BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S decreased its stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR – Free Report) by 8.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 32,636 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 2,948 shares during the quarter. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $5,642,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Summit Place Financial Advisors LLC grew its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 2.0% in the second quarter. Summit Place Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,857 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $498,000 after purchasing an additional 57 shares in the last quarter. Riverbend Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. Riverbend Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,043 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $356,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Security National Bank of Sioux City Iowa IA grew its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. Security National Bank of Sioux City Iowa IA now owns 14,335 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,478,000 after buying an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Telos Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in Digital Realty Trust by 0.8% in the second quarter. Telos Capital Management Inc. now owns 8,089 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,410,000 after buying an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Horst & Graben Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Digital Realty Trust by 0.4% during the second quarter. Horst & Graben Wealth Management LLC now owns 16,030 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,795,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other Digital Realty Trust news, Director Mary Hogan Preusse sold 4,166 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $157.42, for a total value of $655,811.72. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.13% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Digital Realty Trust Trading Up 4.0%
Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results 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 firm had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.58 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.73 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. Digital Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.900-8.000 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current year.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several research analysts have recently commented on DLR shares. Bank of America restated a “neutral” rating and set a $170.00 price target (down previously from $210.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on Digital Realty Trust from $188.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Weiss Ratings downgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, TD Cowen reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Friday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating and nine have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $192.13.
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Key Stories Impacting Digital Realty Trust
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.
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