Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Given New $230.00 Price Target at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its target price lifted by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $210.00 to $230.00 in a report issued on Monday morning, Marketbeat.com reports. The brokerage currently has an overweight rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock.

DLR has been the topic of a number of other research reports. HSBC cut Digital Realty Trust from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and upped their price target for the company from $193.00 to $210.00 in a research report on Monday. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $223.00 to $233.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $215.00 price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Friday. Truist Financial assumed coverage on Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Tuesday, March 31st. They set a “buy” rating and a $207.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Mizuho increased their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $180.00 to $217.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $213.86.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Down 2.0%

Shares of NYSE DLR opened at $196.01 on Monday. Digital Realty Trust has a one year low of $146.23 and a one year high of $208.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.59 and a quick ratio of 1.59. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $183.52 and its 200-day moving average price is $170.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $68.40 billion, a PE ratio of 51.72, a P/E/G ratio of 4.36 and a beta of 1.07.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.46. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 6.05% and a net margin of 21.73%.The firm had revenue of $1.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.63 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.77 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.950-8.050 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust will post 8.07 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company 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. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 13th. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 128.76%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Digital Realty Trust

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of DLR. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 9.1% in the first quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 657 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $118,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the period. South Plains Financial Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 25.7% in the fourth quarter. South Plains Financial Inc. now owns 274 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $42,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the period. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 2,404 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $372,000 after buying an additional 61 shares during the period. PDS Planning Inc raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. PDS Planning Inc now owns 1,785 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $276,000 after buying an additional 62 shares during the period. Finally, Bell Investment Advisors Inc raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 56.9% in the first quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 171 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 62 shares during the period. 99.71% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about Digital Realty Trust

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

• Positive Sentiment: Multiple brokers raised price targets and maintained bullish ratings, signaling upside potential and supporting investor demand — JPMorgan raised its target to $230 and kept an Overweight rating. MarketScreener
• Positive Sentiment: Scotiabank increased its target to $222 and kept a Sector Outperform call, reinforcing buy-side pressure. The Fly
• Positive Sentiment: Citizens Jmp raised its price target to $250 with a Market Outperform rating, implying ~27% upside from current levels and adding bullish momentum. TickerReport
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and industry pieces highlight Digital Realty as well‑positioned for AI-driven data-center demand; Stifel raised its target to $230 and outlets list DLR among under-the-radar data-center buys. This supports a growth narrative tied to capacity and AI workloads. Yahoo Finance / InsiderMonkey
• Positive Sentiment: Management sees material expansion: Digital Realty projects ~6 GW of additional capacity in the future, which signals long-term growth runway as AI and hyperscale demand increases. Seeking Alpha
• Neutral Sentiment: Q1 results were mixed-to-in-line: revenue beat marginally, EPS met consensus, and FY26 EPS guidance was set at $7.95–$8.05 (analysts expect ~8.07). The report supports the story but doesn’t materially surprise the market. Globe and Mail
• Negative Sentiment: HSBC cut DLR to Hold, arguing strong AFFO growth may already be priced into the stock — a view that can trigger profit-taking and cap enthusiasm from some investors. Seeking Alpha (HSBC)

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.