Here's What You May Have Missed About Host Hotels & Resorts (HST)

By Chris Stiles • Thursday, November 03 12:00 • Permanent Link

Shares of Real Estate sector company Host Hotels & Resorts moved -4.3% today, and are now trading at a price of $17.23. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 6,735,439 compared to its average volume of 8,077,593. The S&P 500 index returned a -0.5% performance.

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 is based in Bethesda and has 160 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $12,493,499,392. Host Hotels & Resorts currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 0.5% per year.

18 analysts are following Host Hotels & Resorts and have set target prices ranging from $17 to $25 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, HST is trading -20.11% away from its average analyst target price of $21.56 per share.

Over the last year, HST's share price has increased by 0.4%, which represents a difference of 20.1% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $21.63 per share whereas its 52 week low is $15.1. With an average free cash flow of $633,750,000.0 that have been growing at an average rate of 22.2% over the last four years, Host Hotels & Resorts is in a position to continue its strong stock performance trend.

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