What Do You Need to Know About Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Before Investing?

By Emilio Sanchez • Tuesday, December 12 16:36 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Real Estate company Digital Realty Trust has moved 0.2% so far today on a volume of 2,202,344, compared to its average of 2,013,652. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 0.0%.

Digital Realty Trust trades 4.18% away from its average analyst target price of $129.55 per share. The 20 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $97.0 to $155.0, and on average have given Digital Realty Trust a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in DLR, you'll want to know the following:

Digital Realty Trust's current price is -25.3% below its Graham number of $180.76, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Digital Realty Trust has moved 21.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 15.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.88, Digital Realty Trust has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 46.9 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
DLR has a forward P/E ratio of 118.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.14 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of -5.42 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Digital Realty Trust is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.34 compared to its sector average of 2.1
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.
Based in Austin, the company has 3,412 full time employees and a market cap of $41.75 Billion. Digital Realty Trust currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.6%.

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