Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST): Today's Featured Real Estate Loser

Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) pushed the Real Estate industry lower today making it today's featured Real Estate loser. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Host Hotels & Resorts fell 49 cents (-3.2%) to $15.01 on average volume. Throughout the day, 11.4 million shares of Host Hotels & Resorts exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.9 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $14.92-$15.36 after having opened the day at $15.32 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $15.50. Other company's within the Real Estate industry that declined today were: Institutional Financial Markets (IFMI), down 10.4%, FirstCity Financial Corporation (FCFC), down 4%, Altisource Portfolio Solutions (ASPS), down 3.6%, and Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), down 3.3%.

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Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is a publicly owned real estate investment trust (REIT). The firm primarily engages in the ownership and operation of hotel properties. It invests in the real estate markets of United States. Host Hotels & Resorts has a market cap of $11.13 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 1547, above the average real estate industry P/E ratio of 221 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 4.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are six analysts that rate Host Hotels & Resorts a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Host Hotels & Resorts as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, compelling growth in net income and revenue growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's profit margins have been poor overall.

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On the positive front, MPG Office (MPG), up 5.7%, PMC Commercial (PCC), up 3.3%, Cousins Properties (CUZ), up 3.2%, and American Campus Communities (ACC), up 3.2%, were all gainers within the real estate industry with Equity Residential (EQR) being today's featured real estate industry winner.

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