How to buy Starwood Property Trust (STWD) stock

Starwood Property Trust, Inc is a reit-mortgage business based in the US. Starwood Property Trust shares (STWD) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Starwood Property Trust employs 282 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Starwood Property Trust stock price (NYSE: STWD)

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Starwood Property Trust shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-07-23.

Latest market close	$26.64
52-week range	$12.93 - $26.57
50-day moving average	$26.09
200-day moving average	$23.83
Wall St. target price	$25.83
PE ratio	14.4795
Dividend yield	$1.92 (7.37%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$1.78

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Starwood Property Trust price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $26.64 from 2021-06-08

1 week (2021-07-15)	N/A
1 month (2021-06-25)	-1.11%
3 months (2021-04-26)	4.96%
6 months (2021-01-22)	N/A

1 year (2020-07-22)	N/A
2 years (2019-07-22)	N/A
3 years (2018-07-22)	N/A
5 years (2016-07-22)	N/A

Is Starwood Property Trust under- or over-valued?

Valuing Starwood Property Trust stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Starwood Property Trust's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Starwood Property Trust's P/E ratio

Starwood Property Trust's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 14x. In other words, Starwood Property Trust shares trade at around 14x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Starwood Property Trust's PEG ratio

Starwood Property Trust's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.73. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Starwood Property Trust's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Starwood Property Trust financials

Revenue TTM	$714 million
Operating margin TTM	29.83%
Gross profit TTM	$551.8 million
Return on assets TTM	0.71%
Return on equity TTM	11.47%
Profit margin	71.41%
Book value	$15.61
Market capitalisation	$7.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Starwood Property Trust shares

There are currently 6.3 million Starwood Property Trust shares held short by investors – that's known as Starwood Property Trust's "short interest". This figure is 90.3% up from 3.3 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Starwood Property Trust shares can be evaluated.

Starwood Property Trust's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Starwood Property Trust's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Starwood Property Trust shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Starwood Property Trust shares traded daily (recently around 1.9 million). Starwood Property Trust's SIR currently stands at 3.31. In other words for every 100,000 Starwood Property Trust shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3310 shares are currently held short.

However Starwood Property Trust's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Starwood Property Trust shares, or, against the total number of tradable Starwood Property Trust shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Starwood Property Trust's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Starwood Property Trust shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0229% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Starwood Property Trust shares, roughly 23 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Starwood Property Trust.

Find out more about how you can short Starwood Property Trust stock.

Starwood Property Trust share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 99.48% of net profits

Recently Starwood Property Trust has paid out, on average, around 99.48% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 7.49% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Starwood Property Trust shareholders could enjoy a 7.49% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Starwood Property Trust's case, that would currently equate to about $1.92 per share.

Starwood Property Trust's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Starwood Property Trust's most recent dividend payout was on 14 July 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 28 June 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Starwood Property Trust's shares ever split?

Starwood Property Trust's shares were split on a 12402:1000 basis on 2 February 2014. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 12402 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Starwood Property Trust shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 91.9% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Starwood Property Trust shares which in turn could have impacted Starwood Property Trust's share price.

Starwood Property Trust share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Starwood Property Trust's shares have ranged in value from as little as $12.9301 up to $26.57. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Starwood Property Trust's is 1.7067. This would suggest that Starwood Property Trust's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Starwood Property Trust overview

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States and Europe. It operates through four segments: Commercial and Residential Lending, Infrastructure Lending, Property, and Investing and Servicing segments. The Commercial and Residential Lending segment originates, acquires, finances, and manages commercial and residential first mortgages, non-agency residential mortgages, subordinated mortgages, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), residential mortgage-backed securities, and other real estate and real estate-related debt investments. The Infrastructure lending segment originates, acquires, finances, and manages infrastructure debt investments. The Property segment engages primarily in the acquiring and managing equity interests in stabilized commercial real estate properties, including multi-family properties. The Investing and Servicing segment manages and works out problem assets; acquires and manages unrated, investment grade, and non-investment grade rated CMBS, including subordinated interests of securitization and re-securitization transactions; originates conduit loans for the primary purpose of selling these loans into securitization transactions; and acquires commercial real estate assets, including properties acquired from CMBS trusts.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Starwood Property Trust is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 4.658% of Starwood Property Trust shares are held by insiders and 49.445% by institutions. How many people work for Starwood Property Trust?
Latest data suggests 282 work at Starwood Property Trust. When does the fiscal year end for Starwood Property Trust?
Starwood Property Trust's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Starwood Property Trust based?
Starwood Property Trust's address is: 591 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT, United States, 06830 What is Starwood Property Trust's ISIN number?
Starwood Property Trust's international securities identification number is: US85571B1052 What is Starwood Property Trust's CUSIP number?
Starwood Property Trust's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 85571B105