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

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Host Hotels & Resorts in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" HST shares.
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7 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Host Hotels & Resorts' stock. Their HST share price forecasts range from $15.00 to $24.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $20.39 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.0% from the stock's current price.
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Host Hotels & Resorts' stock was trading at $16.05 at the start of the year. Since then, HST shares have decreased by 1.6% and is now trading at $15.80.
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Host Hotels & Resorts saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 39,720,000 shares, a decline of 9.7% from the August 15th total of 44,010,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,160,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.5 days. Currently, 5.7% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 1st 2023.
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Host Hotels & Resorts will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 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 "49047".

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ:HST) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The company reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.27. The business earned $1.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.42 billion. Host Hotels & Resorts had a net margin of 14.50% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.08%. The firm's revenue was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.58 earnings per share.
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Host Hotels & Resorts declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 14th. Stockholders of record on Saturday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Monday, October 16th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 28th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15.
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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), ALPS Active REIT ETF (REIT), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF (EWRE), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF (RSPR), 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 $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.70%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 57.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HST will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.43% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Host Hotels & Resorts updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.82-$1.89 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.89. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.25 billion-$5.34 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.34 billion.

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

Host Hotels & Resorts' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.10%), State Street Corp (6.76%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (3.67%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.09%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.45%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.02%). 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 $15.80.

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) has a market capitalization of $11.24 billion and generates $4.91 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $633 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.05 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 165 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.