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Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. · HST · FY2024 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2025
Host Hotels: Demand Holds, but Margin Risks Remain
The supplied analysis supports a cautiously constructive operating case centered on transient leisure demand, out-of-room spending and renovation-led share gains, but the evidence is balanced by margin pressure and demand-recovery risks.
Reported After market closeNASDAQReal Estate
$16.42B market cap
80quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
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Consensus $0.15
EPS surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
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Consensus $1.37B
Revenue surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
event-close to next-session close
Stock move
-1.9%
Event window
SPY move
-0.4%
Same window
Abnormal move
-1.5%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
1.7×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
-10.7%
Up to 20 sessions
HSTSPY benchmark
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What changed
Relative to the prior-quarter analysis, the core thesis remains similar: management still emphasizes leisure demand, renovations, condo development and opportunistic capital deployment. The current analysis places continued emphasis on Maui recovery, group demand, wage inflation and the effect of lower business-interruption proceeds on margins.
Guidance delta
Maintained; the supplied analysis indicates no change in guidance sentiment from the prior quarter.
Key takeaways
- Management highlighted strong transient leisure demand, out-of-room spending and ongoing renovation-related growth drivers.
- The outlook includes modest RevPAR growth, with wage inflation and lower business-interruption proceeds creating margin pressure.
- Maui recovery, group demand, macro-sensitive travel and hurricane exposure remain key variables for the thesis.
Management priorities
- Advance transformational renovation and resilience projects.
- Complete the Four Seasons Orlando condo development and related sales.
- Pursue opportunistic acquisitions while continuing disciplined capital deployment.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$23.97Current
$18Low
$22.26Average
$27High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 19, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 13, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Jul 28, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 23, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Ladenburg Thalmann | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jun 10, 2026 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jun 2, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 12, 2026 |
| Compass Point | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Nov 7, 2025 |
| Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Apr 9, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 18, 2025 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 12, 2024 |
| Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 5, 2024 |
| Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 30, 2024 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Underperform | Upgrade | Jan 8, 2024 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Sell | Upgrade | Dec 15, 2021 |
| Argus Research | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Sep 10, 2021 |
| Capital One | Overweight | Equal Weight | Upgrade | Jun 18, 2021 |
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Oct 13, 2020 |
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Jul 8, 2020 |
| SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Apr 29, 2020 |
| BTIG | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Apr 24, 2020 |
| Citi | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Nov 19, 2019 |
| Capital One Financial | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jun 25, 2019 |
| Wolfe Research | Underperform | Peer Perform | Downgrade | Mar 13, 2019 |
| Argus | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 5, 2018 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 3, 2018 |
| BTIG Research | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Dec 4, 2017 |
| Boenning & Scattergood | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Aug 24, 2017 |
| Nomura | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Oct 25, 2016 |
| Credit Suisse | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Mar 23, 2016 |
| JMP Securities | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jan 11, 2016 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jul 13, 2015 |
| Bank of America | Underperform | Buy | Downgrade | Jan 16, 2015 |
| MLV & Co. | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Jan 15, 2015 |
| FBR Capital | Outperform | Market Perform | Upgrade | Oct 16, 2014 |
| McNicoll Lewis Vlak | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 5, 2013 |
| ISI Group | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Jun 3, 2013 |
| Evercore Partners | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | May 29, 2013 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $23.97. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $25 | $22.74 | +4.3% | Oct 13, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $24 | $22.65 | +0.1% | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $27 | $22.12 | +12.6% | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $26 | $24.5 | +8.5% | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Argus Research | Marie Ferguson | $27 | $24.9 | +12.6% | Jun 17, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $27 | $24.78 | +12.6% | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $27 | $24.62 | +12.6% | Jun 8, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Simon Yarmak | $26.25 | $24.45 | +9.5% | Jun 4, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $23 | $23.42 | -4.0% | Jun 2, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $23 | $22.98 | -4.0% | Jun 1, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Analyst unavailable | $23 | $21.76 | -4.0% | May 13, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Simon Yarmak | $23 | $21.68 | -4.0% | May 7, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $22 | $20.26 | -8.2% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Stephen Grambling | $18 | $18.47 | -24.9% | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $20 | $18.44 | -16.6% | Jan 12, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $21 | $18.21 | -12.4% | Jan 9, 2026 |
| Barclays | Richard Hightower | $19 | $18.12 | -20.7% | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Analyst unavailable | $19 | $17.02 | -20.7% | Oct 1, 2025 |
| UBS | Robin Farley | $18 | $17.17 | -24.9% | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $17 | $14.69 | -29.1% | Mar 21, 2025 |
| Compass Point | Analyst unavailable | $18 | $16.32 | -24.9% | Mar 10, 2025 |
| Compass Point | Floris van Dijkum | $22 | $17.99 | -8.2% | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Truist Financial | Patrick Scholes | $20 | $17.37 | -16.6% | Sep 4, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Stephen Grambling | $17 | $16.58 | -29.1% | Aug 21, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Duane Pfennigwerth | $21 | $16.05 | -12.4% | Aug 13, 2024 |
| Truist Financial | Patrick Scholes | $23 | $17.76 | -4.0% | May 30, 2024 |
| Barclays | Anthony Powell | $24 | $17.79 | +0.1% | May 30, 2024 |
| UBS | Robin Farley | $20 | $18.59 | -16.6% | Apr 19, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Tyler Batory | $21 | $21.07 | -12.4% | Mar 5, 2024 |
| HSBC | Meredith Jensen | $21 | $19.64 | -12.4% | Jan 19, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $23 | $15.64 | -4.0% | Jul 11, 2022 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $22 | $15.47 | -8.2% | Jul 7, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $23 | $20.43 | -4.0% | Jun 2, 2022 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $21 | $19.67 | -12.4% | Jun 1, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $26 | $20.01 | +8.5% | May 6, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $23 | $19.85 | -4.0% | May 6, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $22 | $20.32 | -8.2% | May 2, 2022 |
| BTIG | James Sullivan | $19 | $17.01 | -20.7% | Jan 21, 2022 |
| Evercore ISI | Richard Hightower | $22 | $17.67 | -8.2% | Jan 18, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Thomas Allen | $20 | $17.67 | -16.6% | Jan 18, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Stephen Grambling | $18 | $16.04 | -24.9% | Dec 14, 2021 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Simon Yarmak | $21 | $18.35 | -12.4% | Nov 8, 2021 |
| Argus Research | Angus Kelleher-Ferguson | $20 | $15.96 | -16.6% | Sep 10, 2021 |
| Capital One Financial | Neil Malkin | $20.5 | $17.77 | -14.5% | Jun 17, 2021 |
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Start freeCompany context
Snapshot as of publicationHost Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a distinguished member of the S&P 500 index, stands as the world's foremost lodging real estate investment trust (REIT) and a leading proprietor of luxury and upper-upscale hotel properties. The company boasts an extensive portfolio comprising roughly 46,100 rooms distributed among 74 locations across the United States and five international sites. Beyond these owned assets, it also holds non-controlling stakes in seven joint ventures—six domestically and one internationally. The firm's operational approach is characterized by a stringent capital allocation methodology and robust asset management tactics. It collaborates with a broad array of esteemed hospitality brands, including Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Westin, Sheraton, W, St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, Hyatt, Fairmont, Hilton, Swissôtel, ibis, and Novotel, in addition to various independent hotel labels.
Historical context
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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-02-05T00:02:40.001238+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-19T05:00:42.046718+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-19T05:00:42.043628+00:00
Methodology
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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.
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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-19. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.