Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.820-1.910 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.950. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.0 billion-$6.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.8 billion.

Host Hotels & Resorts Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ HST traded up $0.03 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $17.08. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 9,914,267 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,557,203. The stock has a market cap of $11.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.58 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 2.90 and a quick ratio of 2.90. Host Hotels & Resorts has a one year low of $15.71 and a one year high of $21.31. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $17.30 and its 200-day simple moving average is $17.48.

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.29. Host Hotels & Resorts had a net margin of 12.92% and a return on equity of 10.72%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Host Hotels & Resorts will post 1.92 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Host Hotels & Resorts Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.20 dividend. 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 presently 77.67%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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