Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.29 EPS

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.29, Zacks reports. Host Hotels & Resorts had a return on equity of 10.72% and a net margin of 12.92%. Host Hotels & Resorts updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.820-1.910 EPS.

Host Hotels & Resorts Stock Up 0.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ:HST traded up $0.03 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $17.08. 9,833,691 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,556,188. The stock has a market cap of $11.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.58 and a beta of 1.30. Host Hotels & Resorts has a fifty-two week low of $15.71 and a fifty-two week high of $21.31. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $17.30 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $17.48. The company has a current ratio of 2.90, a quick ratio of 2.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76.

Host Hotels & Resorts Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.68%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. Host Hotels & Resorts’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 77.67%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on HST shares. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on Host Hotels & Resorts from $21.00 to $20.50 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, November 22nd. StockNews.com cut Host Hotels & Resorts from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. UBS Group cut their target price on Host Hotels & Resorts from $19.00 to $18.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on Host Hotels & Resorts from $22.00 to $20.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Raymond James cut their target price on Host Hotels & Resorts from $23.00 to $20.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $20.54.

About Host Hotels & Resorts

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the management of luxury and upper-upscale hotels. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Brazil, and Canada. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.