Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. Makes New Investment in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. purchased a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 137,114 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $21,224,000.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% during the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 161 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% during the third quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 182 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the third quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 157.4% during the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 242 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $37,000 after buying an additional 148 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Salomon & Ludwin LLC raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 63.5% during the fourth quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 255 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 99 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:DLR opened at $189.94 on Friday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 12 month low of $146.23 and a 12 month high of $208.14. The stock has a market cap of $66.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.12, a PEG ratio of 5.16 and a beta of 1.06. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $189.93 and its 200 day moving average price is $173.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.59 and a quick ratio of 1.59.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.46. The firm had revenue of $1.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.63 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.73% and a return on equity of 6.05%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 16.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.77 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.950-8.050 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.06 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a $1.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.6%. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is 128.76%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on DLR. Weiss Ratings raised Digital Realty Trust from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $205.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, April 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $196.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Mizuho boosted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $180.00 to $217.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Digital Realty Trust has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $215.89.

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.