Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) Shares Sold by Swiss National Bank

Swiss National Bank lowered its stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR - Free Report) by 4.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 924,849 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 38,300 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank owned 0.28% of Digital Realty Trust worth $164,003,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 3.2% in the third quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,886 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $305,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Stolper Co lifted its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Stolper Co now owns 12,648 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $2,243,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 4,336 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $769,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 6.6% in the third quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 1,087 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $176,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the period. Finally, Catalina Capital Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC now owns 2,393 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $424,000 after purchasing an additional 72 shares during the last quarter. 99.71% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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Digital Realty Trust Trading Up 2.3 %

Digital Realty Trust stock traded up $3.37 during trading on Monday, reaching $151.94. 2,224,662 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,862,156. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $165.62 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $170.04. The company has a market capitalization of $51.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 93.79, a PEG ratio of 4.38 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 2.07 and a quick ratio of 1.61. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52-week low of $135.54 and a 52-week high of $198.00.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.27 by $1.46. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 2.97% and a net margin of 10.85%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 7.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a dividend of $1.22 per share. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. Digital Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 301.23%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have weighed in on DLR. UBS Group raised Digital Realty Trust from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price target for the stock from $147.00 to $205.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised Digital Realty Trust from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their target price for the stock from $185.00 to $194.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Digital Realty Trust from $185.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, February 14th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a "market outperform" rating and set a $220.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of Digital Realty Trust from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Saturday, February 22nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, fourteen have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $180.11.

Digital Realty Trust Profile

Digital Realty Trust, Inc operates as a real estate investment trust, which engages in the provision of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. It serves the following industries: artificial intelligence (AI), networks, cloud, digital media, mobile, financial services, healthcare, and gaming.