Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC Invests $265,000 in Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD)

Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC purchased a new position in Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 13,000 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $265,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in STWD. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 79.1% during the 3rd quarter. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 82,637 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,684,000 after purchasing an additional 36,493 shares during the last quarter. Quest Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 128.7% during the 3rd quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 66,724 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,360,000 after purchasing an additional 37,554 shares during the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its holdings in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 27.1% during the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 1,313,824 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $26,106,000 after purchasing an additional 279,793 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its holdings in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 70.0% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 334,893 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $6,808,000 after purchasing an additional 137,923 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Algert Global LLC bought a new position in shares of Starwood Property Trust during the 2nd quarter valued at $568,000. Institutional investors own 49.82% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts recently commented on STWD shares. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised shares of Starwood Property Trust from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their target price for the company from $20.50 to $22.50 in a report on Thursday, September 5th. JMP Securities dropped their price target on shares of 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of Starwood Property Trust from $20.50 to $20.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of Starwood Property Trust from $19.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Starwood Property Trust from $22.00 to $24.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, September 20th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Starwood Property Trust has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $22.25.

Starwood Property Trust Trading Up 0.1 %

NYSE:STWD opened at $19.92 on Monday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $20.00 and a 200-day moving average price of $19.79. Starwood Property Trust, Inc. has a 12 month low of $18.43 and a 12 month high of $22.29. 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 stock has a market cap of $6.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.03 and a beta of 1.70.

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.05. Starwood Property Trust had a net margin of 18.82% and a return on equity of 9.93%. The company had revenue of $479.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $488.63 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.46 EPS. Starwood Property Trust’s revenue was down 8.1% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts predict that Starwood Property Trust, Inc. will post 1.89 EPS for the current year.

Starwood Property Trust 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.