Host Hotels & Resorts
About: Host Hotels & Resorts owns 81 predominantly urban and resort upper-upscale and luxury hotel properties representing over 43,000 rooms, mainly in the United States. Host recently sold off the company's interests in a joint venture owning a portfolio of hotels throughout Europe and also sold other joint ventures that owned properties in Asia and the United States. The majority of Host's portfolio operates under the Marriott and Starwood brands.
Employees: 163
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Funds holding %
of 7,407 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 8 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
200% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q3] → 3 (+2) [Q4]
60% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 101 | Existing positions closed: 63
7.2% more ownership
Funds ownership: 97.75% [Q3] → 104.95% (+7.2%) [Q4]
6% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $12.1B [Q3] → $12.9B (+$772M) [Q4]
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 576 [Q3] → 601 (+25) [Q4]
0% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 216 | Existing positions reduced: 217
15% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $9.37M | Put options by funds: $11M
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$14
2%
upside
Avg. target
$17.63
29%
upside
High target
$20
46%
upside
8 analyst ratings
3 positive
38%
5 neutral
63%
0 negative
0%
Jefferies David Katz 22% 1-year accuracy 6 / 27 met price target | 2%upside $14 | Hold Downgraded | 9 Apr 2025 |
Truist Securities Patrick Scholes 41% 1-year accuracy 30 / 74 met price target | 24%upside $17 | Hold Maintained | 21 Mar 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Stephen Grambling 41% 1-year accuracy 11 / 27 met price target | 10%upside $15 | Equal-Weight Upgraded | 21 Mar 2025 |
Citigroup Nick Joseph 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 2 met price target | 39%upside $19 | Buy Maintained | 17 Mar 2025 |
Compass Point Floris Van Dijkum 26% 1-year accuracy 5 / 19 met price target | 32%upside $18 | Neutral Downgraded | 10 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 5 articles about HST published over the past 30 days
Negative
Seeking Alpha
2 hours ago
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Positive
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Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Is it Prudent to Retain Host Hotels Stock in Your Portfolio Now?
HST to gain from its luxury hotel portfolio, strategic capital recycling and a healthy balance sheet. Macroeconomic uncertainty and high interest expenses ail.
Positive
24/7 Wall Street
3 weeks ago
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Neutral
Seeking Alpha
4 weeks ago
Host Hotels & Resorts: Deeply Undervalued Despite Recession Risks
Host Hotels & Resorts is trading at a significant discount to its intrinsic value, offering a compelling investment opportunity despite its capital-intensive business model. The company has a solid balance sheet, investment-grade ratings, and a well-covered dividend yield of roughly 6%. Recession risks are mitigated by geographic diversification, a focus on affluent customers, and a share price that appears to be already partially discounting an economic downturn.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 month ago
Host Hotels & Resorts Announces First Quarter 2025 Earnings Call to be Held on May 1, 2025
BETHESDA, Md., March 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: HST) (the “Company”), the nation's largest lodging real estate investment trust, will report first quarter 2025 financial results on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, after the market close.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
REIT Replay: REIT Share Prices Tick Up During Week Ended Feb. 21
Share prices for US equity real estate investment trusts ticked up slightly during the week ended Feb. 21, outperforming the broader stock market. Looking at the Dow Jones US real estate property sector indexes, the retail REIT index logged the largest increase during the recent week, up 0.84%, followed by the apartment REIT index at 0.80%.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (HST) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ:HST ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 20, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Jaime Marcus - SVP-IR Jim Risoleo - President and CEO Sourav Ghosh - EVP and CFO Conference Call Participants Michael Bellisario - Baird Smedes Rose - Citigroup Chris Woronka - Deutsche Bank David Katz - Jefferies Duane Pfennigwerth - Evercore ISI Chris Darling - Green Street Robin Farley - UBS Aryeh Klein - BMO Capital Markets Jay Kornreich - Wedbush Securities Floris van Dijkum - Compass Point Operator Good morning, and welcome to the Host Hotels & Resorts Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. Today's conference is being recorded.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Host Hotels Q4 FFO & Revenues Top Estimates, Hotel RevPAR Rises
HST's Q4 results reflect higher revenues due to better comparable hotel total RevPAR, driven by improved food and beverage revenues from the group business.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Host Hotels (HST) Q4 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Host Hotels (HST) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
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