Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Shares Gap Up on Analyst Upgrade

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) gapped up prior to trading on Friday after Wall Street Zen upgraded the stock from a sell rating to a hold rating. The stock had previously closed at $179.34, but opened at $190.00. Digital Realty Trust shares last traded at $203.0860, with a volume of 2,076,475 shares.

Several other analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $225.00 to $227.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Wolfe Research increased their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $194.00 to $211.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, April 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $230.00 to $235.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday. 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 note on Friday, April 24th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane increased their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $196.00 to $224.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have issued a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Digital Realty Trust presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $217.38.

More Digital Realty Trust News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Digital Realty reported Q2 results that showed strong leasing activity, a record backlog, and higher renewal rents, which helped the company beat FFO expectations and improve its 2026 outlook.
• Positive Sentiment: The company raised FY 2026 adjusted FFO guidance to $8.15-$8.20 per share and lifted revenue guidance to $6.9 billion-$7.0 billion, signaling confidence in continued cloud and AI-driven demand.
• Positive Sentiment: TD Cowen upgraded Digital Realty Trust to Buy from Hold and raised its price target to $222 from $192, citing stronger data center demand. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan also raised its price target on DLR to $235 from $230 and reiterated an Overweight rating, implying additional upside from current levels. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Despite the upbeat guidance, the company’s reported EPS of $1.21 came in well below Wall Street expectations, so investors are balancing the earnings miss against the stronger operating trends.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in DLR. Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% during 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 in the last quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc grew its stake 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 acquiring an additional 62 shares in the last quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd increased its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 970.6% during the third quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd now owns 182 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares during the period. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in Digital Realty Trust during the 3rd quarter worth $34,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Digital Realty Trust during the 4th quarter worth about $35,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Up 10.8%

The company has a current ratio of 1.59, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. The firm has a market cap of $69.80 billion, a PE ratio of 96.42, a PEG ratio of 4.88 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $184.56 and a 200-day moving average price of $180.71.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.98 by ($0.77). The firm had revenue of $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.66 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 11.80% and a return on equity of 3.50%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 28.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.87 earnings per share. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 8.04 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were issued a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is 128.76%.

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.