Capital Performance Advisors LLP Purchases Shares of 1,509 Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR)

Capital Performance Advisors LLP purchased a new stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 1,509 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $203,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Operose Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. Baldwin Brothers LLC MA boosted its stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust by 528.6% in the 4th quarter. Baldwin Brothers LLC MA now owns 220 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 185 shares in the last quarter. Bfsg LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter valued at $31,000. Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter valued at $32,000. Finally, Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners acquired a new stake in shares of Digital Realty Trust in the 4th quarter valued at $32,000. Institutional investors own 99.71% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Jean F. H. P. Mandeville sold 3,400 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.50, for a total value of $494,700.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 8,413 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,224,091.50. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.39% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Digital Realty Trust Trading Down 2.2 %

Shares of DLR stock traded down $3.23 on Monday, reaching $143.77. The company had a trading volume of 1,885,766 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,970,313. The company has a current ratio of 1.29, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91. The stock has a market cap of $44.92 billion, a PE ratio of 39.94, a PEG ratio of 3.34 and a beta of 0.55. The company has a 50-day moving average of $142.39 and a 200-day moving average of $137.72. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has a 12 month low of $86.33 and a 12 month high of $154.18.

Digital Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th were paid a $1.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 14th. This represents a $4.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.39%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 135.56%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently commented on DLR. TD Cowen boosted their target price on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $116.00 to $122.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday. Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $145.00 to $158.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 18th. Raymond James upped their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $140.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 16th. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $143.00 to $147.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $135.00 to $155.00 in a research report on Tuesday, April 9th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $142.65.

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.