Starwood Property Trust Inc. (NYSE:STWD) finished Friday with an addition of $0.04 to close at $19.70, an upside of 0.20 percent. An average of 1,805,240 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a gain of $0.32 in the past week, and it reached a new high 2 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 2,056,250 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 2,790,144.
STWD stock has decreased by -2.86% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $19.16 on 08/21/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 02/02/23, shares of the company touched a low of $16.06 and a high of $23.66 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 16 times so far this year and achieved 7.47% or $1.37 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -16.73% from the 52-week high.
Insider Transactions
STWD stock investors should be aware that Starwood Property Trust Inc. (STWD) stock had its last reported insider trading activity 284 days ago on Nov 15.
Valuation Metrics
Starwood Property Trust Inc. (STWD) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.19. The stock’s beta is 1.62. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 2.69, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 0.95.
The company has a payout ratio of 93.80%. The company’s most recent quarterly dividend payment was $0.48 a share, without any change from last year. Its latest decrease dividend $1.44 reported on Monday June 14 2021.
Financial Health
Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 2.93 and a total debt to equity ratio of 3.16 for the quarter ending June 29. Its gross profit as reported stood at $191.76 million compared to revenue of $1.46 billion.
For investors, determining the potential profitability of the investment also depends on the performance of the company’s management. In the past 12 months, Starwood Property Trust Inc.’s return on assets was 0.70%.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended June 29, Starwood Property Trust Inc. had $14.51 billion in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was up than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of $168.84 million in the quarter, while revenues of $51.97 million were shrunk -25.73%. The analyst consensus anticipated Starwood Property Trust Inc.’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.48 per share, but it turned out to be $0.49, a 2.10% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to -$58.44 million. At the end of the quarter ending June 29, Starwood Property Trust Inc.’s stock balance sheet showed total debt was $20.35 billion. Shareholders own equity worth $312.78 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Starwood Property Trust Inc. (STWD) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 25 August was 43.32%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 18.80%.
As of today, STWD’s price is $19.55 +1.65% or $0.32 from its 5-day moving average. STWD is currently trading -5.38% lower than its 20-day SMA and +11.93% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is +2.28% above the SMA50 and -3.48% below the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 30.07% and 22.75%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.41. With the 14-day stochastic at 30.69% and the average true range at 0.42, the RSI (14) stands at 44.86%. The stock has reached 0.11 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -0.21.
Analyst Ratings
The consensus rating for Starwood Property Trust Inc. (STWD) among analysts is Buy. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell STWD, while 1 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 0 analysts, while 7 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is STWD’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $19.00 and $24.00, with a median target of $21.25. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for Starwood Property Trust Inc. (STWD) stock is $21.69.
