Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Shares Acquired by Vontobel Holding Ltd.

Vontobel Holding Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 1,255.1% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 230,431 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 213,426 shares during the period. Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $40,448,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of DLR. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. grew its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 10,394.5% in the third quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 802,302 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $140,828,000 after purchasing an additional 794,657 shares during the last quarter. Cyndeo Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 359.2% in the third quarter. Cyndeo Wealth Partners LLC now owns 24,092 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $4,229,000 after buying an additional 18,845 shares in the last quarter. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter valued at $375,000. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management increased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 217.9% in the third quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 3,465 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $608,000 after buying an additional 2,375 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pension & Wealth Management Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the 3rd quarter worth $563,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

DLR has been the topic of several recent research reports. HSBC decreased 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 research report on Wednesday, September 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company raised shares of Digital Realty Trust from an “overweight” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $189.00 to $197.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Argus upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $212.00 target price for the company in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, July 25th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-six have issued a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $219.69.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

NYSE:DLR traded up $1.61 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $176.08. 3,483,933 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,843,424. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $185.05 and its 200-day moving average is $187.15. The stock has a market cap of $65.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 85.48, a P/E/G ratio of 3.34 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 1.06 and a quick ratio of 1.06. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1-year low of $146.23 and a 1-year high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.98 by ($0.77). Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 3.34% and a net margin of 11.80%. The company had revenue of $1.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.66 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.87 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue 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. Equities research analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.40 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th were paid a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.8%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 236.89%.

Insider Activity at Digital Realty Trust

In related news, Director Mark Patterson sold 200 shares of Digital Realty Trust stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $193.96, for a total transaction of $38,792.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 6,322 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,226,215.12. This trade represents a 3.07% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.15% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Digital Realty Trust Profile

Digital Realty Trust, Inc is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops data centers and related digital infrastructure. The company provides facilities and technology environments that support the computing, storage, networking and connectivity needs of enterprises, cloud service providers, telecommunications companies and other organizations.

Through its PlatformDIGITAL platform, Digital Realty offers data center colocation, interconnection and hyperscale data center solutions.