HST Stock Analysis: Host Hotels & Resorts | NASDAQ
REIT - Hotel & Motel | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 16.569m USD | 12M Return: 62.7% | US44107P1049 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 176M
EPS Trend: 73.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 99.6%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
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Seasonality 11.7 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) is the largest publicly traded lodging real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States and a member of the S&P 500. The company owns 70 domestic hotels and 5 international properties, totaling roughly 41,300 rooms, with additional non-controlling interests in 7 domestic joint ventures. Its portfolio is concentrated in the luxury and upper-upscale segments, operated under premium brand families including Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Westin, Hyatt, Hilton, and Fairmont, as well as select independent brands. Founded in 1927 and incorporated in Maryland, HST has been publicly traded since 1983.
As a REIT, Host Hotels & Resorts is structured to benefit from favorable U.S. tax treatment in exchange for distributing the majority of its taxable income to shareholders, making it an income-oriented investment. The company follows an asset-light operating model: it owns the real estate but relies on third-party hotel operators and brand partners to manage day-to-day operations, allowing HST to focus on capital allocation, acquisitions, and asset management rather than hotel operations.
- Luxury hotel RevPAR growth fueled by group travel rebound
- Interest rate hikes pressure hotel REIT debt costs and valuations
- Asset sales accelerate capital recycling and debt reduction
| Net Income: 1.03b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.08 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 1.42 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 21.19% < 20% (prev -7.54%; Δ 28.73% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.12 > 3% & CFO 1.60b > Net Income 1.03b |
| Net Debt (4.25b) to EBITDA (2.12b): 2.01 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.77 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (693.9m) vs 12m ago 0.0% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 15.76% > 18% (prev 53.40%; Δ -37.64% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 47.45% > 50% (prev 45.73%; Δ 1.72% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 5.61 > 6 (EBIT TTM 1.33b / Interest Expense TTM 237.0m) |
| A: 0.10 (Total Current Assets 2.06b - Total Current Liabilities 745.0m) / Total Assets 13.3b |
| B: -0.05 (Retained Earnings -712.0m / Total Assets 13.3b) |
| C: 0.10 (EBIT TTM 1.33b / Avg Total Assets 13.1b) |
| D: 0.93 (Book Value of Equity 6.39b / Total Liabilities 6.86b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.14 = BBB |
| DSRI: 1.26 (Receivables 110.0m/83.0m, Revenue 6.22b/5.93b) |
| GMI: 3.39 (GM 53.40% / 15.76%) |
| AQI: 1.29 (AQ_t 0.07 / AQ_t-1 0.06) |
| SGI: 1.05 (Revenue 6.22b / 5.93b) |
| TATA: -0.04 (NI 1.03b - CFO 1.60b) / TA 13.3b) |
| Beneish M = -0.44 (Cap -4..+1) = D |
As of October 22, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 25.09 with a total of 9,258,784 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +9.42%, over one month by +13.47%, over three months by +3.58% and over the past year by +62.67%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 23.60 (which is 5.9% or 2.9 ATR below the current price).
Host Hotels & Resorts has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.10. Therefore, it is recommended to buy HST.
- StrongBuy: 11
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 9
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 25.5 | 1.8% |
P/E Trailing = 15.6908
P/E Forward = 22.1729
P/S = 2.6579
P/B = 2.3756
P/EG = 3.3561
Revenue TTM = 6.22b USD
EBIT TTM = 1.33b USD
EBITDA TTM = 2.12b USD
Long Term Debt = 4.08b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 998.0m USD (from shortLongTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 6.21b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 563.0m
Net Debt = 4.25b USD (calculated: Debt 6.21b - CCE 1.95b)
Enterprise Value = 20.8b USD (16.6b + Debt 6.21b - CCE 1.95b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 5.61 (Ebit TTM 1.33b / Interest Expense TTM 237.0m)
EV/FCF = 20.56x (Enterprise Value 20.8b / FCF TTM 1.01b)
FCF Yield = 4.86% (FCF TTM 1.01b / Enterprise Value 20.8b)
FCF Margin = 16.29% (FCF TTM 1.01b / Revenue TTM 6.22b)
Net Margin = 16.51% (Net Income TTM 1.03b / Revenue TTM 6.22b)
Gross Margin = 15.76% ((Revenue TTM 6.22b - Cost of Revenue TTM 5.24b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 7.87% (prev 9.12%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.57 (Enterprise Value 20.8b / Total Assets 13.3b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.82% (Interest Expense 237.0m / Debt 6.21b)
Taxrate = 4.67% (51.0m / 1.09b)
NOPAT = 1.27b (EBIT 1.33b * (1 - 4.67%))
Current Ratio = 2.77 (Total Current Assets 2.06b / Total Current Liabilities 745.0m)
Debt / Equity = 0.97 (Debt 6.21b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 6.39b)
Debt / EBITDA = 2.01 (Net Debt 4.25b / EBITDA 2.12b)
Debt / FCF = 4.20 (Net Debt 4.25b / FCF TTM 1.01b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 6.61b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 7.84% (Net Income 1.03b / Total Assets 13.3b)
RoE = 15.54% (Net Income TTM 1.03b / Total Stockholder Equity 6.61b)
RoCE = 12.44% (EBIT 1.33b / Capital Employed (Equity 6.61b + L.T.Debt 4.08b))
RoIC = 10.36% (NOPAT 1.27b / Invested Capital 12.2b)
WACC = 7.02% (E(16.6b)/V(22.8b) * Re(8.28%) + D(6.21b)/V(22.8b) * Rd(3.82%) * (1-Tc(0.05)))
Discount Rate = 8.28% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -91.72 | Cagr: -0.73%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈930.6m ; Y1≈1.07b ; Y5≈1.57b
[DCF] Fair Price = 28.27 (EV 23.6b - Net Debt 4.25b = Equity 19.4b / Shares 685.1m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 73.49 | EPS CAGR: 26.12% | SUE: 0.08 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 99.60 | Revenue CAGR: 6.77% | SUE: 0.81 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.09 | Chg30d=+4.91% | Revisions=-17% | Analysts=5
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.37 | Chg30d=-0.15% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+24.7% | GrowthRev=+0.7%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.05 | Chg30d=-0.95% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=-23.8% | GrowthRev=+0.2%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -17% (up=1, down=2)