HST Stock Recent News

BETHESDA, Md., May 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: HST) (the “Company”), the nation's largest lodging real estate investment trust, today provided an updated investor presentation for first quarter 2025 results. The investor presentation can be found on the Investor Relations section on the Company's website at https://www.hosthotels.com/#key-investors-materials.

HST's Q1 results reflect year over year rise in revenues due to comparable hotel RevPAR growth, driven by increase in room rates.

The headline numbers for Host Hotels (HST) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended March 2025, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Host Hotels (HST) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $0.64 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.56 per share. This compares to FFO of $0.60 per share a year ago.

Comparable Hotel RevPAR Growth of 7.0% and Comparable Hotel Total RevPAR Growth of 5.8% Comparable Hotel RevPAR Growth of 7.0% and Comparable Hotel Total RevPAR Growth of 5.8%

HST's Q1 earnings are likely to have benefited from its group business and strategic capital allocations. However, high interest expenses remains a concern.

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HST to gain from its luxury hotel portfolio, strategic capital recycling and a healthy balance sheet. Macroeconomic uncertainty and high interest expenses ail.