VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Acquires 5,500 Shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al raised its holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 5.6% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 104,033 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,500 shares during the quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $18,261,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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 holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.3% during the first quarter. Cherry Creek Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 18,745 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $3,378,000 after buying an additional 51 shares in the last quarter. Columbia Bank increased 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 worth $1,111,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Denali Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 1.3% in the second quarter. Denali Advisors LLC now owns 4,359 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $783,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the period. Twin Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Twin Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,618 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,012,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the period. Finally, Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV raised its position in Digital Realty Trust by 0.6% in the first quarter. Azzad Asset Management Inc. ADV now owns 10,675 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,924,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

Shares of DLR opened at $180.26 on Friday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52 week low of $146.23 and a 52 week high of $208.14. 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 firm has a market cap of $66.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 75.42, a PEG ratio of 3.49 and a beta of 0.99. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $181.45 and a 200-day moving average of $182.91.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last posted its quarterly 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). Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 13.06% and a return on equity of 3.81%. The firm had revenue of $1.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.75 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.89 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 20.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.37 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th were issued a $1.22 dividend. 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 (DPR) is currently 204.18%.

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.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $237.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Friday. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $229.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Friday. HSBC cut their price objective 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. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $229.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $221.35.

Insider Transactions at Digital Realty Trust

In other Digital Realty Trust news, Director Mark Patterson sold 200 shares of Digital Realty Trust 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 completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 6,322 shares in the company, valued at $1,226,215.12. The trade was a 3.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.15% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.