Barclays Cuts Price Target on Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Investing Outside the U.S. for Growth

August 2, 2011 3:44 PM EDT
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Barclays is reiterating its Overweight rating on shares of Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR), but is cutting its price target by $3 to $67.

The company reported solid Q2 results with FFO of $1.02, $0.03 ahead of the firms estimate due to better construction management income.

The firm raised its FY11 FFO estimate by $0.01 to $4.04, which is $0.01 under the company's new guidance of $3.99-$4.05. Barclays five-year FFO growth rate is 11.4 percent, and its five-year CAD growth rate is 11.6 percent.

An analyst at Barclays comments, "Management is focusing much of its energy on international expansion, buying a development site in Sydney subsequent to quarter end and planning acquisitions in Melbourne, Paris, and Dublin. With the supply of institutional-quality data centers lower in many international markets, management currently sees better returns and better growth outside of the U.S., although it continues to invest domestically."

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Shares of Digital Realty Trust closed at $60.58 yesterday.


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