Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. Reduces Stock Position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. decreased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 39.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 5,966 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 3,885 shares during the quarter. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc.’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $1,031,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of DLR. Bison Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 17.2% in the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 2,653 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $471,000 after purchasing an additional 390 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC raised its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 9.4% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 6,784 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $972,000 after purchasing an additional 584 shares during the last quarter. AlphaQuest LLC grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 163.5% during the second quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 195 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in Digital Realty Trust by 10.2% during the second quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 23,895 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $4,166,000 after acquiring an additional 2,206 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 3.9% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 459,431 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $80,093,000 after purchasing an additional 17,407 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Mary Hogan Preusse sold 4,166 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $157.42, for a total value of $655,811.72. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.13% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on DLR shares. Bank of America reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $170.00 price objective (down from $210.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Thursday, January 8th. BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Raymond James Financial decreased their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $205.00 to $195.00 and set a “strong-buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft started coverage on Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Monday, January 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $180.00 target price for the company. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Saturday, November 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $192.33.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Up 0.8%

Digital Realty Trust stock opened at $179.64 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 1.59. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1 year low of $129.95 and a 1 year high of $184.79. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $163.66 and its 200-day moving average is $165.84. The company has a market cap of $61.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 49.90, a PEG ratio of 3.94 and a beta of 1.12.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.58 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.41% and a return on equity of 5.88%. Digital Realty Trust’s revenue was up 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.73 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a $1.22 dividend. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 135.56%.

Digital Realty Trust Profile

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.