Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Has $939,000 Stock Position in Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD)

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. lowered its holdings in Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) by 41.5% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 49,565 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 35,135 shares during the quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.’s holdings in Starwood Property Trust were worth $939,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Wealth Quarterback LLC grew its holdings in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Wealth Quarterback LLC now owns 14,817 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $281,000 after purchasing an additional 518 shares in the last quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. now owns 34,528 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $654,000 after purchasing an additional 571 shares in the last quarter. Register Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Starwood Property Trust by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Register Financial Advisors LLC now owns 44,329 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $840,000 after purchasing an additional 604 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. grew its holdings in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 717 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group boosted its stake in Starwood Property Trust by 86.1% in the 4th quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 1,578 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 730 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 49.82% of the company’s stock.

Starwood Property Trust Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of STWD opened at $20.12 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $19.44 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $19.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.61, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a current ratio of 1.79. Starwood Property Trust, Inc. has a 52-week low of $18.12 and a 52-week high of $21.17. The company has a market cap of $6.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.19 and a beta of 1.69.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently commented on STWD shares. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods decreased their price target on Starwood Property Trust from $22.50 to $22.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. JMP Securities decreased their price target on Starwood Property Trust from $24.00 to $23.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Starwood Property Trust from $20.00 to $19.50 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, UBS Group boosted 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 Friday, November 15th. Two equities research 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $22.21.

Starwood Property Trust Company Profile

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.