Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) is -26.26% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $12.27 and a high of $20.61 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 $13.14 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.22%.
Currently trading at $12.92, the stock is -11.24% and -17.59% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 20.72 million and changing -1.67% at the moment leaves the stock -24.34% off its SMA200. HST registered -35.29% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -25.24%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $15.6776 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $17.14235.
The stock witnessed a -20.88% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -25.96%, and is -9.08% 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 6.37% over the week and 3.75% over the month.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) has around 165 employees, a market worth around $9.03B and $5.68B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 13.06 and Fwd P/E is 15.93. Profit margin for the company is 12.26%. Distance from 52-week low is 5.30% and -37.32% 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 3.78% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 5.31% in year-over-year returns.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Top Institutional Holders
961.0 institutions hold shares in Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST), with institutional investors hold 109.00% 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 107.52% 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.
