Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) Given Hold (C) Rating at Weiss Ratings

Key Points

• Starwood Property Trust has received a "hold (c)" rating from Weiss Ratings, while other analysts have varied opinions, with some rating it as "outperform" and others as "neutral."
• The stock is currently priced at $18.64 with a market capitalization of $6.84 billion and has a consensus target price of $21.13.
• Starwood Property Trust reported $0.43 earnings per share for the last quarter, exceeding estimates, but its revenue of $444.28 million fell short of analyst expectations.

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "hold (c)" rating reissued by equities research analysts at Weiss Ratings in a note issued to investors on Friday,Weiss Ratings reports.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. 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 research note on Thursday, July 10th. Wall Street Zen raised Starwood Property Trust from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, August 9th. Zacks Research cut Starwood Property Trust from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 30th. Finally, 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 research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Starwood Property Trust currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $21.13.

Starwood Property Trust Price Performance

STWD stock opened at $18.64 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $19.69 and a two-hundred day moving average of $19.69. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.90. The stock has a market cap of $6.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.10 and a beta of 1.29. Starwood Property Trust has a 52-week low of $16.59 and a 52-week high of $21.05.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of STWD. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in Starwood Property Trust by 80.7% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 5,926 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $117,000 after purchasing an additional 2,647 shares in the last quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue grew its stake in Starwood Property Trust by 2.7% during the 1st quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 37,516 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $741,000 after purchasing an additional 995 shares in the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Starwood Property Trust by 11.2% during the 1st quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 103,826 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $2,053,000 after purchasing an additional 10,447 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. grew its stake in Starwood Property Trust by 73.1% during the 1st quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 85,774 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $1,696,000 after purchasing an additional 36,209 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Spire Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 5.9% during the 1st quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 11,116 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $220,000 after acquiring an additional 616 shares in the last quarter. 49.82% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.

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