Market Analysts see Starwood Property Trust Inc [STWD] gaining to $22.50. Time to buy?

Starwood Property Trust Inc [NYSE: STWD] gained 1.54% on the last trading session, reaching $21.11 price per share at the time.

If compared to the average trading volume of 2.54M shares, STWD reached a trading volume of 2816468 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

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Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Starwood Property Trust Inc [STWD]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for STWD shares is $22.31 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on STWD stock is a recommendation set at 1.67. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Keefe Bruyette have made an estimate for Starwood Property Trust Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on September 05, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, BTIG Research raised their target price to Buy. The new note on the price target was released on July 19, 2024, representing the official price target for Starwood Property Trust Inc stock. On March 04, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for STWD shares from 22.50 to 21.50.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Starwood Property Trust Inc is set at 0.33, with the Price to Sales ratio for STWD stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.27. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.08, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.30. Price to Free Cash Flow for STWD in the course of the last twelve months was 16.26.

Trading performance analysis for STWD stock

Starwood Property Trust Inc [STWD] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 5.97. With this latest performance, STWD shares gained by 6.03% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 3.53% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 0.62% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for STWD stock in for the last two-week period is set at 66.35, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 72.48, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 62.70 for Starwood Property Trust Inc [STWD]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 19.99, while it was recorded at 20.62 for the last single week of trading, and 19.98 for the last 200 days.

Starwood Property Trust Inc [STWD]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis

With the latest financial reports released by the company, Starwood Property Trust Inc posted 0.49/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.47/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 0.02. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for STWD. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Starwood Property Trust Inc go to 4.99%.

An analysis of Institutional ownership at Starwood Property Trust Inc [STWD]

There are presently around $47.72%, or 50.53%% of STWD stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of STWD stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 29.58 million shares, which is approximately 9.4875%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 29.05 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$550.23 million in STWD stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$176.12 million in STWD stock with ownership which is approximately 2.9082%.