Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) Issues FY 2024 Earnings Guidance

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.920-1.920 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.950. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.6 billion-$5.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.6 billion. Host Hotels & Resorts also updated its FY24 guidance to $1.92-1.94 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

HST has been the subject of several recent research reports. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of Host Hotels & Resorts from $21.00 to $19.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, September 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered Host Hotels & Resorts from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and dropped their target price for the company from $20.00 to $18.00 in a research report on Friday, July 19th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on Host Hotels & Resorts from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 1st. Oppenheimer dropped their price objective on Host Hotels & Resorts from $24.00 to $22.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 12th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their target price on Host Hotels & Resorts from $23.00 to $20.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $21.29.

Host Hotels & Resorts Stock Performance

HST traded up $0.34 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $17.99. 18,384,271 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,250,203. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $17.62 and its 200-day simple moving average is $17.76. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 4.55 and a quick ratio of 4.55. Host Hotels & Resorts has a 1 year low of $15.71 and a 1 year high of $21.31.

Host Hotels & Resorts Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Monday, September 30th were issued a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.45%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 30th. Host Hotels & Resorts’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 74.77%.

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.