Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [NASDAQ: HST] stock went on a downward path that fall over -1.20% on Monday, amounting to a one-week price decrease of less than -7.92%.
Over the last 12 months, HST stock dropped by -34.84%. The one-year Host Hotels & Resorts Inc stock forecast points to a potential upside of 32.2. The average equity rating for HST stock is currently 1.65, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $9.19 billion, with 699.10 million shares outstanding and 689.00 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 9.06M shares, HST stock reached a trading volume of 25451098 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [HST]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for HST shares is $19.38 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on HST stock is a recommendation set at 1.65. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Morgan Stanley have made an estimate for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Equal-Weight, with their previous recommendation back on March 21, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Compass Point dropped their target price from $20 to $18. The new note on the price target was released on March 10, 2025, representing the official price target for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $18 to $22, while Compass Point kept a Buy rating on HST stock. On August 01, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for HST shares from 25 to 18.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc is set at 0.55, with the Price to Sales ratio for HST stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.62. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.39, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.79. Price to Free Cash Flow for HST in the course of the last twelve months was 9.79.
HST Stock Performance Analysis:
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [HST] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -7.92. With this latest performance, HST shares dropped by -16.84% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -24.79% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -34.84% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for HST stock in for the last two-week period is set at 27.15, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 23.54, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 29.66 for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [HST]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 15.76, while it was recorded at 13.95 for the last single week of trading, and 17.17 for the last 200 days.
HST Stock EPS
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for HST. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc go to -3.85%.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [HST] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $107.52%, or 109.00%% of HST stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of HST stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 113.95 million shares, which is approximately 16.1797%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 76.58 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$1.38 billion in HST stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$914.06 million in HST stock with ownership which is approximately 7.1409%.
