Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) is -18.89% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $14.15 and a high of $20.73 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 $14.27 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.06%.
Currently trading at $14.21, the stock is -6.09% and -11.34% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 9.22 million and changing -0.42% at the moment leaves the stock -17.30% off its SMA200. HST registered -30.66% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -21.65%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $16.0272 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $17.25185.
The stock witnessed a -11.90% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -21.83%, and is -5.39% 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 2.76% over the week and 2.87% over the month.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) has around 165 employees, a market worth around $9.93B and $5.68B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.36 and Fwd P/E is 17.52. Profit margin for the company is 12.26%. Distance from 52-week low is 0.46% and -31.46% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.93%).
with sales reaching $1.55B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -27.15% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.84% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 5.33% in year-over-year returns.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Top Institutional Holders
969.0 institutions hold shares in Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST), with institutional investors hold 108.97% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 699.10M, and float is at 689.00M with Short Float at 6.31%. Institutions hold 107.49% 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.
