Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Upgraded by Wall Street Zen to Hold Rating

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report published on Saturday.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $223.00 to $233.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $230.00 to $235.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Citizens Jmp increased their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a report on Monday, April 27th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised 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. Finally, Raymond James Financial lifted their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have issued a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $217.38.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

NYSE DLR opened at $198.63 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $184.56 and a two-hundred day moving average of $180.71. The company has a market capitalization of $69.80 billion, a PE ratio of 96.42, a P/E/G ratio of 5.42 and a beta of 1.03. Digital Realty Trust has a 1 year low of $146.23 and a 1 year high of $208.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.59 and a quick ratio of 1.59.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last posted its 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 return on equity of 3.50% and a net margin of 11.80%.The firm had revenue of $1.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.66 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.87 EPS. The firm’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, analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust will post 8.26 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $1.22 dividend. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is 236.89%.

Institutional Trading of Digital Realty Trust

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% in the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 161 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 125 shares during the period. Bell Investment Advisors Inc lifted its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 56.9% during the first 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. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% during the third quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 182 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares during the period. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter valued at $35,000. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about Digital Realty Trust

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

• Positive Sentiment: Digital Realty reported Q2 results that showed strong leasing activity, a record backlog, and higher renewal rents, which helped the company beat FFO expectations and improve its 2026 outlook.
• Positive Sentiment: The company raised FY 2026 adjusted FFO guidance to $8.15-$8.20 per share and lifted revenue guidance to $6.9 billion-$7.0 billion, signaling confidence in continued cloud and AI-driven demand.
• Positive Sentiment: TD Cowen upgraded Digital Realty Trust to Buy from Hold and raised its price target to $222 from $192, citing stronger data center demand. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan also raised its price target on DLR to $235 from $230 and reiterated an Overweight rating, implying additional upside from current levels. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Despite the upbeat guidance, the company’s reported EPS of $1.21 came in well below Wall Street expectations, so investors are balancing the earnings miss against the stronger operating trends.

About Digital Realty Trust

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.