Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. Purchases 35,827 Shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 4.2% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 889,582 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 35,827 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd.’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $153,791,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Security National Bank of Sioux City Iowa IA lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 0.4% in the third quarter. Security National Bank of Sioux City Iowa IA now owns 14,335 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,478,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the period. Telos Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. Telos Capital Management Inc. now owns 8,089 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,410,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares during the period. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT raised its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 14.3% in the 2nd quarter. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT now owns 520 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $91,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 11.2% in the 3rd quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 646 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $112,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares during the period. Finally, True North Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 5.4% during the 3rd quarter. True North Advisors LLC now owns 1,302 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $225,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $188.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 6th. UBS Group set a $189.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. Finally, TD Cowen reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Friday, February 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $192.33.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Mary Hogan Preusse sold 4,166 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $157.42, for a total transaction of $655,811.72. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.13% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

Shares of Digital Realty Trust stock opened at $176.32 on Friday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52 week low of $129.95 and a 52 week high of $184.79. The company has a quick ratio of 1.59, a current ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $164.23 and a 200-day moving average price of $165.91. The company has a market cap of $60.59 billion, a PE ratio of 48.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.97 and a beta of 1.12.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.58 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 5.88% and a net margin of 21.41%.Digital Realty Trust’s revenue was up 13.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.73 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a $1.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.8%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is currently 135.56%.

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.