Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Coverage Initiated by Analysts at Truist Financial

Truist Financial initiated coverage on shares of Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) in a research report report published on Tuesday, Marketbeat reports. The brokerage issued a buy rating and a $207.00 price objective on the real estate investment trust’s stock.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $188.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. HSBC set a $193.00 target price on Digital Realty Trust and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Mizuho dropped their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $191.00 to $180.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Citigroup lowered their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $212.00 to $190.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Bank of America reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $170.00 price objective (down from $210.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $194.88.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Up 2.8%

DLR stock opened at $180.00 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.59, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $174.22 and its 200 day simple moving average is $167.74. Digital Realty Trust has a 1-year low of $129.95 and a 1-year high of $184.79. The firm has a market capitalization of $61.85 billion, a PE ratio of 50.00, a PEG ratio of 3.88 and a beta of 1.12.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.58 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.41% and a return on equity of 5.88%. The company’s revenue was up 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.73 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust will post 7.07 EPS for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th were issued a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.7%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is presently 135.56%.

Institutional Trading of Digital Realty Trust

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of DLR. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. purchased a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the third quarter worth about $25,000. Salomon & Ludwin LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. boosted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% in the 3rd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 161 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 125 shares during the period. First Horizon Corp bought a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd grew its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% in the 3rd 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 in the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Digital Realty Trust News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Digital Realty closed its inaugural U.S. hyperscale data center fund with $3.25 billion of equity commitments to build and own hyperscale assets across major U.S. Tier-1 metros—this materially increases funding capacity for growth and lets DLR scale large projects while deploying private capital, which can boost long-term revenue and reduce the need for balance-sheet financing. Digital Realty Announces Final Close of $3.25 billion U.S. Hyperscale Data Center Fund
• Positive Sentiment: Truist initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $207 price target (implying roughly mid-teens upside), which likely supported the rally by giving investors a bullish third-party view on DLR’s growth runway and valuation. Benzinga: Truist starts coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: Digital Realty scheduled its Q1 2026 earnings release and conference call for after market close on April 23 (5:00 p.m. ET). The event creates a near-term catalyst—results and guidance commentary could amplify the move in either direction. Digital Realty Schedules First Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple media/analyst write-ups (Yahoo/Zacks/MSN/Fool) are amplifying the fund-close story and broader data-center sector commentary; these coverage pieces support awareness but are secondary to the fund and analyst action. Zacks: Digital Realty’s $3.25B Fund Close

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.