Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) is -7.20% 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 $16.52 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.02%.
Currently trading at $16.5, the stock is 3.84% and 6.24% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.55 million and changing -0.12% at the moment leaves the stock 0.90% off its SMA200. HST registered -5.82% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -2.71%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $15.531 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $16.38795.
The stock witnessed a 3.32% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 22.68%, and is 3.06% 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 2.04% over the week and 2.24% over the month.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) has around 165 employees, a market worth around $11.45B and $5.81B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.11 and Fwd P/E is 21.03. Profit margin for the company is 11.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 35.02% and -14.31% 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 -21.73% this year.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Top Institutional Holders
935.0 institutions hold shares in Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST), with institutional investors hold 112.47% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 693.70M, and float is at 684.39M with Short Float at 5.87%. Institutions hold 110.93% 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.
