Nykredit A S Takes $25.11 Million Position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Nykredit A S purchased a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 139,849 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $25,114,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the second quarter worth $7,277,032,000. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter valued at $3,402,995,000. Bank of America Corp DE purchased a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the 2nd quarter worth $1,605,671,000. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board purchased a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the 2nd quarter worth $1,178,095,000. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 17,256.9% during the 2nd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 4,890,993 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $878,325,000 after purchasing an additional 4,862,814 shares during the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Mark Patterson sold 200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $193.96, for a total transaction of $38,792.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly 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 ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.15% of the company’s stock.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

NYSE:DLR opened at $187.72 on Friday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52 week low of $146.23 and a 52 week high of $208.14. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $186.45 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $186.56. 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 company has a market cap of $69.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 91.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.52 and a beta of 1.02.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last announced 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). Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 11.80% and a return on equity of 3.34%. The company had revenue of $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.66 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.87 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 28.9% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.4 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

DLR has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Mizuho set a $223.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, July 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $230.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. 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 research report on Wednesday, July 15th. Finally, Argus upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $212.00 target price for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. One investment 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $219.45.

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.