Cantor Fitzgerald Issues Positive Forecast for Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Stock Price

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its price objective raised by Cantor Fitzgerald from $221.00 to $223.00 in a research note released on Friday,Benzinga reports. Cantor Fitzgerald currently has an overweight rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock.

A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on DLR. Mizuho set a $223.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Monday, August 10th. Truist Financial dropped their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $225.00 to $220.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. HSBC reduced their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $240.00 to $235.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, September 23rd. TD Cowen upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $192.00 to $222.00 in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $237.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $221.35.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 1.4%

Shares of NYSE:DLR opened at $180.26 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $66.88 billion, a PE ratio of 75.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.53 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 1.06 and a quick ratio of 1.06. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $181.45 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $182.91. Digital Realty Trust has a 1 year low of $146.23 and a 1 year high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.52 by ($0.04). The business had revenue of $1.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.75 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 13.06% and a return on equity of 3.81%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.89 earnings per share. Analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust will post 8.33 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th were issued a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.7%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is 204.18%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Mark Patterson sold 200 shares of Digital Realty Trust stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $193.96, for a total value of $38,792.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 6,322 shares in the company, valued at $1,226,215.12. This trade represents a 3.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.15% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Digital Realty Trust

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Cherry Creek Investment Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 0.3% in the first 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 during the last quarter. Columbia Bank lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Columbia Bank now owns 6,167 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,111,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Denali Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 1.3% during the 2nd 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 during the last quarter. Twin Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. Twin Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,618 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,012,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Axis Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 3.9% during the 1st quarter. Axis Wealth Partners LLC now owns 1,672 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $301,000 after acquiring an additional 62 shares in the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Digital Realty Trust News

Here are the key news stories impacting Digital Realty Trust this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Third-quarter FFO and revenue exceeded expectations. Core FFO was $2.10 per share, beating estimates by $0.10, while revenue reached approximately $1.90 billion—$140 million above consensus—and increased 20.6% year over year. Digital Realty Trust FFO and revenue results
• Positive Sentiment: Improving data-center fundamentals supported the outlook. Record bookings, higher occupancy and stronger rental rates drove double-digit core FFO growth. Management raised its 2026 core FFO outlook to $8.30-$8.35 per share, broadly in line with the FactSet estimate of $8.34. DLR Q3 FFO and revenue outlook
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts raised their price targets and maintained bullish ratings. Wells Fargo lifted its target to $225 from $220, Cantor Fitzgerald raised its target to $223 from $221, and Citigroup increased its target to $234 from $226. Wells Fargo and Cantor Fitzgerald both retained “overweight” ratings. Wells Fargo Digital Realty Trust rating
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor focus remains on execution and valuation. The raised outlook was close to existing expectations, limiting the potential for a major positive surprise. DLR also trades at a high earnings multiple, making the stock sensitive to interest rates and any slowdown in data-center demand.
• Negative Sentiment: Reported EPS missed the consensus estimate. Digital Realty posted quarterly EPS of $0.48 versus expectations of $0.52, despite the revenue beat. The earnings shortfall may have prompted profit-taking and helped offset the stronger FFO and operating metrics. Digital Realty Trust quarterly earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Put-option activity increased. Traders purchased 3,148 put options, approximately 87% above typical volume, signaling increased near-term hedging or bearish speculation.

About Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Trust, Inc is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops data center facilities for businesses, cloud service providers, information technology companies and telecommunications organizations. The company provides the physical infrastructure needed to support data storage, networking, cloud computing and other digital operations.

Its services include data center colocation, interconnection and private connectivity solutions. Digital Realty also offers access to cloud and network providers through its PlatformDIGITAL platform, which is designed to help customers deploy, connect and manage their digital infrastructure across multiple locations.

Founded in 2001, Digital Realty serves customers through a global portfolio of data centers and related facilities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.