Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Stock Price Expected to Rise, The Goldman Sachs Group Analyst Says

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its price objective lifted by equities researchers at The Goldman Sachs Group from $188.00 to $190.00 in a research note issued to investors on Friday,MarketScreener reports. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock. The Goldman Sachs Group’s target price indicates a potential upside of 10.92% from the company’s previous close.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. TD Cowen reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Friday. Loop Capital set a $205.00 target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Monday, October 27th. Scotiabank cut their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $206.00 to $189.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Daiwa Securities Group initiated coverage on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $210.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $192.13.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Performance

Digital Realty Trust stock opened at $171.30 on Friday. 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 company has a market capitalization of $58.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 47.58, a PEG ratio of 4.01 and a beta of 1.12. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $158.57 and its 200 day moving average is $165.63. Digital Realty Trust has a twelve month low of $129.95 and a twelve month high of $182.48.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.03. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 5.92% and a net margin of 21.41%.The business had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.58 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.73 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Digital Realty Trust will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Mary Hogan Preusse sold 4,166 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $157.42, for a total transaction of $655,811.72. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.13% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Digital Realty Trust

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. South Plains Financial Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 280.5% in the 2nd quarter. South Plains Financial Inc. now owns 156 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 115 shares during the period. Salomon & Ludwin LLC purchased a new position in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the third quarter worth approximately $28,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its position in 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 buying an additional 125 shares during the period. Finally, Tobam purchased a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. 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: Q4 core FFO rose ~7.5% year-over-year and revenue jumped ~13.8%; leasing momentum drove higher rental rates across data centers — a clear operational beat that supports higher near-term cash flow expectations. Digital Realty’s Q4 Core FFO & Revenues Top Estimates, Rentals Rise
• Positive Sentiment: Company issued FY‑2026 guidance of $7.90–$8.00 EPS and revenue around $6.6–$6.7B; the EPS target is above many street models and signals management confidence in FFO growth. Digital Realty Reports Fourth Quarter 2025 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Management reiterated an ~8% core FFO growth target for 2026 and highlighted accelerating demand from hyperscalers and AI workloads — a structural demand argument supporting longer‑term occupancy and pricing power. Digital Realty outlines 8% core FFO growth target for 2026 as hyperscale and AI demand accelerate
• Positive Sentiment: Two major firms (Jefferies and Goldman Sachs) nudged price targets higher to ~$189–$190 and kept Buy ratings, reflecting continued analyst conviction on DLR’s growth runway. Jefferies adjusts price target on Digital Realty Trust to 189 Goldman Sachs adjusts price target on Digital Realty Trust to 190
• Neutral Sentiment: Management presentation and earnings‑call materials available; call highlights note record financial performance and provide detail on leasing, pricing, and capital deployment — useful for modeling but not a single catalyst. Digital Realty Trust Inc (DLR) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysis on strategic moves such as the Malaysian data-center acquisition explains expansion strategy and potential capacity/market diversification — longer‑term relevance for growth assumptions. What Digital Realty Trust (DLR)’s Malaysian Data Center Acquisition Means For Shareholders
• Negative Sentiment: Citigroup trimmed its price target from $212 to $190 (maintained Buy) — a cut that tempers upside expectations from some institutional investors despite the earnings beat. Citigroup adjusts price target on Digital Realty Trust to 190
• Negative Sentiment: Stifel lowered its target from $210 to $200 (also kept Buy), another modest signal that some analysts are re‑calibrating upside after previous higher targets. Stifel adjusts price target on Digital Realty Trust to 200

Digital Realty Trust Company Profile

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.