Cetera Investment Advisers Buys 47,572 Shares of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD)

Cetera Investment Advisers raised its holdings in Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD - Free Report) by 11.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 466,607 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after acquiring an additional 47,572 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers owned about 0.14% of Starwood Property Trust worth $8,842,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Wealth Quarterback LLC increased its holdings in Starwood Property Trust by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Wealth Quarterback LLC now owns 14,817 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $281,000 after purchasing an additional 518 shares in the last quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. now owns 34,528 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $654,000 after buying an additional 571 shares during the last quarter. Register Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Register Financial Advisors LLC now owns 44,329 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $840,000 after buying an additional 604 shares during the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. boosted its stake in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 69.7% during the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,746 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 717 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group boosted its stake in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 86.1% during the 4th quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 1,578 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 730 shares during the last quarter. 49.82% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on STWD shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Starwood Property Trust from $19.00 to $19.50 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, May 12th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their price objective on shares of Starwood Property Trust from $22.00 to $21.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 7th. Finally, UBS Group reduced their price objective on shares of Starwood Property Trust from $19.50 to $19.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Starwood Property Trust currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $21.75.

Starwood Property Trust Stock Performance

NYSE:STWD traded up $0.15 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $20.29. The stock had a trading volume of 2,009,938 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,466,528. Starwood Property Trust, Inc. has a twelve month low of $16.59 and a twelve month high of $21.17. The stock has a market cap of $6.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.34 and a beta of 1.26. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $19.17 and its 200 day simple moving average is $19.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.61, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a current ratio of 1.79.

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 9th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.46 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $418.18 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $469.00 million. Starwood Property Trust had a net margin of 18.82% and a return on equity of 9.93%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.59 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Starwood Property Trust, Inc. will post 1.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Starwood Property Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st were given a dividend of $0.48 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 31st. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 9.47%. Starwood Property Trust's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 202.11%.

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.