Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Forecasted to Post Q2 2025 Earnings of $0.53 Per Share (NASDAQ:HST)

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ:HST) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Host Hotels & Resorts in a research note issued on Wednesday, April 17th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.53 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.52. The consensus estimate for Host Hotels & Resorts’ current full-year earnings is $1.97 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Host Hotels & Resorts’ FY2025 earnings at $1.90 EPS.

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 21st. The company reported $0.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.44 by ($0.25). The company had revenue of $1.32 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.29 billion. Host Hotels & Resorts had a return on equity of 10.82% and a net margin of 13.93%. Host Hotels & Resorts’s quarterly revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.44 earnings per share.

HST has been the subject of several other reports. Raymond James boosted their price objective on Host Hotels & Resorts from $19.00 to $23.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, March 15th. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on Host Hotels & Resorts from $21.00 to $23.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 5th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on Host Hotels & Resorts from $21.00 to $24.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 2nd. Barclays boosted their target price on Host Hotels & Resorts from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, March 15th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded Host Hotels & Resorts from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $18.00 to $23.00 in a research note on Monday, January 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Host Hotels & Resorts currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $21.20.

Host Hotels & Resorts Price Performance

Shares of HST opened at $18.59 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63, a quick ratio of 3.29 and a current ratio of 3.29. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $20.31 and a 200 day simple moving average of $18.77. Host Hotels & Resorts has a 52-week low of $14.92 and a 52-week high of $21.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.08 billion, a PE ratio of 17.88, a P/E/G ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 1.31.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Host Hotels & Resorts

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in shares of Host Hotels & Resorts by 2.5% during the 1st quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 44,045 shares of the company’s stock worth $856,000 after acquiring an additional 1,066 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Host Hotels & Resorts during the 1st quarter worth approximately $215,000. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC increased its holdings in shares of Host Hotels & Resorts by 7.6% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC now owns 14,652 shares of the company’s stock worth $285,000 after acquiring an additional 1,034 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Host Hotels & Resorts in the 1st quarter valued at $624,000. Finally, Panagora Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Host Hotels & Resorts by 82.0% in the 1st quarter. Panagora Asset Management Inc. now owns 85,212 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,656,000 after buying an additional 38,385 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.52% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Host Hotels & Resorts

In other news, CEO James F. Risoleo sold 28,136 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $21.04, for a total transaction of $591,981.44. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 2,225,577 shares in the company, valued at approximately $46,826,140.08. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 1.30% of the company’s stock.

Host Hotels & Resorts Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 28th were paid a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 27th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.30%. This is a boost from Host Hotels & Resorts’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. Host Hotels & Resorts’s dividend payout ratio is currently 76.92%.

About Host Hotels & Resorts

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.