The stock price of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) has dropped by -1.80 compared to previous close of 14.96. Despite this, the company has seen a fall of -1.48% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-03-21 that Host Hotels & Resorts is trading at a significant discount to its intrinsic value, offering a compelling investment opportunity despite its capital-intensive business model. The company has a solid balance sheet, investment-grade ratings, and a well-covered dividend yield of roughly 6%. Recession risks are mitigated by geographic diversification, a focus on affluent customers, and a share price that appears to be already partially discounting an economic downturn.
Is It Worth Investing in Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: HST) is 14.85x, which is above its average ratio. Moreover, the 36-month beta value for HST is 1.26. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 12 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for HST is 689.00M and currently, short sellers hold a 6.03% of that float. On March 24, 2025, HST’s average trading volume was 8.27M shares.
HST’s Market Performance
HST stock saw a decrease of -1.48% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -12.35% and a quarterly a decrease of -21.08%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.49%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.86% for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST).. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -5.69% for HST’s stock, with a -14.99% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of HST
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for HST stocks, with Morgan Stanley repeating the rating for HST by listing it as a “Equal-Weight.” The predicted price for HST in the upcoming period, according to Morgan Stanley is $15 based on the research report published on March 21, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Compass Point, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see HST reach a price target of $18, previously predicting the price at $20. The rating they have provided for HST stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on March 10th, 2025.
Compass Point gave a rating of “Buy” to HST, setting the target price at $22 in the report published on October 17th of the previous year.
HST Trading at -10.05% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought HST to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -30.54% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.86%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.49%, as shares sank -10.10% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -13.84% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, HST fell by -1.48%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -19.06% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $15.58. In addition, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc saw -16.15% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at HST starting from RAKOWICH WALTER C, who sale 3,896 shares at the price of $18.64 back on May 16 ’24. After this action, RAKOWICH WALTER C now owns 64,457 shares of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc, valued at $72,636 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for HST
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.14 for the present operating margin
- 0.38 for the gross margin
The net margin for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc stands at 0.12. The total capital return value is set at 0.07. Equity return is now at value 10.53, with 5.51 for asset returns.
Based on Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST), the company’s capital structure generated 0.43 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.29. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.77. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.67.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.7 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 2.87. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.6. The receivables turnover for the company is 49.43for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.44.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST) has been bad in recent times. The stock has received a mixed of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
