Analyzing Starwood Capital Group's Q3 and Q4 2022 Holdings: Changes in Valuation and Positioning.

Starwood Capital Group Management, L.L.C. is a global private investment and real estate firm that manages and invests in a wide range of assets, including real estate, infrastructure, energy, and credit. The firm's investment strategies aim to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for its investors.

In this blog post, we will analyze the changes in holdings of the Starwood Capital Group Management, L.L.C. fund in the third and fourth quarters of 2022. The fund holds various stocks in its portfolio, and we will focus on four companies in this analysis.

The first company we will look at is MFA Financial, Inc. The fund owned 10,638,539 shares of MFA in Q3 2022, which remained the same in Q4 2022. However, the value of these shares increased from $82,768,000 in Q3 2022 to $104,789,000 in Q4 2022, representing a 26.6% increase. MFA Financial Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily invests in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS).

The second company in our analysis is Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc. The fund owned 1,351,225 shares of PPBI in Q3 2022, which decreased to 851,225 shares in Q4 2022. This represents a decline of 35.8% in the number of shares held by the fund. Moreover, the value of PPBI shares decreased from $41,834,000 in Q3 2022 to $26,864,000 in Q4 2022, a decline of 35.8%. Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc. is a bank holding company with its subsidiaries engaged in providing banking services.

The third company in our analysis is JBG Smith Properties. The fund owned 795,000 shares of JBGS in Q3 2022, which remained unchanged in Q4 2022. However, the value of these shares increased from $14,771,000 in Q3 2022 to $15,089,000 in Q4 2022, representing a 2.2% increase. JBG Smith Properties is a real estate investment trust that owns, invests in, develops, and operates mixed-use properties in the Washington DC metropolitan area.

The last company in our analysis is SmartRent Inc. The fund owned 3,000,000 shares of SMRT in Q3 2022, which remained unchanged in Q4 2022. However, the value of these shares decreased from $9,690,000 in Q3 2022 to $7,290,000 in Q4 2022, representing a decline of 24.8%. SmartRent Inc. provides smart home automation and property automation services to the real estate industry.

Overall, we see that the Starwood Capital Group Management, L.L.C. fund made some interesting changes to its portfolio in Q4 2022. The fund increased its position in MFA Financial Inc. while decreasing its position in Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc. Although the fund maintained the number of shares held in JBG Smith Properties and SmartRent, we can see that the value of these shares changed significantly between Q3 2022 and Q4 2022.

Investors can use this analysis to understand the investment decisions made by the fund managers at Starwood Capital Group Management, L.L.C. The data demonstrates how the fund increased its holdings in a company whose shares increased in value and reduced its holdings in a company whose shares decreased in value. This shows how the fund managers at Starwood Capital Group Management, L.L.C. are actively managing the fund's portfolio to maximize returns for their investors.