Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Price Target Raised to $217.00

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its target price increased by Mizuho from $180.00 to $217.00 in a research report released on Thursday morning,MarketScreener reports. The firm currently has an outperform rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock.

DLR has been the subject of several other research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft began coverage on Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Monday, January 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $180.00 price target for the company. Barclays increased their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $182.00 to $189.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. KeyCorp reiterated a “sector weight” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $188.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $210.50.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 0.0%

Shares of NYSE:DLR opened at $199.96 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $69.78 billion, a PE ratio of 52.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.43 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.59 and a quick ratio of 1.59. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $183.22 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $170.18. Digital Realty Trust has a 1 year low of $146.23 and a 1 year high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.46. The firm had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.63 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 6.08% and a net margin of 21.73%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.77 EPS. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.950-8.050 EPS. Analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust will post 7.94 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th were issued a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.4%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is 135.56%.

Institutional Trading of Digital Realty Trust

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in DLR. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the 4th quarter worth about $3,402,995,000. Cohen & Steers Inc. lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 18.0% during the 4th quarter. Cohen & Steers Inc. now owns 28,001,340 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $4,332,366,000 after purchasing an additional 4,276,073 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 686.0% during the 3rd quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 4,807,512 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $831,123,000 after purchasing an additional 4,195,862 shares in the last quarter. Viking Global Investors LP purchased a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the 4th quarter worth about $233,301,000. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 78.8% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 3,190,797 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $493,650,000 after purchasing an additional 1,405,791 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

More Digital Realty Trust News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 beat and raised outlook — DLR reported beats on core metrics and raised FY‑2026 EPS and revenue guidance, citing leasing momentum and strong AI-driven demand that improved visibility for 2026. DLR Q1 Earnings Beat on Leasing Momentum and AI Demand, View Raised
• Positive Sentiment: FFO and revenue upside — DLR posted FFO and revenue above expectations (core FFO and FFO per share improved year-over-year), reinforcing cash‑flow growth supporting dividends and valuation. Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Beats Q1 FFO and Revenue Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Strong backlog and development pipeline — management highlighted a record backlog (~$1.8B total, ~$1.0B DLR share), a >50% sequential increase in pipeline to ~1.2 GW under construction, and ~61% pre‑leased at attractive yields, giving multi‑year revenue visibility. Earnings Call Transcript
• Positive Sentiment: Broad analyst upgrades — multiple firms (Raymond James, Jefferies, Bernstein, BNP Paribas Exane, Citigroup, Stifel, Mizuho, others) raised price targets and/or ratings after results, signaling stronger sell‑side conviction on growth from AI/data‑center demand. Raymond James PT Raise Jefferies PT Raise
• Neutral Sentiment: Operational notes on the call — management flagged some supply‑chain and operational hurdles; these appear manageable but are worth monitoring for timing of capacity deliveries. Earnings Call Highlights
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation to watch — shares have rallied into a premium multiple (high P/E), so investors should weigh continued execution and AI demand against a stretched valuation when sizing positions.
• Negative Sentiment: Corporate governance/activist item — an unrelated activist presentation at Americold called for votes against re‑electing board members including DLR’s CEO (Andrew Power) on Americold’s board; this could be a near‑term distraction or governance headline risk. Sieve Capital Presentation

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.