1,295 Shares in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) Bought by Aureus Asset Management LLC

Aureus Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 1,295 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $210,000.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 501.7% in the third quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 4,326,914 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $700,224,000 after buying an additional 3,607,802 shares during the period. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC raised its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 15,301.1% during the 3rd quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC now owns 1,850,292 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $299,433,000 after purchasing an additional 1,838,278 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 543.6% in the 2nd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 1,447,340 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $220,068,000 after purchasing an additional 1,773,591 shares during the period. Wulff Hansen & CO. boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 15,105.0% in the 2nd quarter. Wulff Hansen & CO. now owns 795,830 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $121,006,000 after purchasing an additional 790,596 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Electron Capital Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 220.7% during the second quarter. Electron Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,041,594 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $158,374,000 after buying an additional 716,816 shares during the period. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

DLR has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. TD Cowen increased their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $120.00 to $128.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 25th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $175.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. HSBC raised Digital Realty Trust from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $124.00 to $160.00 in a research report on Friday, October 4th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $168.00 to $202.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. Finally, Evercore ISI lifted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $160.00 to $175.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Digital Realty Trust presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $170.37.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Down 1.8 %

NYSE:DLR opened at $192.18 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $63.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 161.49, a P/E/G ratio of 5.19 and a beta of 0.59. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1 year low of $130.00 and a 1 year high of $198.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.61 and a quick ratio of 1.61. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $173.14 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $158.36.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.67 by ($1.58). The firm had revenue of $1.43 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.43 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 8.04% and a return on equity of 2.24%. Digital Realty Trust’s revenue was up 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.62 earnings per share. As a group, analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 6.71 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is currently 410.08%.

Digital Realty Trust Profile

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges.