Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) is -12.55% 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 $16.06 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.08%.
Currently trading at $16.14, the stock is 0.78% and 3.11% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.13 million and changing 0.50% at the moment leaves the stock -1.06% off its SMA200. HST registered -7.88% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -6.81%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $15.6536 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $16.34505.
The stock witnessed a 3.66% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 20.36%, and is -2.30% 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 1.78% over the week and 2.16% over the month.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) has around 165 employees, a market worth around $11.20B and $5.81B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.73 and Fwd P/E is 20.62. Profit margin for the company is 11.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 32.08% and -16.18% 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 -22.81% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.91% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 2.65% in year-over-year returns.
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.
