At the time of writing, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [HST] stock is trading at $20.35, up 1.04%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The HST shares have gain 1.34% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.86%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 15, March 2024, Host Hotels & Resorts Announces First Quarter 2024 Earnings Call to be Held on May 2, 2024. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: HST), the nation’s largest lodging real estate investment trust, will report first quarter 2024 financial results on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, after the market close.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [NASDAQ: HST] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 08, 2024, when BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy. Previously, JP Morgan upgraded its rating to Neutral on December 14, 2023, and kept the price target unchanged to $15. On October 23, 2023, HSBC Securities initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $21 on the stock. Wedbush started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and suggested a price target of $19 on October 03, 2023. Wolfe Research initiated its recommendation with a Outperform and recommended $22 as its price target on September 28, 2023. Oppenheimer upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on July 20, 2023, but kept the price target unchanged to $21. In a note dated June 27, 2023, Morgan Stanley downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $19 to $15.50.
For the past year, the stock price of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc fluctuated between $14.74 and $21.31. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $21.42 within the next 12 months. Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [NASDAQ: HST] shares were valued at $20.35 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 5.26% based on the average HST price forecast.
Analyzing the HST fundamentals
According to Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [NASDAQ:HST], the company’s sales were 5.31B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 4.75% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.62% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.17%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.11 and Total Capital is 0.09. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.72.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 20.08 points at the first support level, and at 19.81 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 20.55, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 20.75.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [HST] reported earnings per share of $0.19 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.2/share, meaning a difference of -$0.01 and a surprise factor of -5.00%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $0.16 per share as compared to estimates of $0.11 per share, a difference of $0.05 representing a surprise of 45.50%.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.70, the price to book ratio is 2.16 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.60.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved RISOLEO JAMES F, President and CEO, that happened on Mar 21 ’24 when 28136.0 shares were sold. President and CEO, RISOLEO JAMES F completed a deal on Mar 20 ’24 to sell 0.15 million shares. Meanwhile, SVP & Corp. Controller OTTINGER JOSEPH sold 7461.0 shares on Mar 08 ’24.
