Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Given New $250.00 Price Target at Citizens Jmp

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its price target lifted by Citizens Jmp from $220.00 to $250.00 in a report published on Monday,Benzinga reports. Citizens Jmp currently has a market outperform rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on DLR. Scotiabank lifted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $195.00 to $222.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research report on Monday. Citigroup reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Monday. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday. Bank of America reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $170.00 target price (down from $210.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, UBS Group lifted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $225.00 to $227.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target 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 52 week low of $146.23 and a 52 week high of $208.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 1.59. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $183.52 and its 200 day moving average is $170.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $68.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.72, a PEG ratio of 4.36 and a beta of 1.07.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last released its earnings results 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. 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 previous year, the business posted $1.77 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.2% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.950-8.050 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust will post 8.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th were paid 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 presently 128.76%.

Institutional Trading of Digital Realty Trust

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in DLR. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the third quarter valued at about $25,000. Salomon & Ludwin LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the third quarter valued at about $28,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% during 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 in the last quarter. First Horizon Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the third quarter valued at about $31,000. Finally, Bell Investment Advisors Inc boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 56.9% during the first quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 171 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares in the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Stories Impacting 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.