Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (HST): Price and Financial Metrics

HST POWR Grades

• HST scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 82.16% of US stocks.
• HST's strongest trending metric is Sentiment; it's been moving up over the last 48 weeks.
• HST's current lowest rank is in the Quality metric (where it is better than 9.48% of US stocks).

HST Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of Host Hotels & Resorts Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 4.88% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc is reporting a growth rate of -351.91%; that's higher than merely 6.29% of US stocks.
• As for revenue growth, note that HST's revenue has grown -59.66% over the past 12 months; that beats the revenue growth of merely 3.61% of US companies in our set.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Host Hotels & Resorts Inc are PEB, HTA, PEAK, AMC, and SBRA.
• Visit HST's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.hosthotels.com.

HST Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Real Estate stock, HST's price/earnings ratio is 153.26% lower, now standing at -20.
• HST's price/earnings ratio has moved down 29.5 over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, HST's price/sales ratio has gone up 6.8.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for HST.

HST Growth Metrics

• The 3 year revenue growth rate now stands at 2.94%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -28.18%.
• Its 5 year price growth rate is now at -36.18%.

HST's revenue has moved down $3,926,000,000 over the prior 52 months.

The table below shows HST's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	1,513	-332	-589
2021-03-31	967	-513	-881
2020-12-31	1,620	-307	-732
2020-09-30	2,687	172	-588
2020-06-30	3,751	611	93
2020-03-31	5,131	1,200	731

HST's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• HST has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 9.48% of graded US stocks.
• HST's asset turnover comes in at 0.118 -- ranking 169th of 456 Trading stocks.
• INN, CLDT, and DRH are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with HST.

The table below shows HST's key quality metrics over time.