With 3.88 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.88 million shares. The 52-week range on STWD shows that it touched its highest point at $21.07 and its lowest point at $16.59 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $21.25. With its current market cap of 6.80 billion, STWD has annualized dividend of $1.92 while the current yield stands at 9.59%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.30.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of STWD was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.31%, but this was up by 12.35% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 1.88% while six-month performance rose 2.93%. The stock gained 0.85% in the past year, while it has gained 5.65% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for STWD yields 0.95 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.99. For the next quarter, that number is 0.43. This implies an EPS growth rate of -9.40% for this year and 8.50% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 0.57% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -9.26%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 339.38 million STWD shares are outstanding with a float of 319.35 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for STWD since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.04111 being high and $1.98079 being low. For STWD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.01095.
