Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) is -15.81% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $12.22 and a high of $19.26 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 $14.79 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.04%.
Currently trading at $14.75, the stock is 6.67% and 0.85% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 8.81 million and changing -0.27% at the moment leaves the stock -11.65% off its SMA200. HST registered -21.27% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -16.43%.
The stock witnessed a 10.90% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -10.55%, and is 5.51% 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 2.78% over the week and 4.70% over the month.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) has around 165 employees, a market worth around $10.23B and $5.81B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.29 and Fwd P/E is 18.26. Profit margin for the company is 11.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.70% and -23.40% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.51%).
with sales reaching $1.5B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -24.91% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.64% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 2.17% in year-over-year returns.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 693.70M, and float is at 683.22M with Short Float at 7.28%.
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.
