Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) Competitors

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) and Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Do analysts prefer HOOD or HST?

Robinhood Markets currently has a consensus price target of $53.88, indicating a potential upside of 9.72%. Host Hotels & Resorts has a consensus price target of $18.90, indicating a potential upside of 33.85%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Robinhood Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Robinhood Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Host Hotels & Resorts	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Does the media refer more to HOOD or HST?

In the previous week, Robinhood Markets had 50 more articles in the media than Host Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Robinhood Markets and 23 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts. Host Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Robinhood Markets' score of 0.53 indicating that Host Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Robinhood Markets	31 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	9 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Host Hotels & Resorts	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, HOOD or HST?

Robinhood Markets has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HOOD or HST?

Robinhood Markets has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Host Hotels & Resorts. Host Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robinhood Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Robinhood Markets	$2.95B	14.74	$1.41B	$1.57	31.28
Host Hotels & Resorts	$5.68B	1.72	$740M	$0.99	14.26

Is HOOD or HST more profitable?

Robinhood Markets has a net margin of 47.81% compared to Host Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 12.26%. Robinhood Markets' return on equity of 13.53% beat Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Robinhood Markets	47.81%	13.53%	2.52%
Host Hotels & Resorts	12.26%	10.37%	5.47%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HOOD or HST?

93.3% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Robinhood Markets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HOOD or HST?

Robinhood Markets received 37 more outperform votes than Host Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 47.27% of users gave Host Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote while only 37.24% of users gave Robinhood Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Robinhood Markets	Outperform Votes 89 37.24%	Underperform Votes 150 62.76%
Host Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 52 47.27%	Underperform Votes 58 52.73%

Summary

Robinhood Markets beats Host Hotels & Resorts on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.