Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) Shares Acquired by Nikulski Financial Inc.

Nikulski Financial Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) by 5.3% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 13,002 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 659 shares during the quarter. Nikulski Financial Inc.’s holdings in Digital Realty Trust were worth $2,104,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of DLR. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 2.0% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 48,503,593 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $6,986,458,000 after purchasing an additional 951,567 shares during the last quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board raised its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 3.1% during the 2nd quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 4,826,432 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $733,859,000 after acquiring an additional 146,183 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc grew its holdings in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 2.8% in the second quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 4,730,168 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $719,222,000 after purchasing an additional 129,799 shares during the period. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. increased its position in Digital Realty Trust by 16.8% during the second quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 4,725,971 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $718,584,000 after purchasing an additional 678,165 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in Digital Realty Trust by 5.3% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,541,327 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $690,498,000 after purchasing an additional 228,585 shares during the period. 99.71% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently issued reports on DLR shares. Argus downgraded Digital Realty Trust from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 1st. Stifel Nicolaus restated a “buy” rating and set a $195.00 target price (up from $185.00) on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $175.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Raymond James raised their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $170.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Evercore ISI boosted their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $160.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $167.68.

Digital Realty Trust Price Performance

DLR stock traded down $1.60 on Thursday, reaching $180.57. 64,046 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,829,707. The firm has a market cap of $59.12 billion, a PE ratio of 153.08, a P/E/G ratio of 5.08 and a beta of 0.60. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a twelve month low of $121.78 and a twelve month high of $193.88. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $159.72 and a 200-day moving average of $151.52. The company has a quick ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 1.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81.

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.67 by ($1.58). Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 5.93% and a net margin of 20.58%. The company had revenue of $1.43 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.43 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.62 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts predict that Digital Realty Trust, Inc. will post 6.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Digital Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Friday, September 13th were issued a dividend of $1.22 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 13th. This represents a $4.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.70%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is presently 410.08%.

About Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges.