Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) is -5.39% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $15.71 and a high of $21.31 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HST stock was last observed hovering at around $18.43 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.01%.
Currently trading at $18.42, the stock is 3.12% and 3.32% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.41 million and changing -0.05% at the moment leaves the stock 0.35% off its SMA200. HST registered 6.94% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 2.68%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $17.8238 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $18.3538.
The stock witnessed a 3.77% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 4.07%, and is 2.96% up 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 1.61% over the week and 2.51% over the month.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) has around 163 employees, a market worth around $12.87B and $5.58B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.03 and Fwd P/E is 20.02. Profit margin for the company is 12.92%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.25% and -13.56% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.84%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -7.02% this year.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Top Institutional Holders
941.0 institutions hold shares in Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST), with institutional investors hold 109.23% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 703.60M, and float is at 690.00M with Short Float at 6.12%. Institutions hold 107.79% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 113.95 million shares valued at $2.05 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 16.1797% of the HST Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 76.58 million shares valued at $1.38 billion to account for 10.8732 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 50.29 million shares representing 7.1409% and valued at over $914.06 million, while NORGES BANK holds 4.8231 of the shares totaling 33.97 million with a market value of $610.76 million.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by RAKOWICH WALTER C, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that RAKOWICH WALTER C sold 3,896 shares of the company’s common stock on May 16 ’24 at a price of $18.64 per share for a total of $72636.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 64457.0 shares.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 21 ’24 that RISOLEO JAMES F (President and CEO) sold a total of 28,136 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 21 ’24 and was made at $21.04 per share for $0.59 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 2.23 million shares of the HST stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 20 ’24, RISOLEO JAMES F (President and CEO) disposed off 150,000 shares at an average price of $20.78 for $3.12 million. The insider now directly holds 2,225,577 shares of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST).
