Signaturefd LLC Buys 150 Shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR)

Signaturefd LLC lifted its stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 3.6% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 4,302 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 150 shares during the period. Signaturefd LLC’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $763,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 3.2% during the third quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,886 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $305,000 after buying an additional 59 shares during the period. Stolper Co grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Stolper Co now owns 12,648 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,243,000 after buying an additional 64 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 4,336 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $769,000 after buying an additional 64 shares during the period. TD Private Client Wealth LLC grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 6.6% during the third quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 1,087 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $176,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the period. Finally, Catalina Capital Group LLC grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC now owns 2,393 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $424,000 after buying an additional 72 shares during the period. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently issued reports on DLR. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $185.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Citizens Jmp upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 27th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and set a $220.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Finally, UBS Group raised shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $147.00 to $205.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, fourteen have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $180.11.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

DLR stock opened at $151.08 on Thursday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a one year low of $135.54 and a one year high of $198.00. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $163.85 and its 200-day moving average price is $169.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 2.07. The company has a market capitalization of $50.86 billion, a PE ratio of 93.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.38 and a beta of 0.65.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $1.46. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 10.85% and a return on equity of 2.97%. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 14th will be given a $1.22 dividend. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.23%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is presently 301.23%.

Digital Realty Trust Company Profile

Digital Realty Trust, Inc operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the provision of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. It serves the following industries: artificial intelligence (AI), networks, cloud, digital media, mobile, financial services, healthcare, and gaming.