UniSuper Management Pty Ltd Decreases Stock Position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

UniSuper Management Pty Ltd reduced its position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 5.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 221,436 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 11,552 shares during the period. UniSuper Management Pty Ltd’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $34,258,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% in the 3rd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 161 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd raised its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% in the 3rd quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 182 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd bought a new stake in Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $34,000. MCF Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter worth approximately $35,000. Finally, Colonial Trust Co SC grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 43.0% in the 3rd quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 236 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 71 shares during the period. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of DLR stock opened at $182.74 on Friday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1 year low of $146.23 and a 1 year high of $208.14. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $191.46 and a 200-day moving average price of $175.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.59 and a quick ratio of 1.59. The company has a market cap of $64.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.22, a PEG ratio of 4.91 and a beta of 1.02.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.46. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.73% and a return on equity of 6.05%. The firm had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.63 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.77 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.950-8.050 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.05 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.7%. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is presently 128.76%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have commented on DLR shares. Citizens Jmp lifted their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Evercore lifted their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $200.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $211.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $208.00 target price (up from $207.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $215.89.

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.