Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) Stock Price Expected to Rise, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Analyst Says

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) had its target price upped by equities researchers at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $230.00 to $235.00 in a research note issued to investors on Friday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has an “overweight” rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.‘s price target points to a potential upside of 18.31% from the stock’s previous close.

Several other brokerages have also commented on DLR. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $218.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $205.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $230.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Mizuho lifted their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $180.00 to $217.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 23rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised Digital Realty Trust from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. One investment 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 company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Digital Realty Trust has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $217.38.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

DLR stock opened at $198.63 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $184.56 and a 200 day moving average price of $180.71. The company has a quick ratio of 1.59, a current ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. The stock has a market cap of $69.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 96.42, a PEG ratio of 5.42 and a beta of 1.03. Digital Realty Trust has a fifty-two week low of $146.23 and a fifty-two week high of $208.14.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.98 by ($0.77). The company had revenue of $1.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.66 billion. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 3.50% and a net margin of 11.80%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 28.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.87 EPS. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.200 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Digital Realty Trust will post 8.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 347.2% in 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 last quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc grew its holdings 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 worth $31,000 after buying an additional 62 shares during the last quarter. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd grew its holdings 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 buying an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter valued at about $34,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter valued at about $35,000. 99.71% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Digital Realty Trust News Summary

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.

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.