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

Company Overview

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust that owns and operates a portfolio of luxury and upper-upscale hotels. The company’s properties are generally located in high-demand business and leisure destinations and include full-service hotels, resorts and convention-oriented lodging facilities.

Host Hotels typically invests in hotel real estate while relying on hotel management companies and major hospitality brands to operate its properties. Its portfolio has included hotels affiliated with brands such as Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Westin, Sheraton, Hyatt and other well-known operators. The company’s properties serve business travelers, leisure guests, group and convention customers, and other hospitality markets.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Host Hotels & Resorts traces its origins to Host Marriott, which was formed in 1993 following the separation of Marriott’s lodging real estate assets. The company adopted the Host Hotels & Resorts name in 2006 and primarily serves markets across the United States, including major urban, coastal and resort destinations. Its common stock trades on the Nasdaq under the symbol HST.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $24.75 to $25.30
• 50-Day Range: $21.64 to $25.09
• 52-Week Range: $15.61 to $25.71
• Volume: 7.53 million shs
• Average Volume: 8.38 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $17.17 billion
• P/E Ratio: 16.71
• Dividend Yield: 3.19%
• Price Target: $25.14
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Host Hotels & Resorts Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Host Hotels & Resorts scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 79th out of 187 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Host Hotels & Resorts has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.69, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 9 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Host Hotels & Resorts is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Host Hotels & Resorts has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 0.46%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Host Hotels & Resorts are expected to grow by 0.46% in the coming year, from $2.19 to $2.20 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Host Hotels & Resorts is 16.71, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.89.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Host Hotels & Resorts is 16.71, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 23.79.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Host Hotels & Resorts has a PEG Ratio of 2.77. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Host Hotels & Resorts has a P/B Ratio of 2.63. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.21% of the float of Host Hotels & Resorts has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Host Hotels & Resorts has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.46.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Host Hotels & Resorts has recently increased by 6.53%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Host Hotels & Resorts pays a meaningful dividend of 3.24%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Host Hotels & Resorts has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Host Hotels & Resorts is 53.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Host Hotels & Resorts will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.36% next year. This indicates that Host Hotels & Resorts will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.09

News Sentiment

Host Hotels & Resorts has a news sentiment score of 1.09. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Host Hotels & Resorts this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for HST on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Host Hotels & Resorts to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Host Hotels & Resorts insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,477,591.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.50% of the stock of Host Hotels & Resorts is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

98.52% of the stock of Host Hotels & Resorts is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Today: 10/27/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Hotel & Resort REITs
• Sub-Industry: Hotel & Resort REITs
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:HST
• CIK: 1070750
• Web: www.hosthotels.com
• Phone: (240) 744-1000
• Fax: 240-744-5125
• Employees: 162
• Year Founded: 1993

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Host Hotels & Resorts: $25.14
• High Price Target: $28.00
• Low Price Target: $20.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +0.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.69
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.50
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.71
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.44
• P/E Growth: 2.77
• Net Income: $765 million
• Net Margins: 16.51%
• Pretax Margin: 17.58%
• Return on Equity: 15.53%
• Return on Assets: 7.83%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.80
• Current Ratio: 2.96
• Quick Ratio: 2.96

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.11 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.81
• Cash Flow: $2.32 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.82
• Book Value: $9.54 per share
• Price / Book: 2.63

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 685,120,000
• Free Float: 674,847,000
• Market Cap: $17.17 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.09