In the last trading session, 6.28 million Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ:HST) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.35. With the company’s per share price at $16.07 changed hands at $0.15 or 0.94% during last session, the market valuation stood at $11.15B. HST’s last price was a discount, traded about -19.85% off its 52-week high of $19.26. The share price had its 52-week low at $12.22, which suggests the last value was 23.96% up since then.
Analysts gave the Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.79. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 11 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 5 recommended HST as a Hold, 6 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ:HST) trade information
Instantly HST was in green as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 2.55%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -8.28%, with the 5-day performance at 2.55% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ:HST) is 8.80% up.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 17.5, meaning bulls need an upside of 8.17% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, HST’s forecast low is 17 with 18 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -12.01% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -5.79% for it to hit the projected low.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) estimates and forecasts
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -4.68%. The 2025 estimates are for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc earnings to decrease by -21.73%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at -7.25% per year.
HST Dividends
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in July. The 4.96% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.80. It is important to note, however, that the 4.96% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ:HST)’s Major holders
BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 10.8732% or 76.58 million shares worth $1.38 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Jan 31, 2025 were VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS-Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund. With 27.11 shares estimated at $435.6 million under it, the former controlled 3.84% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held about 3.15% of the shares, roughly 22.22 shares worth around $357.05 million.
