Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Stock Holdings Boosted by Saudi Central Bank

Saudi Central Bank raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 89.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 24,053 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after acquiring an additional 11,374 shares during the period. Saudi Central Bank’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $4,319,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in DLR. Bison Wealth LLC boosted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 17.2% in the 4th quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 2,653 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $471,000 after purchasing an additional 390 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC increased its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 9.4% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 6,784 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $972,000 after acquiring an additional 584 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 23.0% during the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 21,739 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $3,790,000 after purchasing an additional 4,069 shares in the last quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina raised its position in Digital Realty Trust by 3.9% during the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 157,567 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $27,469,000 after acquiring an additional 5,909 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp lifted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 27,631 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $4,816,000 after purchasing an additional 231 shares during the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and issued a $229.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Barclays lifted their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $189.00 to $197.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Truist Financial lowered their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $225.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $230.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Guggenheim raised shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $200.00 price objective for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $219.45.

Insider Transactions at Digital Realty Trust

In related news, Director Mark Patterson sold 200 shares of Digital Realty Trust stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $193.96, for a total transaction of $38,792.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 6,322 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,226,215.12. The trade was a 3.07% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.15% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

Shares of DLR stock opened at $188.35 on Monday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 12-month low of $146.23 and a 12-month high of $208.14. The company has a quick ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $69.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 91.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.61 and a beta of 1.02. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $186.36 and a 200-day moving average of $186.62.

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 the consensus estimate of $1.98 by ($0.77). The company had revenue of $1.92 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.66 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 3.34% and a net margin of 11.80%.The firm’s revenue was up 28.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.87 EPS. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.4 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a $1.22 dividend. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 236.89%.

Digital Realty Trust 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.