Blair William & Co. IL Boosts Holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR)

Blair William & Co. IL increased its holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 4.5% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 25,448 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,090 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $4,513,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in DLR. Private Advisor Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 4.1% during the fourth quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 13,533 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,400,000 after buying an additional 527 shares during the last quarter. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 17.7% during the 4th quarter. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc now owns 66,374 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $11,768,000 after acquiring an additional 9,959 shares during the last quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 26.4% in the 4th quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 54,599 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $9,682,000 after purchasing an additional 11,405 shares during the period. Leavell Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in Digital Realty Trust by 74.1% in the fourth quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. now owns 18,283 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $3,262,000 after purchasing an additional 7,781 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Harbor Investment Advisory LLC boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 53.7% during the fourth quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 16,561 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,937,000 after purchasing an additional 5,788 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

DLR has been the topic of several analyst reports. Truist Financial decreased their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $201.00 to $185.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 10th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and set a $220.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $185.00 to $194.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. UBS Group raised Digital Realty Trust from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $147.00 to $205.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $185.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, fourteen have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $180.32.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 2.0 %

Shares of NYSE:DLR opened at $142.10 on Monday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 12-month low of $135.54 and a 12-month high of $198.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $47.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 87.71, a PEG ratio of 4.38 and a beta of 0.65. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $160.10 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $169.92. The company has a current ratio of 2.07, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80.

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 (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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, research analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company 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 dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 301.23%.

About Digital Realty Trust

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.