Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Price Target Cut to $189.00 by Analysts at Scotiabank

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its price objective cut by Scotiabank from $206.00 to $189.00 in a report released on Wednesday morning,Benzinga reports. They currently have a sector outperform rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock.

Several other analysts have also commented on the stock. TD Cowen raised their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $163.00 to $179.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 24th. Moffett Nathanson increased their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $166.00 to $172.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Loop Capital set a $205.00 price target on Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Monday, October 27th. Barclays upgraded Digital Realty Trust from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $161.00 to $164.00 in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Bank of America reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $170.00 price objective (down from $210.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $193.23.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 1.0%

Digital Realty Trust stock opened at $159.04 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $157.85 and its 200 day moving average price is $166.76. The company has a quick ratio of 2.02, a current ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. The firm has a market cap of $54.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.76 and a beta of 1.11. Digital Realty Trust has a 52 week low of $129.95 and a 52 week high of $187.74.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 31st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of $1.58 billion for the quarter. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 6.41% and a net margin of 23.67%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 16th. Investors of record on Monday, December 15th will be issued a $1.22 dividend. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.1%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is presently 126.10%.

Insider Activity at Digital Realty Trust

In other news, Director Mary Hogan Preusse sold 4,166 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The stock was 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 is available at the SEC website. 0.13% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. purchased a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $25,000. South Plains Financial Inc. raised its position 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 during the period. Salomon & Ludwin LLC acquired a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its position in Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% in the third 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 period. Finally, Tobam acquired a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Digital Realty Trust News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Barclays upgraded DLR from “underweight” to “equal weight” and nudged its price target up to $164 (from $161), signaling modest analyst support that could help sentiment. Barclays upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Technical indicator: DLR recently crossed above its 50-day moving average, which traders view as a short-term bullish signal and may attract momentum flows. 50-day MA article
• Positive Sentiment: Management commentary: CEO Andy Power emphasized long-term customer leases (e.g., multi-year contracts) and robust demand, arguing the sector is not in an oversupply state — messaging that supports revenue visibility for a REIT that markets stability and long-duration cash flows. CEO interview
• Neutral Sentiment: Sector activity: Healthpeak disclosed ~$925M of transaction activity (buy/sell moves) — a reminder of ongoing portfolio reshaping in real estate that could influence peers’ capital deployment and M&A dynamics but does not directly change DLR fundamentals. Healthpeak transactions
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry write-ups and broader coverage highlight ongoing developments in data-center real estate and DLR-specific projects — useful context but not immediate catalysts. Kalkine coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Scotiabank trimmed its price target from $206 to $189 while keeping a “sector outperform” rating — the cut reduces the implied upside from some prior analyst views and may weigh on sentiment despite still implying meaningful upside from current levels. Scotiabank price target cut
• Negative Sentiment: Mizuho published a pessimistic forecast for DLR’s stock price, adding a bearish analyst voice that can pressure sentiment and short-term flows if echoed by other brokers. Mizuho forecast

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.