Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) is -20.21% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $12.22 and a high of $19.76 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 $13.88 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.1%.
Currently trading at $13.98, the stock is 2.02% and -5.88% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.66 million and changing 0.72% at the moment leaves the stock -16.74% off its SMA200. HST registered -27.27% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -19.11%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $14.853 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $16.84945.
The stock witnessed a -3.79% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -18.63%, and is 3.48% 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 2.83% over the week and 4.97% over the month.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) has around 165 employees, a market worth around $9.69B and $5.68B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.13 and Fwd P/E is 17.34. Profit margin for the company is 12.26%. Distance from 52-week low is 14.40% and -29.24% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.93%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -27.59% this year.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Top Institutional Holders
959.0 institutions hold shares in Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST), with institutional investors hold 107.30% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 699.10M, and float is at 683.22M with Short Float at 7.28%. Institutions hold 105.84% 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.
