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Starwood Property Trust Inc (STWD) – Don’t Believe the Hype: Check The Facts

Starwood Property Trust Inc (NYSE: STWD) is -3.00% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $16.06 and a high of $22.29 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The STWD stock was last observed hovering at around $20.10 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.29%.

Currently trading at $20.39, the stock is 1.33% and 1.03% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.64 million and changing 1.44% at the moment leaves the stock 2.27% off its SMA200. STWD registered 19.94% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -2.81%.

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The stock witnessed a 4.56% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -6.12%, and is 0.05% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.27% over the week and 1.79% over the month.

Starwood Property Trust Inc (STWD) has around 293 employees, a market worth around $6.39B and $2.06B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.08 and Fwd P/E is 10.01. Profit margin for the company is 16.11%. Distance from 52-week low is 26.96% and -8.52% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.42%).

Starwood Property Trust Inc quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $0.46 with sales reaching $554.67M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -4.77% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 6.00% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 6.90% in year-over-year returns.

591 institutions hold shares in Starwood Property Trust Inc (STWD), with institutional investors hold 55.14% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 313.37M, and float is at 295.25M with Short Float at 4.72%. Institutions hold 52.31% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is Blackrock Inc. with over 30.6 million shares valued at $593.61 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.78% of the STWD Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is Vanguard Group Inc with 28.95 million shares valued at $561.59 million to account for 9.26% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are State Street Corporation which holds 8.83 million shares representing 2.82% and valued at over $171.22 million, while Morgan Stanley holds 2.12% of the shares totaling 6.62 million with a market value of $128.49 million.

Starwood Property Trust Inc (STWD) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by DiModica Jeffrey F., the company’s President. SEC filings show that DiModica Jeffrey F. sold 25,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 01 ’24 at a price of $20.33 per share for a total of $0.51 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.93 million shares.

Starwood Property Trust Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 27 ’23 that DiModica Jeffrey F. (President) sold a total of 75,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 27 ’23 and was made at $22.06 per share for $1.65 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.95 million shares of the STWD stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 22 ’23, DiModica Jeffrey F. (President) disposed off 10,000 shares at an average price of $20.10 for $0.2 million. The insider now directly holds 1,025,984 shares of Starwood Property Trust Inc (STWD).

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