HighTower Advisors LLC cut its holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR – Free Report) by 0.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 78,183 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 392 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $13,864,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 3.2% in the third quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,886 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $305,000 after buying an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Stolper Co boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Stolper Co now owns 12,648 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,243,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 4,336 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $769,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares in the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 6.6% during the third quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 1,087 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $176,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Catalina Capital Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC now owns 2,393 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $424,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares in the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
DLR has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $220.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Truist Financial cut their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $201.00 to $185.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 10th. StockNews.com lowered Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 22nd. Barclays lifted their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $135.00 to $142.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Finally, Citizens Jmp raised Digital Realty Trust to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, fourteen have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Digital Realty Trust has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $180.11.
Digital Realty Trust Trading Up 1.7 %
NYSE DLR opened at $148.41 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $49.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 91.61, a P/E/G ratio of 4.38 and a beta of 0.65. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52 week low of $135.54 and a 52 week high of $198.00. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $165.62 and a 200-day moving average price of $170.04. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80.
Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.73 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $1.46. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 2.97% and a net margin of 10.85%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be issued a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.29%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is 301.23%.
Digital Realty Trust Profile
Digital Realty Trust, Inc operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the provision of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. It serves the following industries: artificial intelligence (AI), networks, cloud, digital media, mobile, financial services, healthcare, and gaming.
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