Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (HST): Are There Still Some Reasons For Optimism?

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20 May, 2017

Cadence Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Host Hotels and Resorts by 60.6% in the fourth quarter. DUPONT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Corp now owns 125,296 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $2,338,000 after buying an additional 53,507 shares during the last quarter. Crow Point Partners LLC bought a new stake in Host Hotels and Resorts during the third quarter valued at $174,000. (HST) 52 week low value is at $13.59 and its current distance from 52 week low value is 30.59%. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its position in Host Hotels and Resorts by 3.3% in the first quarter. Also, Director Walter C. Rakowich sold 2,828 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 12th. UBS Oconnor LLC purchased a new position in shares of Host Hotels and Resorts during the third quarter valued at $10,690,000. Finally, Nomura began coverage on Park Hotels & Resorts in a report on Tuesday, February 14th. Comerica Bank now owns 268,600 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $4,905,000 after buying an additional 28,114 shares during the period.

Host Hotels and Resorts Inc (NYSE:HST) traded down 1.13% during trading on Friday, reaching $17.48.

The counter witnessed a trading volume of 5.56 million shares versus an average volume of 8.02 million shares during last trading session. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.08 billion, a PE ratio of 17.86 and a beta of 1.30.

While looking at the SMA values of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $18.38 and a 200 day moving average of $17.99. Host Hotels and Resorts Inc (NYSE:HST) has risen 12.41% since October 6, 2016 and is uptrending. The real estate investment trust reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.05. (HST) may be overvalued, however, this can also depend upon the situation of the market; if the market is strong then it could suggest that Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. They are projecting Next Quarter growth of -21.4%. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.41 EPS.

The company reported an impressive total revenue of 5.43 Billion in the last fiscal year.

In case of Revenue Estimates, 1430000 analysts have provided their consensus Average Revenue Estimates for Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.as 15000. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 31st were paid a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 29th.

Park Hotels & Resorts has a payout ratio of 63.0% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings.

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc (NYSE:PK) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 4th. If you are accessing this piece on another site, it was illegally copied and reposted in violation of United States and global trademark and copyright legislation. Host Hotels and Resorts Inc (NYSE:HST) has risen 6.00% since April 17, 2017 and is uptrending.

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. The stock's average target of $305.08 is 55.21% above today's ($196.56) share price. Goldman had a markedly different take on 19/01/2017, proposing that Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.is now considered Sell versus prior Neutral rating. Analysts set a 12-month price target of $19.12 a share.

Some buy side analysts are also providing their Analysis on Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., where 2 analysts have rated the stock as Strong buy, 1 analysts have given a Buy signal, 16 said it's a HOLD, 3 reported it as Underperform and 0 analysts rated the stock as Sell. ABJI MINAZ had sold 110,085 shares worth $2.03 million. The company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $29.67. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 61,358 shares in the company, valued at $1,119,783.50. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. LARSON GREGORY J sold $741,967 worth of stock.

Earnings per share is the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. The company reported the earnings of $0.21/Share in the last quarter where the estimated EPS by analysts was $0.16/share. The stock's average true range of stands at 0.43, while the relative strength index is 37.01.

Host Hotels and Resorts Company Profile Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc (Host Inc) operates as a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT). The Firm operates through hotel ownership segment. The Company owned properties and conducted operations through Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P.


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