Golden State Equity Partners Has $525,000 Holdings in Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD)

Golden State Equity Partners boosted its stake in shares of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD - Free Report) by 346.0% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 27,708 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after purchasing an additional 21,496 shares during the quarter. Golden State Equity Partners' holdings in Starwood Property Trust were worth $525,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of STWD. Albion Financial Group UT bought a new stake in shares of Starwood Property Trust in the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. Brooklyn Investment Group raised its position in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 86.1% during the fourth quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 1,578 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 730 shares during the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its position 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 valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 717 shares during the period. Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC bought a new position in Starwood Property Trust in the third quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Finally, Quarry LP acquired a new stake in Starwood Property Trust during the 2nd quarter worth $36,000. 49.82% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. 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 report on Tuesday, January 14th. 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut 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. Finally, UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Starwood Property Trust from $19.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, November 15th. Three 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 company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $22.13.

Starwood Property Trust Stock Up 1.1 %

STWD traded up $0.22 during trading on Thursday, reaching $19.78. The company had a trading volume of 1,636,101 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,086,908. Starwood Property Trust, Inc. has a 12 month low of $18.12 and a 12 month high of $21.17. 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 business's fifty day moving average price is $19.44 and its 200 day moving average price is $19.79. The company has a market cap of $6.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.91 and a beta of 1.69.

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD - Get Free Report) 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 the consensus estimate 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 firm had revenue of $479.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $488.63 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.46 EPS. The company's revenue was down 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts anticipate that Starwood Property Trust, Inc. will post 1.88 EPS for the current year.

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.