Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) Shares Purchased by Xponance Inc.

Xponance Inc. increased its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 5.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 47,240 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,561 shares during the period. Xponance Inc.’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $8,377,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 3.2% in the 3rd quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,886 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $305,000 after buying an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Stolper Co lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Stolper Co now owns 12,648 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,243,000 after buying an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 4,336 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $769,000 after buying an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 6.6% in the 3rd quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 1,087 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $176,000 after buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Catalina Capital Group LLC lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC now owns 2,393 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $424,000 after buying an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

NYSE DLR opened at $148.63 on Wednesday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52 week low of $135.54 and a 52 week high of $198.00. The company has a current ratio of 2.07, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. The stock has a market cap of $50.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 91.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.38 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $164.45 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $170.04.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.73 EPS 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%. Analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be given a $1.22 dividend. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 301.23%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. UBS Group upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $147.00 to $205.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Citizens Jmp upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 27th. JMP Securities restated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $220.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, Truist Financial cut 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. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, fourteen have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $180.11.

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.