California Public Employees Retirement System Has $98.37 Million Stock Position in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. $DLR

California Public Employees Retirement System lifted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 4.2% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 568,976 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 22,729 shares during the period. California Public Employees Retirement System owned 0.17% of Digital Realty Trust worth $98,365,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in DLR. Security National Bank of Sioux City Iowa IA raised its position in Digital Realty Trust by 0.4% during the third quarter. Security National Bank of Sioux City Iowa IA now owns 14,335 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,478,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Commons Capital LLC grew its position in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 4.6% in the 3rd quarter. Commons Capital LLC now owns 1,463 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $253,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares during the period. Scotia Capital Inc. increased its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Scotia Capital Inc. now owns 7,379 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,276,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 11.2% during the 3rd quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 646 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $112,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Zions Bancorporation National Association UT raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 12.5% in the 3rd quarter. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT now owns 585 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $101,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Digital Realty Trust Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of DLR opened at $181.16 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $62.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 50.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.97 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 1.59. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52 week low of $129.95 and a 52 week high of $184.79. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $170.26 and its 200 day simple moving average is $166.94.

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 (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.03. Digital Realty Trust had a net margin of 21.41% and a return on equity of 5.88%. The firm had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.58 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.73 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter 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, analysts forecast that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a $1.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.7%. Digital Realty Trust’s payout ratio is 135.56%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Mizuho cut their target price 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. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on Digital Realty Trust from $188.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft initiated coverage on Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Monday, January 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $180.00 price objective for the company. Bank of America reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $170.00 target price (down from $210.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, KeyCorp restated a “sector weight” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $193.96.

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.