Blair William & Co. IL Has $9.50 Million Stock Holdings in Starwood Property Trust, Inc. $STWD

Blair William & Co. IL increased its position in shares of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD - Free Report) by 11.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 473,562 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after buying an additional 46,772 shares during the quarter. Blair William & Co. IL owned 0.14% of Starwood Property Trust worth $9,504,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC acquired a new stake in Starwood Property Trust during the second quarter valued at approximately $765,811,000. Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in Starwood Property Trust by 3.6% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,479,313 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $108,326,000 after purchasing an additional 192,283 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in Starwood Property Trust by 5.5% during the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 2,719,027 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $53,755,000 after purchasing an additional 141,689 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Starwood Property Trust by 1.9% during the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,194,942 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $43,394,000 after purchasing an additional 41,845 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Starwood Property Trust by 10.7% during the first quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,993,652 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $39,414,000 after purchasing an additional 193,417 shares in the last quarter. 49.82% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Starwood Property Trust Stock Performance

STWD stock opened at $18.41 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.90, a current ratio of 1.61 and a quick ratio of 1.61. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $19.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $19.72. Starwood Property Trust, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $16.59 and a fifty-two week high of $21.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.76 billion, a PE ratio of 16.89 and a beta of 1.29.

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.43 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.02. Starwood Property Trust had a net margin of 20.58% and a return on equity of 8.72%. The firm had revenue of $444.28 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $477.00 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.48 EPS. Starwood Property Trust's revenue was down 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts forecast that Starwood Property Trust, Inc. will post 1.88 EPS for the current year.

Starwood Property Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be given a $0.48 dividend. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 10.4%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 30th. Starwood Property Trust's payout ratio is 176.15%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have weighed in on STWD. UBS Group lifted their price objective on Starwood Property Trust from $19.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 15th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their price objective on Starwood Property Trust from $21.00 to $22.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 10th. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Starwood Property Trust in a report on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen raised Starwood Property Trust from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, August 9th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded Starwood Property Trust from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $21.13.

Starwood Property Trust Company Profile

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.

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