Nordea Investment Management AB Buys 385,641 Shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 713.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 439,671 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after acquiring an additional 385,641 shares during the quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $74,650,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. OFI Invest Asset Management boosted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 37,575.7% in the 3rd quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management now owns 271,265 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $46,896,000 after purchasing an additional 270,545 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors raised its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 412.7% during the 3rd quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 11,003 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,902,000 after buying an additional 8,857 shares in the last quarter. Cim Investment Management Inc. raised its position in Digital Realty Trust by 99.6% during the second quarter. Cim Investment Management Inc. now owns 22,734 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $3,997,000 after purchasing an additional 11,345 shares during the period. CUSHING ASSET MANAGEMENT LP dba NXG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT lifted its position in Digital Realty Trust by 100.0% in the third quarter. CUSHING ASSET MANAGEMENT LP dba NXG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT now owns 34,000 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $5,878,000 after buying an additional 17,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 7,356,429 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,282,446,000 after purchasing an additional 211,692 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Digital Realty Trust news, Director Mary Hogan Preusse sold 4,166 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $157.42, for a total value of $655,811.72. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.13% of the company’s stock.

More Digital Realty Trust News

Here are the key news stories impacting Digital Realty Trust this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Barclays upgraded DLR from “underweight” to “equal weight” and nudged its price target up to $164 (from $161), signaling modest analyst support that could help sentiment. Barclays upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Technical indicator: DLR recently crossed above its 50-day moving average, which traders view as a short-term bullish signal and may attract momentum flows. 50-day MA article
• Positive Sentiment: Management commentary: CEO Andy Power emphasized long-term customer leases (e.g., multi-year contracts) and robust demand, arguing the sector is not in an oversupply state — messaging that supports revenue visibility for a REIT that markets stability and long-duration cash flows. CEO interview
• Neutral Sentiment: Sector activity: Healthpeak disclosed ~$925M of transaction activity (buy/sell moves) — a reminder of ongoing portfolio reshaping in real estate that could influence peers’ capital deployment and M&A dynamics but does not directly change DLR fundamentals. Healthpeak transactions
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry write-ups and broader coverage highlight ongoing developments in data-center real estate and DLR-specific projects — useful context but not immediate catalysts. Kalkine coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Scotiabank trimmed its price target from $206 to $189 while keeping a “sector outperform” rating — the cut reduces the implied upside from some prior analyst views and may weigh on sentiment despite still implying meaningful upside from current levels. Scotiabank price target cut
• Negative Sentiment: Mizuho published a pessimistic forecast for DLR’s stock price, adding a bearish analyst voice that can pressure sentiment and short-term flows if echoed by other brokers. Mizuho forecast

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $200.00 to $212.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Moffett Nathanson boosted their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $166.00 to $172.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Scotiabank lowered their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $206.00 to $189.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Daiwa Capital Markets began coverage on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. They set a “buy” rating and a $210.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Bank of America reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $170.00 target price (down previously from $210.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $193.23.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

Shares of NYSE DLR opened at $159.04 on Thursday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a one year low of $129.95 and a one year high of $187.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 2.02. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $157.85 and a 200 day moving average of $166.76. The firm has a market cap of $54.63 billion, a PE ratio of 41.09, a PEG ratio of 3.76 and a beta of 1.11.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 31st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $1.58 billion for the quarter. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 6.41% and a net margin of 23.67%. As a group, research analysts predict that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 15th will be issued a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.1%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is currently 126.10%.

About Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Trust, Inc (NYSE: DLR) is a real estate investment trust that owns, acquires and operates carrier-neutral data centers and provides related colocation and interconnection solutions. The company focuses on large-scale, mission-critical facilities that support the physical infrastructure needs of cloud providers, enterprises, network operators and content companies. Digital Realty’s offerings are designed to enable secure, reliable and highly available IT infrastructure with an emphasis on power density, cooling, and physical security.

Digital Realty’s product set spans wholesale data center space, turnkey build-to-suit facilities, and retail colocation suites, complemented by interconnection services that allow customers to establish private and public connections to networks, cloud on-ramps and other ecosystem partners.