Host Hotels & Resorts
Host Hotels & Resorts' revenue rose 7.6% to $6.1 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 14.0%, down from 15.4% a year earlier. It paid out $828 million in dividends and buybacks. The diluted share count fell 1.4%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share grew 0.8% a year and net income 0.0% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 7%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital expenditure. The SEC's structured data for Host Hotels & Resorts' filings doesn't give both for any year, so free cash flow is left out.
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Host Hotels & Resorts yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Host Hotels & Resorts' 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Host Hotels & Resorts' cash from operations minus depreciation in fiscal 2025 (free cash flow before spending to grow, as its free cash flow was not available) of $715M, net cash of −$4.3B at December 31, 2025 and 694 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Host Hotels & Resorts: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 7.6% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 10%: 9% for a business of moderate risk (Hotel & Resort REITs), plus 1 point for unsteady results (a loss in fiscal 2021); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $25.06
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Host Hotels & Resorts' earnings per share of $1.49 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 28.1×, the middle of Host Hotels & Resorts' own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (the Real Estate median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 11%, 10% and 9%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $25.06
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Host Hotels & Resorts' P/E at the last close
- 16.8×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital RealtyDLR | $174.53 | $3.78 | 46.2× |
| Ryman Hospitality PropertiesRHP | $132.27 | $4.10 | 32.3× |
| Host Hotels & ResortsHST | $25.06 | $1.49 | 16.8× |
| Vici PropertiesVICI | $24.02 | $2.57 | 9.3× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 807 | 667 | 1,144 | 554 | 768 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 4,891 | 4,215 | 4,209 | 5,083 | 5,077 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 4,084 | 3,548 | 3,065 | 4,529 | 4,309 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 8.0x | 2.5x | 2.0x | 2.8x | 2.6x |
| Debt to equity | 0.8x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.8x | 0.8x |
| Interest coverage | −1.3x | 5.0x | 4.3x | 4.1x | 3.6x |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quick ratio | — | — | — | — | — |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought Host Hotels & Resorts shares on the open market, and 3 insiders sold $5.8 million, $78,043 of it under trading plans set up in advance.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Michael E LentzEVP, Development, D&c | Sold | 56,757 | $23.26 | $1.3 million | Form 4 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Nathan S TyrrellEVP, Ch. Investment Officer | Sold | 63,882 | $23.13 | $1.5 million | Form 4 |
| May 26, 2026 | Nathan S TyrrellEVP, Ch. Investment Officer | Sold | 15,569 | $23.00 | $358,087 | Form 4 |
| May 26, 2026 | Walter C RakowichDirector | Sold plan | 3,408 | $22.90 | $78,043 | Form 4 |
| May 8, 2026 | Nathan S TyrrellEVP, Ch. Investment Officer | Sold | 58,579 | $22.00 | $1.3 million | Form 4 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Michael E LentzEVP, Development, D&c | Sold | 12,673 | $19.95 | $252,826 | Form 4 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Nathan S TyrrellEVP, Ch. Investment Officer | Sold | 9,086 | $18.47 | $167,818 | Form 4 |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Nathan S TyrrellEVP, Ch. Investment Officer | Sold | 11,954 | $18.15 | $216,965 | Form 4 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Michael E LentzEVP, Development, D&c | Sold | 35,000 | $17.64 | $617,400 | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | — | — | — |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | — | — | — |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | — | — | — |
| Accruals ratio | −5.7% | −6.3% | −5.7% |
Compare
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| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Hotels & Resorts | FY25 | 7.6% | 14.0% | — | 7.4% | 2.6x | — | |
| Vici Properties | FY25 | 4.1% | — | 62.6% | 8.2% | 4.6x | — | Compare |
| Ryman Hospitality Properties | FY25 | 10.2% | 18.9% | 9.0% | — | — | — | Compare |
| Park Hotels & Resorts | FY25 | −2.2% | −1.3% | 4.0% | −0.4% | 12.0x | — | Compare |
| Digital Realty | FY25 | 10.0% | 10.8% | −12.6% | — | — | — | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 5,430 | 5,387 | 5,524 | 5,469 | 1,620 | 2,890 | 4,907 | 5,311 | 5,684 | 6,114 |
| Revenue growth | 1.5% | −0.8% | 2.5% | −1.0% | −70.4% | 78.4% | 69.8% | 8.2% | 7.0% | 7.6% |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | 684 | 676 | 530 | 799 | −953 | −250 | 775 | 827 | 875 | 855 |
| Net income | 762 | 564 | 1,087 | 920 | −732 | −11 | 633 | 740 | 697 | 765 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 1.02 | 0.76 | 1.47 | 1.26 | −1.04 | −0.02 | 0.88 | 1.04 | 0.99 | 1.10 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 744 | 739 | 741 | 731 | 706 | 710 | 718 | 713 | 704 | 694 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 1,302 | 1,230 | 1,300 | 1,250 | −307 | 292 | 1,416 | 1,441 | 1,498 | 1,510 |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | 596 | 628 | 629 | 623 | 320 | 0 | 150 | 547 | 737 | 623 |
| Share buybacks | 218 | 0 | 0 | 482 | 147 | 0 | 27 | 182 | 107 | 205 |
| Acquisitions | 63 | 468 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 26 | 30 | 24 | 26 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 372 | 913 | 1,542 | 1,573 | 2,335 | 807 | 667 | 1,144 | 554 | 768 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 3,649 | 3,954 | 3,837 | 3,794 | 5,541 | 4,891 | 4,215 | 4,209 | 5,083 | 5,077 |
| Total assets | 11,408 | 11,693 | 12,090 | 12,305 | 12,890 | 12,352 | 12,269 | 12,243 | 13,048 | 13,049 |
| Total liabilities | 4,210 | 4,524 | 4,396 | 4,838 | 6,456 | 5,780 | 5,390 | 5,417 | 6,271 | 6,317 |
| Shareholders' equity | 6,994 | 6,973 | 7,494 | 7,319 | 6,321 | 6,441 | 6,710 | 6,633 | 6,609 | 6,558 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 12.6% | 12.6% | 9.6% | 14.6% | −58.8% | −8.7% | 15.8% | 15.6% | 15.4% | 14.0% |
| Net margin | 14.0% | 10.5% | 19.7% | 16.8% | −45.2% | −0.4% | 12.9% | 13.9% | 12.3% | 12.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on capital | 6.2% | 5.8% | 4.7% | 8.0% | −7.9% | −2.0% | 7.2% | 7.9% | 8.2% | 7.4% |
| Return on equity | 10.8% | 8.1% | 15.0% | 12.4% | −10.7% | −0.2% | 9.6% | 11.1% | 10.5% | 11.6% |
| Return on assets | 6.6% | 4.9% | 9.1% | 7.5% | −5.8% | −0.1% | 5.1% | 6.0% | 5.5% | 5.9% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 2.3x | 2.1x | 1.6x | 1.5x | — | 8.0x | 2.5x | 2.0x | 2.8x | 2.6x |