Media coverage about Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Digital Realty Trust earned a media sentiment score of 0.22 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave press coverage about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.0110109804356 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next several days.
Here are some of the headlines that may have impacted Accern Sentiment Analysis’s rankings:
- BLB&B Advisors LLC Holds Stake in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) (lazeresportes.com)
- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) Position Up in Latest Report from Pggm Investments Last Quarter (highlightpress.com)
- Digital Realty (DLR) to Post Q2 Earnings: What’s in Store? - Nasdaq (nasdaq.com)
- Digital Realty (DLR) to Post Q2 Earnings: What's in Store? (finance.yahoo.com)
- Is Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR) a Bargain? Update on The … - FLBC News (flbcnews.com)
Digital Realty Trust (DLR) traded down 0.90% during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $112.23. 277,478 shares of the company were exchanged. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $114.75 and its 200-day moving average is $110.23. Digital Realty Trust has a 12 month low of $85.63 and a 12 month high of $121.53. The company has a market cap of $17.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 48.33 and a beta of -0.02.
Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.50 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $1.47 by $0.03. Digital Realty Trust had a return on equity of 12.14% and a net margin of 20.48%. The firm had revenue of $550.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $552.59 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.42 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 9.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts expect that Digital Realty Trust will post $1.60 earnings per share for the current year.
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 15th were issued a dividend of $0.93 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, June 13th. This represents a $3.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.28%. Digital Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is 158.97%.
Several equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research note on Monday, May 1st. Macquarie reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $105.00 price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust in a research report on Tuesday, July 4th. BidaskClub upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, June 24th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Digital Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $126.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 17th. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG boosted their price objective on shares of Digital Realty Trust from $105.00 to $109.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, April 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $117.00.
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In other news, SVP Joshua A. Mills sold 9,211 shares of Digital Realty Trust stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $120.00, for a total transaction of $1,105,320.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 13,377 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,605,240. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.40% of the stock is owned by insiders.
About Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty Trust, Inc is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is engaged in the business of owning, acquiring, developing and operating data centers. The Company is focused on providing data center and colocation solutions for domestic and international tenants across a range of industry verticals ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, healthcare and consumer products.
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