571 Shares in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) Acquired by Physician Wealth Advisors Inc.

Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund bought 571 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $101,000.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of DLR. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Digital Realty Trust by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 51,453,186 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $9,124,193,000 after buying an additional 469,823 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $3,858,428,000. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 3,950,237 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $700,486,000 after acquiring an additional 79,322 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,632,752 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $644,196,000 after purchasing an additional 122,090 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi lifted its position in Digital Realty Trust by 10.2% in the fourth quarter. Amundi now owns 1,451,440 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $262,522,000 after purchasing an additional 134,228 shares during the period. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

DLR has been the topic of a number of research reports. Citizens Jmp raised Digital Realty Trust to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $185.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $185.00 to $194.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. JMP Securities restated a “market outperform” rating and set a $220.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, StockNews.com cut Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, February 22nd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $180.32.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 2.0 %

DLR stock opened at $142.10 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $160.10 and a two-hundred day moving average of $169.92. The company has a market cap of $47.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 87.71, a PEG ratio of 4.38 and a beta of 0.65. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 12-month low of $135.54 and a 12-month high of $198.00. 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) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27 by $1.46. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 2.97% and a net margin of 10.85%. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 14th will be given a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is presently 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.