JPMorgan Chase & Co. Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Stock

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its price target upped by equities research analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $230.00 to $235.00 in a research note issued on Friday,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has an “overweight” rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.‘s target price points to a potential upside of 15.45% from the stock’s current price.

DLR has been the topic of several other research reports. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $189.00 to $197.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. KeyCorp reaffirmed a “sector weight” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Friday. Wolfe Research increased their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $194.00 to $211.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, April 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Raymond James Financial upped their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have given a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $217.38.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Up 13.5%

Shares of NYSE:DLR traded up $24.21 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $203.55. 7,492,109 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,420,540. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 1.59. Digital Realty Trust has a 52-week low of $146.23 and a 52-week high of $208.14. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $184.35 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $180.59. The company has a market capitalization of $71.53 billion, a PE ratio of 53.68, a P/E/G ratio of 4.86 and a beta of 1.03.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.98 by ($0.77). Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.73% and a return on equity of 6.05%. The firm had revenue of $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.66 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.87 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 28.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Digital Realty Trust will post 8.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in DLR. Tema ETFs LLC lifted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 8.5% during the second quarter. Tema ETFs LLC now owns 5,529 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $993,000 after purchasing an additional 435 shares during the period. Community Financial Services Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $56,000. Finivi Inc. lifted its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 4.9% during the 2nd quarter. Finivi Inc. now owns 4,039 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $725,000 after buying an additional 190 shares during the period. World Equity Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Digital Realty Trust in the 2nd quarter valued at $494,000. Finally, Legacy Wealth Asset Management LLC grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 59.4% in the second quarter. Legacy Wealth Asset Management LLC now owns 3,371 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $605,000 after acquiring an additional 1,256 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Digital Realty Trust News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Digital Realty beat Q2 FFO and revenue estimates, with FFO per share of $2.13 versus $1.98 expected, helped by strong leasing activity and higher renewal rents. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: The company raised its full-year 2026 FFO outlook to $8.15-$8.20 per share and lifted revenue guidance to $6.85 billion-$7.0 billion, signaling confidence in sustained demand. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: TD Cowen upgraded Digital Realty from hold to buy and increased its price target to $222, which can attract additional investors. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Shares also appear to be benefiting from broader investor enthusiasm around AI infrastructure and cloud-related data center demand, which supports the company’s long-term growth story. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Q2 EPS came in below Wall Street expectations at $1.21 versus $1.98 forecast, which is a reminder that earnings quality can be uneven even as the business grows. Article Title

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.