Scotiabank Boosts Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Price Target to $195.00

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its price objective raised by stock analysts at Scotiabank from $189.00 to $195.00 in a research report issued on Tuesday,MarketScreener reports. The brokerage currently has a “sector outperform” rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock. Scotiabank’s target price suggests a potential upside of 5.19% from the stock’s previous close.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on DLR. Mizuho reduced their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $191.00 to $180.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $164.00 to $182.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 18th. HSBC set a $193.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. TD Cowen restated a “hold” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $218.00 price objective for the company. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $195.80.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE DLR opened at $185.38 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $176.79 and its 200 day moving average price is $168.17. Digital Realty Trust has a 1 year low of $130.88 and a 1 year high of $186.45. The company has a market capitalization of $63.70 billion, a PE ratio of 51.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.02 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 1.59.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last announced its quarterly 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 firm had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.58 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.41% and a return on equity of 5.88%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior 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, research analysts predict that Digital Realty Trust will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Digital Realty Trust

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter valued at about $25,000. Salomon & Ludwin LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter valued at about $28,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. First Horizon Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter valued at about $31,000. Finally, Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd raised its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% in 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. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Headlines Impacting Digital Realty Trust

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

• Positive Sentiment: Wolfe Research raised its price target to $211 from $194 and kept an outperform rating, signaling a sizable upside and institutional confidence in DLR’s growth trajectory. Wolfe Research price target lift
• Positive Sentiment: Scotiabank increased its price target to $195 and maintained a “sector outperform” rating, adding further analyst support and incremental upside expectations. Scotiabank price target update
• Positive Sentiment: Digital Realty opened its first Asia‑Pacific Innovation Lab (DRIL) at NRT12 in Tokyo to help customers test and optimize AI and hybrid‑cloud deployments — a strategic move to capture rising demand for high‑density, GPU‑centric infrastructure in Japan and the broader APAC market. DRIL Japan opening
• Positive Sentiment: Digital Realty also announced NRT14, the third facility at its NRT campus, designed for high‑power, liquid‑ and air‑cooled hybrid environments optimized for next‑gen GPUs — expanding physical capacity to serve AI/HPC workloads. NRT14 data center opening
• Neutral Sentiment: MarketWatch noted the stock rose on Wednesday but still lagged the broader market, providing context that DLR’s move is part of a mixed short‑term performance picture. MarketWatch performance note
• Neutral Sentiment: KalkineMedia highlighted DLR’s improved standing after the Wolfe Research action, reinforcing attention from institutional research but not adding new operational detail. KalkineMedia coverage
• Negative Sentiment: A Yahoo Finance feature questions whether DLR is fairly valued after a strong one‑year rally, flagging that part of the upside may already be priced in and urging investors to weigh fundamentals versus recent momentum. Valuation caution piece

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.