,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares during the period. Scotia Capital Inc. raised its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.9% during the third quarter. Scotia Capital Inc. now owns 7,379 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,276,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 11.2% during the third quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 646 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $112,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Zions Bancorporation National Association UT lifted its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 12.5% during the third quarter. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT now owns 585 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $101,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on DLR shares. Barclays lifted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $164.00 to $182.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Bank of America restated a “neutral” rating and set a $170.00 price objective (down from $210.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Weiss Ratings raised Digital Realty Trust from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. Finally, KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Digital Realty Trust has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $194.68.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

DLR stock opened at $179.71 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $61.75 billion, a PE ratio of 49.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.96 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a current ratio of 1.59, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $171.75 and a 200-day moving average price of $167.20. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1-year low of $129.95 and a 1-year high of $184.79.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 company had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.58 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.73 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

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