Starwood Property Trust Inc. (STWD): Today's Featured Real Estate Winner
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) pushed the Real Estate industry higher today making it today's featured real estate winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Starwood Property rose $0.61 (2.4%) to $25.86 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1,894,818 shares of Starwood Property exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2,404,600 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $25.24-$25.93 after having opened the day at $25.30 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $25.25. Other companies within the Real Estate industry that increased today were:
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), up 9.4%,
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), up 4.6%,
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), up 4.1% and
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), up 3.3%.
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. engages in originating, investing in, financing, and managing commercial mortgage loans, other commercial real estate debt investments, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and other commercial real estate-related debt investments. Starwood Property has a market cap of $4.2 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 10.0% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate Starwood Property a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Starwood Property
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, revenue growth, expanding profit margins, increase in stock price during the past year and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Starwood Property Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 11.4%,
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), down 10.0%,
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), down 5.5% and
American Realty Capital Properties
(
), down 4.3% , were all laggards within the real estate industry with
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) being today's real estate industry laggard.
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iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate
(
) while those bearish on the real estate industry could consider
ProShares Short Real Estate Fund
(
).
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