Digital Realty Trust Inc. (DLR): Today's Featured Financial Winner
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) pushed the Financial sector higher today making it today's featured financial winner. The sector as a whole closed the day down 1.8%. By the end of trading, Digital Realty rose $0.78 (1.4%) to $55.41 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1,166,362 shares of Digital Realty exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,724,300 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $54.06-$55.43 after having opened the day at $54.18 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $54.63. Other companies within the Financial sector that increased today were:
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), up 12.8%,
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Emclaire Financial Corporation
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Security National Financial Corporation
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Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), through its controlling interest in Digital Realty Trust, L.P., engages in the ownership, acquisition, development, redevelopment, and management of technology-related real estate. Digital Realty has a market cap of $7.0 billion and is part of the real estate industry. Shares are down 19.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate Digital Realty a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Digital Realty
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.
- You can view the full Digital Realty Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
Dominion Resources Black Warrior
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), down 9.5%,
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), down 9.1% and
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), down 9.1% , were all laggards within the financial sector with
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