Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) is -15.35% 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 $14.76 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.07%.
Currently trading at $14.83, the stock is -0.08% and 2.83% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 9.33 million and changing 0.47% at the moment leaves the stock -10.43% off its SMA200. HST registered -18.86% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -14.34%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $14.4212 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $16.6085.
The stock witnessed a 7.70% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.24%, and is -3.70% 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 1.30% over the week and 1.93% over the month.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) has around 165 employees, a market worth around $10.29B and $5.81B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.37 and Fwd P/E is 18.39. Profit margin for the company is 11.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 21.36% and -22.99% 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
954.0 institutions hold shares in Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST), with institutional investors hold 112.76% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 693.70M, and float is at 683.67M with Short Float at 7.07%. Institutions hold 111.21% 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 4,644 shares of the company’s common stock on May 19 ’25 at a price of $15.38 per share for a total of $71434.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 71425.0 shares.
