Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) PE Ratio stood at $16.73: Odds are Looking Good After Recent Activity

As on Wednesday, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) got off with the flyer as it spiked 0.74% to $17.75, before settling in for the price of $17.62 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, HST posted a 52-week range of $14.91-$21.31.

The Real Estate Sector giants’ yearly sales growth during the last 5-year period was 17.01%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was -6.69%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -4.68%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $703.60 million, simultaneously with a float of $693.36 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $12.47 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $17.60, while the 200-day Moving Average is $18.53.

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the REIT – Hotel & Motel industry. Host Hotels & Resorts Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 1.29%, in contrast to 105.70% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on May 16 ’24, this organization’s Director sold 3,896 shares at the rate of 18.64, making the entire transaction reach 72,636 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 64,457. Preceding that transaction, on Mar 21 ’24, Company’s President and CEO sold 28,136 for 21.04, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 591,959. This particular insider is now the holder of 2,225,577 in total.

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Earnings and Revenue Records

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.17 per share during the current fiscal year.

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -4.68% and is forecasted to reach 0.96 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will decrease by -2.34% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the -6.69% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST). The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 0.37. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $16.73, and its Beta score is 1.34. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 2.28. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 14.07.

In the same vein, HST’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 1.06, a figure that is expected to reach 0.10 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 0.96 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Host Hotels & Resorts Inc, HST], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 3.79 million was lower the volume of 6.67 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 56.09% While, its Average True Range was 0.34.

Raw Stochastic average of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 62.96%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 59.13% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 13.56% that was lower than 24.57% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.