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Starwood Property Trust Inc (NYSE: STWD) closed the day trading at $20.22 up 0.85% from the previous closing price of $20.05. In other words, the price has increased by $0.85 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.5 million shares were traded. STWD stock price reached its highest trading level at $20.275 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $20.04.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of STWD, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 14.11 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 14.72. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.95 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.60.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, BofA Securities on March 04, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $21.50 from $22.50 previously.
On December 06, 2023, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $21.
Keefe Bruyette Downgraded its Outperform to Mkt Perform on October 10, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $21 to $20.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 28 ’24 when DiModica Jeffrey F. sold 100,000 shares for $20.28 per share. The transaction valued at 2,028,330 led to the insider holds 1,226,673 shares of the business.
DiModica Jeffrey F. sold 25,000 shares of STWD for $508,242 on Feb 01 ’24. The President now owns 925,984 shares after completing the transaction at $20.33 per share. On Dec 27 ’23, another insider, DiModica Jeffrey F., who serves as the President of the company, sold 75,000 shares for $22.06 each. As a result, the insider received 1,654,208 and left with 950,984 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, STWD now has a Market Capitalization of 6586907136 and an Enterprise Value of 25352583168. As of this moment, Starwood’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.58, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.01. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.92. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.92 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.02. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 65.099.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for STWD is 1.71, which has changed by 0.22175229 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.26265144 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, STWD has reached a high of $22.29, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $16.08. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.99%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.40%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, STWD traded about 2.15M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, STWD traded about 2236960 shares per day. A total of 313.37M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 297.30M. Insiders hold about 5.91% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 51.37% stake in the company. Shares short for STWD as of 1714435200 were 13557123 with a Short Ratio of 6.30, compared to 1711584000 on 15551616. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 13557123 and a Short% of Float of 4.5500003.
Dividends & Splits
STWD’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.92, up from 1.92 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0957606The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 9.54. The current Payout Ratio is 179.14% for STWD, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-03-27 with an ex-dividend date of 1711497600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-02-03 when the company split stock in a 12402:10000 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
As of right now, 6.0 analysts gave their recommendation on the stock of the company. On average, analysts expect EPS of $0.47 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $0.51 and a low estimate of $0.4, while EPS last year was $0.49. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.48, with high estimates of $0.52 and low estimates of $0.45.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.09 and $1.73 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.95. EPS for the following year is $2.0, with 6.0 analysts recommending between $2.15 and $1.79.
Revenue Estimates
4 analysts predict $519.17M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $550M to a low estimate of $458.7M. As of the current estimate, Starwood Property Trust Inc’s year-ago sales were $514.14MFor the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $508.22M. There is a high estimate of $551M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $437.9M.
A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for STWD’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.21B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.8B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.05B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.05BBased on 3 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.67B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.21B and the low estimate is $804M.
