Sculptor Capital LP Invests $31.43 Million in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Sculptor Capital LP acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 175,000 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $31,426,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of DLR. Gables Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the second quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% during the 3rd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 161 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 125 shares during the period. Bell Investment Advisors Inc raised its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 56.9% during the 1st quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 171 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares during the period. Solstein Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $32,000. Finally, Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd boosted its position in Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% during the 3rd quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 182 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Up 1.9%

Shares of DLR stock opened at $192.20 on Wednesday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1 year low of $146.23 and a 1 year high of $208.14. The firm has a market capitalization of $71.30 billion, a PE ratio of 93.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.34 and a beta of 1.03. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $187.01 and a two-hundred day moving average of $185.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.06.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 business had revenue of $1.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.66 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.87 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust’s revenue for the quarter 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, research analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.4 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is 236.89%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

DLR has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Argus upgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $212.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Friday, July 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $229.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $189.00 to $197.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Finally, Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $240.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Tuesday, August 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have assigned a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $219.45.

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.