Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST): Today's Featured Real Estate Winner
(
) pushed the Real Estate industry higher today making it today's featured real estate winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.7%. By the end of trading, Host Hotels & Resorts rose $0.56 (3.3%) to $17.55 on average volume. Throughout the day, 7,809,498 shares of Host Hotels & Resorts exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7,088,500 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $17.03-$17.55 after having opened the day at $17.09 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $16.99. Other companies within the Real Estate industry that increased today were:
(
), up 17.7%,
(
), up 5.0%,
(
), up 4.6% and
(
), up 4.2%.
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 $12.8 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 8.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate Host Hotels & Resorts a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Host Hotels & Resorts
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, increase in stock price during the past year, growth in earnings per share, compelling growth in net income and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.
- You can view the full Host Hotels & Resorts Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation
(
), down 11.7%,
(
), down 10.2%,
Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT
(
), down 8.8% and
(
), down 8.2% , were all laggards within the real estate industry with
(
) being today's real estate industry laggard.
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iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate
(
) while those bearish on the real estate industry could consider
ProShares Short Real Estate Fund
(
).
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