Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [NASDAQ: HST] loss -1.10% on the last trading session, reaching $13.51 price per share at the time.
If compared to the average trading volume of 10.54M shares, HST reached a trading volume of 5323731 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about 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 $18.41 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 1.75. 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.
Jefferies have made an estimate for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Hold, with their previous recommendation back on April 09, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Morgan Stanley dropped their target price from $16 to $15. The new note on the price target was released on March 21, 2025, representing the official price target for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $20 to $18, while Compass Point kept a Neutral rating on HST stock. On October 17, 2024, analysts increased their price target for HST shares from 18 to 22.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc is set at 0.65, with the Price to Sales ratio for HST stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.65. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.43, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.80. Price to Free Cash Flow for HST in the course of the last twelve months was 9.98.
Trading performance analysis for HST stock
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 -1.46. With this latest performance, HST shares dropped by -9.69% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -24.48% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -27.50% 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 41.96, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 43.68, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 40.95 for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [HST]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 15.12, while it was recorded at 13.59 for the last single week of trading, and 16.94 for the last 200 days.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [HST]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
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%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Host Hotels & Resorts Inc [HST]
There are presently around $106.14%, or 107.60%% 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%.
