Starwood Property Trust, Inc. $STWD Shares Acquired by MAS Advisors LLC

MAS Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) by 4.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 20,155 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 780 shares during the period. MAS Advisors LLC’s holdings in Starwood Property Trust were worth $405,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. QRG Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Starwood Property Trust by 9.0% during the 2nd quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 250,278 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $5,023,000 after buying an additional 20,703 shares during the last quarter. Grassi Investment Management lifted its position in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 168.1% in the second quarter. Grassi Investment Management now owns 95,700 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,921,000 after acquiring an additional 60,000 shares in the last quarter. PFG Investments LLC boosted its stake in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 11.9% during the second quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 31,068 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $624,000 after acquiring an additional 3,316 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its stake in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 11.6% during the second quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 36,417 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $731,000 after acquiring an additional 3,773 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Global Trust Asset Management LLC increased its position in Starwood Property Trust by 41.1% during the 2nd quarter. Global Trust Asset Management LLC now owns 4,975 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $100,000 after purchasing an additional 1,450 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 49.82% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have issued reports on STWD. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Starwood Property Trust from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, August 9th. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Starwood Property Trust from $19.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Starwood Property Trust in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Zacks Research downgraded Starwood Property Trust from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price target on Starwood Property Trust from $21.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Starwood Property Trust has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $21.13.

Starwood Property Trust Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of NYSE STWD opened at $19.44 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.14 billion, a PE ratio of 17.83 and a beta of 1.29. 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 firm has a fifty day moving average of $20.01 and a 200-day moving average of $19.77. Starwood Property Trust, Inc. has a 52-week low of $16.59 and a 52-week high of $21.05.

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) last issued its earnings results 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 return on equity of 8.72% and a net margin of 20.58%.The business had revenue of $444.28 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $477.00 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.48 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts anticipate that Starwood Property Trust, Inc. will post 1.88 EPS for the current year.

Starwood Property Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be paid a $0.48 dividend. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 30th. Starwood Property Trust’s payout ratio is currently 176.15%.

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.