Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.’s FY2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:HST)

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ:HST) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Host Hotels & Resorts in a research note issued to investors on Monday, September 30th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $1.95 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $1.94. The consensus estimate for Host Hotels & Resorts’ current full-year earnings is $1.96 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Host Hotels & Resorts’ Q1 2026 earnings at $0.53 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.94 EPS.

HST has been the topic of several other research reports. Compass Point lowered Host Hotels & Resorts from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $25.00 to $18.00 in a report on Thursday, August 1st. Oppenheimer cut their price objective on Host Hotels & Resorts from $24.00 to $22.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, August 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded Host Hotels & Resorts from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $20.00 to $18.00 in a research report on Friday, July 19th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on Host Hotels & Resorts from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 1st. Finally, Truist Financial cut their price objective on Host Hotels & Resorts from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, September 4th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $21.00.

Host Hotels & Resorts Stock Up 2.8 %

NASDAQ HST opened at $17.86 on Thursday. Host Hotels & Resorts has a 52 week low of $14.92 and a 52 week high of $21.31. The company has a quick ratio of 4.55, a current ratio of 4.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $17.20 and its 200-day simple moving average is $18.20. The firm has a market cap of $12.59 billion, a PE ratio of 17.51, a P/E/G ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 1.32.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Host Hotels & Resorts

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in HST. LSV Asset Management lifted its stake in Host Hotels & Resorts by 11.7% during the second quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 9,189,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $165,218,000 after purchasing an additional 965,100 shares during the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. lifted its stake in Host Hotels & Resorts by 6.4% during the second quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 8,170,699 shares of the company’s stock worth $146,909,000 after purchasing an additional 489,415 shares during the last quarter. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ lifted its stake in Host Hotels & Resorts by 20.2% during the second quarter. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ now owns 7,962,687 shares of the company’s stock worth $143,169,000 after purchasing an additional 1,339,458 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in Host Hotels & Resorts by 1.1% during the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 5,785,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $104,014,000 after purchasing an additional 63,669 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its stake in Host Hotels & Resorts by 103.2% during the first quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 3,675,589 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,002,000 after purchasing an additional 1,866,661 shares during the last quarter. 98.52% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Host Hotels & Resorts Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 30th. Host Hotels & Resorts’s dividend payout ratio is presently 78.43%.

Host Hotels & Resorts Company Profile

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc is an S&P 500 company and is the largest lodging real estate investment trust and one of the largest owners of luxury and upper-upscale hotels. The Company currently owns 72 properties in the United States and five properties internationally totaling approximately 42,000 rooms.