Host Hotels & Resorts (HST)

Real Estate · REIT - Hotel & Motel · S&P 500
$22.48 +0.18% on the day Market cap $15.8B 52-week range $15.61 to $25.71 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-1% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $15.8B, Host Hotels & Resorts's free cash flow of $1.2B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about -1% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Host Hotels & Resorts's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-0.8% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years2.2% a year
Revenue, same period1.3% a year
Price to free cash flow12.8x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from HST's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability6
Growth4
Financial health3
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)15.5x
P/E (forward)24.9x
Price / free cash flow18.4x
EV / EBITDA9.08x
Price / sales2.53x
Price / book2.24x
Revenue growth+3.4%
Operating margin14.6%
Net margin16.5%
Return on equity16.1%
Dividend yield3.5%
Debt / equity1.04x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Host Hotels & Resorts's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$2.9B$4.9B$5.3B$5.7B$6.1B
Net income-$11M$633M$740M$697M$765M
Free cash flow-$1M$1.1B$1.2B$1.2B$1.2B
EPS (diluted)-$0.02$0.88$1.04$0.99$1.10
Operating margin-8.7%15.8%15.6%15.4%14.0%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025.

Rooms$3.6B59%
Food and beverage$1.8B29%
Other$604M10%
Condominium sales$99M2%

Superinvestors who own HST

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 3 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $316M0.11%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $64M0.15%Q2 2026
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Trimmed $11M0.02%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Host Hotels & Resorts's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Jan 9, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$18.44—
Jan 9, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$18.44—

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Questions

What growth does Host Hotels & Resorts's stock price imply?

At a market value of $15.8B, Host Hotels & Resorts would need its free cash flow to grow about -1% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 2% a year.

Are Host Hotels & Resorts insiders buying the stock?

2 open-market insider purchases of HST in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Host Hotels & Resorts?

3 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold HST in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt, Ron Baron.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.