Jefferies Financial Group Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Stock

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its price objective upped by equities researchers at Jefferies Financial Group from $184.00 to $189.00 in a note issued to investors on Friday,MarketScreener reports. The brokerage currently has a “buy” rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price target would suggest a potential upside of 10.57% from the stock’s current price.

Several other research firms have also commented on DLR. Wall Street Zen lowered Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 8th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft started coverage on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Monday, January 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $180.00 target price for the company. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $212.00 to $190.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $192.13.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Up 3.8%

Shares of NYSE DLR opened at $170.93 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $158.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $165.76. The company has a current ratio of 2.02, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. Digital Realty Trust has a twelve month low of $129.95 and a twelve month high of $182.48. The stock has a market capitalization of $58.71 billion, a PE ratio of 44.47, a PEG ratio of 3.89 and a beta of 1.12.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.58 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 23.67% and a return on equity of 6.41%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.73 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Digital Realty Trust

In related news, Director Mary Hogan Preusse sold 4,166 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $157.42, for a total value of $655,811.72. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.13% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter worth about $25,000. South Plains Financial Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 280.5% during the 2nd quarter. South Plains Financial Inc. now owns 156 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 115 shares in the last quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC purchased a new stake in Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter worth approximately $28,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% during the 3rd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 161 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tobam purchased a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the second quarter worth about $28,000. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More Digital Realty Trust News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 results beat expectations: DLR reported $1.86 EPS vs. $1.83 consensus and revenue of $1.63B (vs. ~$1.58B est.), with revenue up ~13.8% year-over-year — a sign of accelerating demand and healthy margins. Digital Realty Reports Fourth Quarter 2025 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Management raised FY‑2026 EPS guidance sharply to $7.90–$8.00, well above Wall Street’s prior consensus — this materially improves forward earnings visibility if achieved. Digital Realty Reports Fourth Quarter 2025 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Company targets ~8% core FFO growth for 2026 and cites accelerating hyperscale and AI-driven demand — a strategic tailwind for data-center REIT growth prospects. Digital Realty outlines 8% core FFO growth target for 2026 as hyperscale and AI demand accelerate
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain constructive — brokerages show a consensus “Moderate Buy,” supporting investor confidence after the print. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages
• Neutral Sentiment: Management filed a detailed earnings transcript and slide deck (useful for modelers and lease/colocation detail). Digital Realty (DLR) Q4 2025 Earnings Transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: DLR is expanding international footprint (Malaysian data-center acquisition) — strategic for hyperscaler access but not immediately accretive to US cash flows. What Digital Realty Trust (DLR)’s Malaysian Data Center Acquisition Means For Shareholders
• Negative Sentiment: Despite beats and stronger EPS guidance, shares are trading down — likely reflecting profit-taking, high multiple concerns (DLR trades at elevated P/E), and investor focus on execution risk to hit the steep FY‑26 targets.

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.