Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) is 5.34% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $14.33 and a high of $21.31 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The HST stock was last observed hovering at around $20.67 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.16%.
Currently trading at $20.51, the stock is -0.15% and 2.58% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 12.13 million and changing -0.77% at the moment leaves the stock 16.84% off its SMA200. HST registered 31.77% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 27.72%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $3.40 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $10.80.
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The stock witnessed a 5.61% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 10.58%, and is -1.77% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.88% over the week and 2.23% over the month.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) has around 163 employees, a market worth around $14.43B and $5.31B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.75 and Fwd P/E is 20.29. Profit margin for the company is 13.93%. Distance from 52-week low is 43.17% and -3.75% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.73%).
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $0.3 with sales reaching $1.43B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -5.45% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 5.70% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 9.00% in year-over-year returns.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Top Institutional Holders
917 institutions hold shares in Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST), with institutional investors hold 105.51% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 703.60M, and float is at 694.16M with Short Float at 5.34%. Institutions hold 104.12% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is Vanguard Group Inc with over 118.78 million shares valued at $2.0 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 16.84% of the HST Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is Blackrock Inc. with 71.85 million shares valued at $1.21 billion to account for 10.19% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are State Street Corporation which holds 48.08 million shares representing 6.82% and valued at over $809.11 million, while Wellington Management Group, LLP holds 6.18% of the shares totaling 43.56 million with a market value of $733.04 million.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by OTTINGER JOSEPH,the company’sSVP & Corp. Controller. SEC filings show that OTTINGER JOSEPH sold 7,461 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 08 ’24 at a price of $20.76 per share for a total of $0.15 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 28500.0 shares.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 22 ’23 that TYRRELL NATHAN S (Exec. VP, Investments) sold a total of 14,193 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 22 ’23 and was made at $19.78 per share for $0.28 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.44 million shares of the HST stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 22 ’23, GHOSH SOURAV (EVP, Chief Financial Officer) disposed off 12,000 shares at an average price of $19.82 for $0.24 million. The insider now directly holds 171,801 shares of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST).
