Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Updates FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 8.150-8.200 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 8.050. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.9 billion-$7.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.7 billion.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have weighed in on DLR shares. Citizens Jmp lifted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $205.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, April 20th. 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 report on Monday, April 6th. Truist Financial boosted their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $208.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $210.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, April 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have given a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $217.21.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Up 10.5%

NYSE DLR opened at $198.24 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $184.35 and its two-hundred day moving average is $180.59. Digital Realty Trust has a one year low of $146.23 and a one year high of $208.14. The firm has a market cap of $69.66 billion, a PE ratio of 49.20, a P/E/G ratio of 4.86 and a beta of 1.03. 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 (NYSE:DLR) last posted its quarterly earnings results 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). Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 6.05% and a net margin of 21.73%.The company had revenue of $1.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.66 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.87 earnings per share. 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. Analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust will post 8.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $1.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.5%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is presently 128.76%.

Trending Headlines about Digital Realty Trust

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

• Positive Sentiment: Digital Realty raised its fiscal 2026 adjusted FFO guidance to $8.15-$8.20 per share and increased revenue guidance, citing robust leasing demand from cloud and AI customers. Reuters: Digital Realty raises annual FFO forecast on robust data center demand
• Positive Sentiment: TD Cowen upgraded Digital Realty Trust from hold to buy and set a $222 price target, signaling confidence in further upside. The Fly: TD Cowen upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Q2 funds from operations of $2.13 per share beat estimates, and revenue of $1.92 billion topped expectations, reinforcing that the core business is benefiting from strong demand. Zacks: DLR beats Q2 FFO and revenue estimates
• Neutral Sentiment: The company’s reported EPS of $1.21 missed consensus, so the quarter was not a clean beat across all metrics, which may temper some enthusiasm. MarketBeat earnings report

Institutional Trading of Digital Realty Trust

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 20,649,053 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $3,219,256,000 after purchasing an additional 231,933 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp grew its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,787,922 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $895,449,000 after purchasing an additional 140,388 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 3.3% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,814,566 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $744,879,000 after purchasing an additional 151,660 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 686.0% in the third quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 4,807,512 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $831,123,000 after buying an additional 4,195,862 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 8.5% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,433,515 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $685,909,000 after buying an additional 346,200 shares during the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.