Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Analysis & Opinions from Experts

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) is -11.19% 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 $15.40 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.16%.

Currently trading at $15.56, the stock is 6.67% and 7.52% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.77 million and changing 1.04% at the moment leaves the stock -6.19% off its SMA200. HST registered -15.55% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -13.02%.

The stock witnessed a 16.03% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.06%, and is 5.35% 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 2.32% over the week and 2.49% over the month.

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) has around 165 employees, a market worth around $10.79B and $5.81B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.13 and Fwd P/E is 19.30. Profit margin for the company is 11.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 27.33% and -19.19% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.51%).

The EPS is expected to shrink by -24.05% this year.

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Top Institutional Holders

The shares outstanding are 693.70M, and float is at 683.67M with Short Float at 7.07%.

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.