Woodward Diversified Capital LLC Sells 950 Shares of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD)

Woodward Diversified Capital LLC trimmed its stake in shares of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) by 2.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 46,856 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 950 shares during the quarter. Woodward Diversified Capital LLC’s holdings in Starwood Property Trust were worth $888,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Bleakley Financial Group LLC grew its position in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 16.9% in the 4th quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 31,046 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $588,000 after buying an additional 4,496 shares during the last quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama lifted its stake in Starwood Property Trust by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 389,460 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $7,380,000 after acquiring an additional 3,788 shares during the period. MAS Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Starwood Property Trust by 5.6% in the fourth quarter. MAS Advisors LLC now owns 13,958 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $264,000 after acquiring an additional 734 shares in the last quarter. Columbus Macro LLC purchased a new position in Starwood Property Trust during the 4th quarter valued at $7,022,000. Finally, SkyOak Wealth LLC raised its holdings in Starwood Property Trust by 14.9% in the 4th quarter. SkyOak Wealth LLC now owns 182,553 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $3,459,000 after purchasing an additional 23,723 shares in the last quarter. 49.82% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently issued reports on STWD. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of Starwood Property Trust from $20.00 to $19.50 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. JMP Securities decreased their target price on Starwood Property Trust from $24.00 to $23.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. UBS Group raised their target price on Starwood Property Trust from $19.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their price target on Starwood Property Trust from $22.50 to $22.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Starwood Property Trust currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $22.13.

Starwood Property Trust Trading Down 0.6 %

Starwood Property Trust stock opened at $19.69 on Friday. Starwood Property Trust, Inc. has a 12 month low of $18.12 and a 12 month high of $21.17. The company has a current ratio of 1.79, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.61. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $19.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $19.79. The company has a market capitalization of $6.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.83 and a beta of 1.69.

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $479.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $488.63 million. Starwood Property Trust had a net margin of 18.82% and a return on equity of 9.93%. Starwood Property Trust’s revenue for the quarter was down 8.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.46 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Starwood Property Trust, Inc. will post 1.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.