Blair William & Co. IL Has $4.51 Million Stock Position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR)

Blair William & Co. IL raised its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 4.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 25,448 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,090 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $4,513,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Stolper Co raised its position in Digital Realty Trust by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Stolper Co now owns 12,648 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,243,000 after buying an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 4,336 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $769,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 6.6% in the 3rd quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 1,087 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $176,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC increased its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC now owns 2,393 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $424,000 after buying an additional 72 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC lifted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 25.9% during the 4th quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 355 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $63,000 after buying an additional 73 shares in the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

DLR has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $185.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. UBS Group upgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $147.00 to $205.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $185.00 to $194.00 in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. JMP Securities reiterated a “market outperform” rating and set a $220.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, Citizens Jmp upgraded Digital Realty Trust to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $180.32.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

NYSE:DLR opened at $142.10 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $47.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 87.71, a P/E/G ratio of 4.38 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 2.07. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $160.10 and a 200 day moving average of $169.92. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52-week low of $135.54 and a 52-week high of $198.00.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.73 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $1.46. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 2.97% and a net margin of 10.85%. On average, research analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be given a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.43%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 301.23%.

About Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Trust, Inc operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the provision of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. It serves the following industries: artificial intelligence (AI), networks, cloud, digital media, mobile, financial services, healthcare, and gaming.