12,733 Shares in Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) Acquired by Balyasny Asset Management L.P.

Balyasny Asset Management L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 12,733 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock, valued at approximately $241,000.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Wealth Quarterback LLC increased its stake 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 acquiring an additional 518 shares during the period. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 571 shares during the period. Register Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 604 shares during the period. UMB Bank n.a. increased its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 717 shares during the period. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group increased its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 730 shares during the period. 49.82% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Starwood Property Trust Price Performance

Shares of STWD traded up $0.09 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $19.55. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,946,780 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,458,773. Starwood Property Trust, Inc. has a one year low of $16.59 and a one year high of $21.17. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $19.15 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $19.47. The company has a quick ratio of 1.79, a current ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.61. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.71 and a beta of 1.26.

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data 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). Starwood Property Trust had a net margin of 18.82% and a return on equity of 9.93%. The firm had revenue of $418.18 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $469.00 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.59 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Starwood Property Trust, Inc. will post 1.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Starwood Property Trust Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st were issued a dividend of $0.48 per share. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.82%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 31st. Starwood Property Trust's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 202.11%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have commented on STWD. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their price objective on Starwood Property Trust from $22.00 to $21.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Starwood Property Trust from $19.00 to $19.50 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, May 12th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a "neutral" rating and issued a $19.50 price target (up previously from $19.00) on shares of Starwood Property Trust in a research note on Wednesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Starwood Property Trust currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $21.83.

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.