Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) kicked off on Tuesday, down -0.11% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $17.55. Over the past 52 weeks, HST has traded in a range of $12.22-$19.26.
It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Real Estate sector saw sales slided by -4.68%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 4.13%. With a float of $678.27 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $687.70 million.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Insider Updates
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the REIT – Hotel & Motel Industry. The insider ownership of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc is 1.37%, while institutional ownership is 108.31%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 25 ’25, was worth 617,474. In this transaction EVP, Development, D&C of this company sold 35,000 shares at a rate of $17.64, taking the stock ownership to the 262,094 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 25 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 35,000 for $17.64, making the entire transaction worth $617,473.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 12/31/2024, the organization reported 0.15 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 0.13) by 0.02. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.31 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 4.13% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -3.97% during the next five years compared to -4.68% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Host Hotels & Resorts Inc’s (HST) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 3.10. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.03. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 18.07.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.06, a number that is poised to hit 0.18 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.86 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST)
The latest stats from [Host Hotels & Resorts Inc, HST] show that its last 5-days average volume of 6.66 million was inferior to 9.35 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 68.97%.
During the past 100 days, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc’s (HST) raw stochastic average was set at 77.53%, which indicates a significant increase from 52.05% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.37 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 0.36 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $16.93, while its 200-day Moving Average is $15.95. Now, the first resistance to watch is $17.61. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $17.70. The third major resistance level sits at $17.81. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $17.41, it is likely to go to the next support level at $17.30. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $17.21.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 12.06 billion has total of 687,689K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 5,684 M in contrast with the sum of 697,000 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 1,331 M and last quarter income was 161,000 K.
