Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) Stock Price, News & Analysis

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Host Hotels & Resorts in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" HST shares.
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15 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Host Hotels & Resorts' stock. Their HST share price targets range from $15.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $21.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.1% from the stock's current price.
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Host Hotels & Resorts' stock was trading at $19.47 at the start of the year. Since then, HST shares have decreased by 3.7% and is now trading at $18.74.
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Host Hotels & Resorts saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 45,810,000 shares, an increase of 21.9% from the March 15th total of 37,590,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,110,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.5 days. Approximately 6.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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Host Hotels & Resorts will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 919-882-2331 with passcode "50210".

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ:HST) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 21st. The company reported $0.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.25. The business earned $1.32 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.29 billion. Host Hotels & Resorts had a net margin of 13.93% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.82%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.44 earnings per share.
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Host Hotels & Resorts announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 28th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.27%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 27th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.18.
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Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.00%. HST has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 76.92%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, HST will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.80% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) stock in their portfolio include Nuveen Short-Term REIT ETF (NURE), Invesco Active U.S. Real Estate ETF (PSR), AdvisorShares Hotel ETF (BEDZ), Kelly Hotel & Lodging Sector ETF (HOTL), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF (RSPR), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF (EWRE), Defiance Hotel, Airline, and Cruise ETF (CRUZ) and USCF Dividend Income Fund (UDI).

Host Hotels & Resorts updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.920-2.040 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.940. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.6 billion-$5.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.5 billion.

Host Hotels & Resorts' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.34%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.27%), Vert Asset Management LLC (0.04%), Fulton Bank N.A. (0.03%), Occidental Asset Management LLC (0.02%) and Czech National Bank (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include James F Risoleo, Mary Baglivo, Nathan S Tyrrell, Sourav Ghosh and Walter C Rakowich.
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