Starwood Property Trust - STWD Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Starwood Property Trust in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" STWD shares.
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3 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Starwood Property Trust's stock. Their STWD share price forecasts range from $25.50 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $27.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 35.7% from the stock's current price.
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Starwood Property Trust's stock was trading at $24.30 at the start of the year. Since then, STWD shares have decreased by 17.0% and is now trading at $20.18.
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Starwood Property Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,240,000 shares, an increase of 21.4% from the August 15th total of 5,140,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,150,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 8th 2022.
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Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 4th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.26. The real estate investment trust earned $293.99 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $298.30 million. Starwood Property Trust had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.88% and a net margin of 62.48%. Starwood Property Trust's quarterly revenue was up 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.47 EPS.

Starwood Property Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.48 per share on Friday, October 14th. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.51%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 29th.
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Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.97%. STWD has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 78.69%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, STWD will have a dividend payout ratio of 89.30% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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5 employees have rated Starwood Property Trust Chief Executive Officer Barry S. Sternlicht on Glassdoor.com. Barry S. Sternlicht has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Barry S. Sternlicht in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Starwood Property Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "STWD."

Starwood Property Trust's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (1.53%), Deer Park Road Corp (0.00%), First Republic Investment Management Inc. (0.89%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (0.62%), Northern Trust Corp (0.47%) and CapWealth Advisors LLC (0.38%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew Jay Sossen, Barry S Sternlicht, Jeffrey F Dimodica, Jeffrey G Dishner and Kevin M Murai.
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Shares of STWD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of STWD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.18.

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) has a market capitalization of $6.24 billion and generates $1.17 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $447.74 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.44 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 277 workers across the globe.

Starwood Property Trust's mailing address is 591 WEST PUTNAM AVENUE, GREENWICH CT, 06830. The official website for the company is www.starwoodpropertytrust.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (203) 422-7700, via email at ztanenbaum@starwood.com, or via fax at 203-422-7784.