Chilton Capital Management LLC Sells 1,000 Shares of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. $STWD

Chilton Capital Management LLC lessened its stake in shares of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) by 18.7% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 4,359 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 1,000 shares during the period. Chilton Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Starwood Property Trust were worth $87,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of STWD. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Starwood Property Trust during the 2nd quarter worth $765,811,000. Northern Trust Corp grew its stake in Starwood Property Trust by 3.6% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,479,313 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $108,326,000 after buying an additional 192,283 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its stake in Starwood Property Trust by 5.5% during the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 2,719,027 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $53,755,000 after buying an additional 141,689 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in Starwood Property Trust by 1.9% in the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,194,942 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $43,394,000 after buying an additional 41,845 shares during the period. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 10.7% in the 1st quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,993,652 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $39,414,000 after buying an additional 193,417 shares in the last quarter. 49.82% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Starwood Property Trust Trading Up 0.4%

NYSE STWD opened at $18.64 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $6.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.10 and a beta of 1.29. Starwood Property Trust, Inc. has a twelve month low of $16.59 and a twelve month high of $21.05. The company has a quick ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.90. The business’s fifty day moving average is $19.69 and its 200 day moving average is $19.72.

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE:STWD) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.02. Starwood Property Trust had a return on equity of 8.72% and a net margin of 20.58%.The firm had revenue of $444.28 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $477.00 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.48 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Starwood Property Trust, Inc. will post 1.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

STWD has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Zacks Research cut shares of Starwood Property Trust from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 30th. UBS Group lifted their price target on Starwood Property Trust from $19.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Starwood Property Trust in a report on Friday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price objective on Starwood Property Trust from $21.00 to $22.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Starwood Property Trust from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 9th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $21.13.

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.