Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) is -12.26% 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 $15.73 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -4.76%.
Currently trading at $10.97M, the stock is 0.91% and 5.39% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 13.37 million and changing 13370904% at the moment leaves the stock -4.77% off its SMA200. HST registered -10.56% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -15.55%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $14.869 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $16.49705.
The stock witnessed a 3.50% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 4.75%, and is -0.13% 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 1.49% over the week and 1.77% over the month.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) has around 165 employees, a market worth around $10.87B and $5.81B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.25 and Fwd P/E is 19.97. Profit margin for the company is 11.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 28.23% and -18.62% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.51%).
with sales reaching $1.51B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -21.73% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 4.08% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 2.76% in year-over-year returns.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Top Institutional Holders
950.0 institutions hold shares in Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST), with institutional investors hold 112.64% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 693.70M, and float is at 683.67M with Short Float at 7.23%. Institutions hold 111.10% 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.
