Presima Securities ULC Trims Stock Holdings in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

Presima Securities ULC lessened its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 18.9% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 112,770 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 26,242 shares during the period. Digital Realty Trust accounts for approximately 5.4% of Presima Securities ULC’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest position. Presima Securities ULC’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $19,496,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of DLR. Bison Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 17.2% during the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 2,653 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $471,000 after purchasing an additional 390 shares during the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its position in Digital Realty Trust by 9.4% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 6,784 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $972,000 after purchasing an additional 584 shares during the period. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC grew its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 5.7% during the 2nd quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 1,677 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $301,000 after buying an additional 91 shares during the last quarter. Stephens Inc. AR increased its position in Digital Realty Trust by 3.5% in the second quarter. Stephens Inc. AR now owns 34,329 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $5,985,000 after buying an additional 1,154 shares during the period. Finally, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale lifted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 4.1% in the second quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 300,216 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $51,588,000 after buying an additional 11,821 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently commented on DLR shares. HSBC set a $193.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Bank of America reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $170.00 target price (down from $210.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. UBS Group set a $189.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Moffett Nathanson raised their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $166.00 to $172.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $192.33.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 2.1%

Shares of DLR stock opened at $176.09 on Thursday. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 1 year low of $129.95 and a 1 year high of $184.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 1.59. The business’s fifty day moving average is $161.22 and its 200-day moving average is $165.63. The stock has a market cap of $60.51 billion, a PE ratio of 48.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.98 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 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.03. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 5.88% and a net margin of 21.41%.The business had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.58 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.73 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Mary Hogan Preusse sold 4,166 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $157.42, for a total value of $655,811.72. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.13% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Digital Realty Trust Profile

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.