Stocks to Watch: Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD), Government Properties Income Trust (NYSE:GOV), Splunk Inc (NASDAQ:SPLK)

Lakeway, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/14/2013 -- ThePennyStockProfiler.com, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:-

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) shares jumped 1.11% and closed at $28.13 after Research analysts at FBR Capital raised their target price on shares of STWD from $28.00 to $35.00 in a report released on Mar. 12.

Additionally, the company on Feb. 27 reported fourth-quarter profit of $58.43 million, up from $41.07 million in the same period last year. Net income attributable to the company increased to $56.33 million from $41.03 million last year. On a per-share basis, earnings dropped to $0.42 from $0.44 last year. Core earnings for the period totaled $64.49 million or $0.48 per share.

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Government Properties Income Trust (NYSE:GOV) shares increased 1.12% to $25.20. The company, on Mar. 11, announced that CommonWealth REIT commenced a public offering of 9,950,000 GOV common shares under an effective registration statement filed by GOV. CWH has agreed to pay all the costs associated with this offering, and GOV will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares. The joint bookrunning managers for this offering are Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets. The joint lead managers are Jefferies, Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank.

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Splunk Inc (NASDAQ:SPLK) shares increased 1.18% and closed at $38.56. The company, on Mar. 12, announced Splunk® Enterprise has been selected as the Reader Trust Award winner in the Best Security Information Event Management (SIEM) Appliance category of the 2013 SC Awards. Splunk Enterprise was selected by a panel representing a cross-section of SC Magazine readership, comprised of large, medium and small enterprises from all major vertical markets, including financial services, healthcare, government, retail, education and other sectors.

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