Starwood Property Trust (STWD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: STWD) is a real estate investment trust focused on commercial real estate finance. The company originates, acquires, finances and manages a range of real estate debt investments, including senior and subordinate mortgages, mezzanine loans, and other credit investments secured by commercial properties.

Its business also includes commercial real estate lending and servicing, residential lending, and infrastructure lending. Through these activities, Starwood Property Trust provides financing to property owners, developers and other real estate participants across multiple property types, including office, multifamily, industrial, hospitality and other commercial assets.

Founded in 2009, the company operates primarily in the United States and has also pursued lending and investment opportunities in Europe and other select international markets. Starwood Property Trust is affiliated with Starwood Capital Group, a global investment firm, and is led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Barry S. Sternlicht.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.56 to $12.77
• 50-Day Range: $12.67 to $16.73
• 52-Week Range: $12.42 to $19.06
• Volume: 4.60 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.90 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.70 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.54
• Dividend Yield: 15.11%
• Price Target: $18.70
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Starwood Property Trust Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Starwood Property Trust scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 96th out of 853 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Starwood Property Trust has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Starwood Property Trust has a consensus price target of $18.70, representing about 47.2% upside from its current price of $12.71.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Starwood Property Trust has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 25.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Starwood Property Trust are expected to grow by 25.00% in the coming year, from $1.40 to $1.75 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Starwood Property Trust is 21.54, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.00.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Starwood Property Trust is 21.54, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.72.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Starwood Property Trust has a PEG Ratio of 1.68. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Starwood Property Trust has a P/B Ratio of 0.66. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.70% of the float of Starwood Property Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Starwood Property Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.41.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Starwood Property Trust has recently increased by 22.14%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Starwood Property Trust is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 15.17%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Starwood Property Trust does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Starwood Property Trust is 325.42%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Starwood Property Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 109.71% in the coming year. This indicates that Starwood Property Trust may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.20

News Sentiment

Starwood Property Trust has a news sentiment score of 1.20. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Starwood Property Trust this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

22 people have searched for STWD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 22% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

14 people have added Starwood Property Trust to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 367% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Starwood Property Trust insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.80% of the stock of Starwood Property Trust is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

49.82% of the stock of Starwood Property Trust is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/15 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/15 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Today: 10/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/09/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
• Sub-Industry: Mortgage REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:STWD
• CIK: 1465128
• Web: www.starwoodpropertytrust.com
• Phone: (305) 695-5500
• Fax: 203-422-7784
• Employees: 324
• Year Founded: 2008

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Starwood Property Trust: $18.70
• High Price Target: $20.00
• Low Price Target: $16.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +47.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.59
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.54
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.08
• P/E Growth: 1.68
• Net Income: $411.54 million
• Net Margins: 11.35%
• Pretax Margin: 14.90%
• Return on Equity: 7.85%
• Return on Assets: 0.89%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 3.47
• Current Ratio: 1.46
• Quick Ratio: 1.46

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $811.72 million
• Price / Sales: 5.79
• Cash Flow: $1.71 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.41
• Book Value: $19.24 per share
• Price / Book: 0.66

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 370,169,000
• Free Float: 348,699,000
• Market Cap: $4.70 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.01