At the time of writing, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [HST] stock is trading at $18.28, up 0.33%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The HST shares have gain 4.16% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.23%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [NASDAQ: HST] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 17, 2024, when Compass Point upgraded its rating to a Buy and also boosted its price target to $22 from $18. Previously, Compass Point downgraded its rating to Neutral on August 01, 2024, and dropped its price target to $18. On July 19, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underweight and revised its price target to $18 on the stock. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Neutral but $15 remained the price target by the analyst firm on December 14, 2023. HSBC Securities started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on October 23, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $21. In a note dated October 03, 2023, Wedbush initiated an Outperform rating and provided a target price of $19 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc fluctuated between $15.63 and $21.20. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $20 within the next 12 months. Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [NASDAQ: HST] shares were valued at $18.28 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 9.41% based on the average HST price forecast.
Analyzing the HST fundamentals
According to Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [NASDAQ:HST], the company’s sales were 5.58B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 8.65% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.4% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.14%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.14%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.11 and Total Capital is 0.07. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.76.
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 18.13 points at the first support level, and at 17.99 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 18.38, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 18.49.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.29, the price to book ratio is 1.90 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 17.89.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved RAKOWICH WALTER C, Director, that happened on May 16 ’24 when 3896.0 shares were sold. President and CEO, RISOLEO JAMES F completed a deal on Mar 21 ’24 to sell 28136.0 shares. Meanwhile, President and CEO RISOLEO JAMES F sold 0.15 million shares on Mar 20 ’24.
