Seneca House Advisors Purchases 50,751 Shares of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD)

Seneca House Advisors grew its holdings in shares of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) by 13.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 442,176 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after acquiring an additional 50,751 shares during the period. Starwood Property Trust comprises 3.3% of Seneca House Advisors’ holdings, making the stock its 10th largest holding. Seneca House Advisors owned about 0.13% of Starwood Property Trust worth $8,379,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of STWD. Albion Financial Group UT bought a new position in shares of Starwood Property Trust in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Brooklyn Investment Group lifted its stake in Starwood Property Trust by 86.1% during the 4th quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 1,578 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 730 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. boosted its holdings in Starwood Property Trust by 69.7% during the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,746 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 717 shares during the last quarter. Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Starwood Property Trust in the third quarter valued at about $34,000. Finally, Quarry LP bought a new position in shares of Starwood Property Trust during the second quarter valued at about $36,000. 49.82% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on STWD. UBS Group boosted their target price on Starwood Property Trust from $19.50 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their price target on shares of Starwood Property Trust from $22.50 to $22.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. JMP Securities lowered their price objective on shares of Starwood Property Trust from $24.00 to $23.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on shares of Starwood Property Trust from $20.00 to $19.50 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $22.13.

Starwood Property Trust Trading Up 0.2 %

NYSE:STWD opened at $19.06 on Friday. Starwood Property Trust, Inc. has a 1 year low of $18.12 and a 1 year high of $21.19. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $19.55 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $19.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.61, a current ratio of 1.79 and a quick ratio of 1.79. The company has a market cap of $6.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.29 and a beta of 1.69.

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $479.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $488.63 million. Starwood Property Trust had a return on equity of 9.93% and a net margin of 18.82%. The firm’s revenue was down 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.46 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Starwood Property Trust, Inc. will post 1.88 EPS for the current year.

Starwood Property Trust Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a $0.48 dividend. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 10.08%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. Starwood Property Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 164.10%.

About Starwood Property Trust

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.