On Monday, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) opened lower -0.71% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $18.20. Price fluctuations for HST have ranged from $15.63 to $21.20 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Real Estate sector company grew by 17.01% over the past five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -7.40% at the time writing. With a float of $689.95 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $699.00 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 163 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 40.24%, operating margin of 14.41%, and the pretax margin is 13.64%.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Insider Updates
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the REIT – Hotel & Motel industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc is 1.30%, while institutional ownership is 107.13%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 16 ’24, was worth 72,636. In this transaction Director of this company sold 3,896 shares at a rate of $18.64, taking the stock ownership to the 64,457 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 21 ’24, when Company’s President and CEO sold 28,136 for $21.04, making the entire transaction worth $591,959. This insider now owns 2,225,577 shares in total.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.34 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -7.40% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 0.65% during the next five years compared to -6.69% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST). In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.34. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 14.28.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.02, a number that is poised to hit 0.13 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.92 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST)
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) saw its 5-day average volume 9.92 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 6.89 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 27.17%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.49.
During the past 100 days, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc’s (HST) raw stochastic average was set at 64.57%, which indicates a significant increase from 34.76% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 32.29% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 24.00% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $18.02, while its 200-day Moving Average is $18.20. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $18.22 in the near term. At $18.36, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $18.52. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $17.92, it is likely to go to the next support level at $17.76. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $17.62.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) Key Stats
There are currently 699,029K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 13.04 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 5,311 M according to its annual income of 740,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,319 M and its income totaled 82,000 K.
