Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Stake Boosted by American National Bank & Trust

American National Bank & Trust grew its position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 12,034.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 8,858 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,785 shares during the period. American National Bank & Trust’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $1,555,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cherry Creek Investment Advisors Inc. grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Cherry Creek Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 18,745 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $3,378,000 after buying an additional 51 shares in the last quarter. Columbia Bank boosted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 0.9% during the first quarter. Columbia Bank now owns 6,167 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,111,000 after buying an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 9.1% during the 1st quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 657 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $118,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. South Plains Financial Inc. lifted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 25.7% during the fourth quarter. South Plains Financial Inc. now owns 274 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Denali Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 1.3% during the second quarter. Denali Advisors LLC now owns 4,359 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $783,000 after buying an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. HSBC cut their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $240.00 to $235.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 23rd. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $240.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Tuesday, August 18th. Argus upgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $212.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of 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, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $207.00 to $227.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have assigned a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $219.69.

Insider Activity at Digital Realty Trust

In other Digital Realty Trust news, Director Mark Patterson sold 200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $193.96, for a total value of $38,792.00. Following 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 Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.15% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Down 1.3%

Shares of DLR stock traded down $2.36 on Wednesday, hitting $182.29. The stock had a trading volume of 538,844 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,326,734. The firm has a market cap of $67.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 88.42, a PEG ratio of 3.45 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $187.49 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $187.16. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a twelve month low of $146.23 and a twelve month high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last posted 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 company had revenue of $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.66 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.87 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 28.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.4 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th were given a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.7%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is 236.89%.

Digital Realty Trust Profile

Digital Realty Trust, Inc is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops data centers and related digital infrastructure. The company provides facilities and technology environments that support the computing, storage, networking and connectivity needs of enterprises, cloud service providers, telecommunications companies and other organizations.

Through its PlatformDIGITAL platform, Digital Realty offers data center colocation, interconnection and hyperscale data center solutions.