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

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Host Hotels & Resorts in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" HST shares.
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10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Host Hotels & Resorts' shares. Their HST share price forecasts range from $18.00 to $24.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $20.86 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.3% from the stock's current price.
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Host Hotels & Resorts' stock was trading at $16.05 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, HST shares have increased by 4.5% and is now trading at $16.78.
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Host Hotels & Resorts saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 29,940,000 shares, a decline of 9.4% from the April 30th total of 33,040,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,990,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.3 days. Currently, 4.3% 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, August 2nd 2023.
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Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ:HST) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 15th. The company reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.23. The company earned $1.26 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.25 billion. Host Hotels & Resorts had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.83% and a net margin of 15.42%. Host Hotels & Resorts's revenue for the quarter was up 26.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.29 earnings per share.
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Host Hotels & Resorts announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, April 17th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.86%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 30th.
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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), Kelly Hotel & Lodging Sector ETF (HOTL), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF (EWRE), JPMorgan Realty Income ETF (JPRE), ALPS Active REIT ETF (REIT), Defiance Hotel, Airline, and Cruise ETF (CRUZ), Fidelity Real Estate Investment ETF (FPRO) and First Trust Bloomberg Inflation Sensitive Equity ETF (FTIF).

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.86%. The dividend payout ratio is 42.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HST will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.00% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Host Hotels & Resorts issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.84-$1.95 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.75. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.27 billion-$5.41 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.16 billion.

Host Hotels & Resorts trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HST."

Host Hotels & Resorts' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.19%), State Street Corp (6.66%), FMR LLC (3.55%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.16%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.99%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.42%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian G Macnamara, James F Risoleo, Joanne G Hamilton, Nathan S Tyrrell and Walter C Rakowich.
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Shares of HST stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.78.

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) has a market capitalization of $11.93 billion and generates $4.91 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $633 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.12 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 160 workers across the globe.

Host Hotels & Resorts' mailing address is 4747 BETHESDA AVENUE SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD, 20814. The official website for the company is www.hosthotels.com. The company can be reached via phone at (240) 744-1000, via email at ir@hosthotels.com, or via fax at 240-744-5125.