Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR Shares Sold by Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund lowered its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 48.9% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 353,870 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 338,894 shares during the quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $63,771,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of DLR. Sunbelt Securities Inc. boosted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% in the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 161 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 125 shares during the period. Bell Investment Advisors Inc raised its position in Digital Realty Trust by 56.9% in the 1st quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 171 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares in the last quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd raised its position in Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% in the 3rd quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 182 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter valued at about $34,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the fourth quarter worth about $35,000. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Up 10.8%

DLR opened at $198.63 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $184.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $180.71. The company has a quick ratio of 1.59, a current ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. The company has a market cap of $69.80 billion, a PE ratio of 96.42, a P/E/G ratio of 5.42 and a beta of 1.03. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52 week low of $146.23 and a 52 week high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.98 by ($0.77). The company had revenue of $1.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.66 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 3.50% and a net margin of 11.80%.The firm’s revenue was up 28.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.87 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.26 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.5%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is presently 236.89%.

Key Headlines Impacting Digital Realty Trust

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

• Positive Sentiment: Digital Realty reported Q2 results that showed strong leasing activity, a record backlog, and higher renewal rents, which helped the company beat FFO expectations and improve its 2026 outlook.
• Positive Sentiment: The company raised FY 2026 adjusted FFO guidance to $8.15-$8.20 per share and lifted revenue guidance to $6.9 billion-$7.0 billion, signaling confidence in continued cloud and AI-driven demand.
• Positive Sentiment: TD Cowen upgraded Digital Realty Trust to Buy from Hold and raised its price target to $222 from $192, citing stronger data center demand. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan also raised its price target on DLR to $235 from $230 and reiterated an Overweight rating, implying additional upside from current levels. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Despite the upbeat guidance, the company’s reported EPS of $1.21 came in well below Wall Street expectations, so investors are balancing the earnings miss against the stronger operating trends.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently weighed in on DLR. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. BNP Paribas Exane boosted their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $196.00 to $224.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $211.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Friday, May 1st. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 14th. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have assigned a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $217.38.

Digital Realty Trust Company 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.