Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) have earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the nine ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $22.13.

A number of research firms have recently commented on STWD. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their target price on Starwood Property Trust from $22.50 to $22.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on Starwood Property Trust from $20.00 to $19.50 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. JMP Securities cut their target price on Starwood Property Trust from $24.00 to $23.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, UBS Group increased their target price on Starwood Property Trust from $19.50 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, November 15th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Albion Financial Group UT bought a new position in shares of Starwood Property Trust during the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Brooklyn Investment Group lifted its holdings in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 86.1% during the fourth quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 1,578 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 730 shares in the last quarter. Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC bought a new position in Starwood Property Trust in the third quarter valued at about $34,000. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its holdings in Starwood Property Trust by 69.7% in the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,746 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 717 shares during the period. Finally, Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in Starwood Property Trust by 83.2% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,881 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 854 shares during the period. 49.82% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Starwood Property Trust Price Performance

Shares of STWD stock opened at $19.78 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $6.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.91 and a beta of 1.69. The business’s fifty day moving average is $19.44 and its 200 day moving average is $19.79. Starwood Property Trust has a twelve month low of $18.12 and a twelve month high of $21.17. The company has a quick ratio of 1.79, a current ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.61.

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $479.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $488.63 million. Starwood Property Trust had a return on equity of 9.93% and a net margin of 18.82%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 8.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.46 earnings per share. Research analysts expect that Starwood Property Trust will post 1.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Starwood Property Trust

Starwood Property Trust, Inc operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Commercial and Residential Lending, Infrastructure Lending, Property, and Investing and Servicing segments. The Commercial and Residential Lending segment originates, acquires, finances, and manages commercial first mortgages, non-agency residential mortgages, subordinated mortgages, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), and residential mortgage-backed securities, as well as other real estate and real estate-related debt investments, include distressed or non-performing loans.