Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (HST) earnings on May 6, 2026
More Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
The stock jumped as much as 2.85% during the day after earnings, but ended slightly lower by 0.18%. This shows investors had mixed feelings about the company's results.
HST price around the earnings
21.53
Change: -1.0%
2026-05-07, 23:35 UTC
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- End of the measured window
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
- Thesis published
Mixed outlook, caution is advised.
The company presents a mixed outlook, sitting near resistance with modest upside potential. However, it has a strong history of beating earnings expectations and shows contrarian positive sentiment.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Mixed outlook; the scenario suggests caution.
- Reasoning
- The company presents a mixed outlook, sitting near resistance with a modestly optimistic scenario. However, it has a strong history of beating earnings expectations and shows contrarian positive sentiment.
- Playbook
- Given the mixed contexts, the scenario suggests a cautious approach, perhaps indicating a need for a clearer context near resistance. Monitoring earnings performance and sentiment remains key.
- Trend
- First evaluation, no trend yet
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Positive
Analysts have set price targets pointing to a slightly optimistic scenario for the stock and have generally maintained positive ratings.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.9
- Analysts covering the stock
- 20
- Average price target
- 22.25
- Lowest price target
- 20
- Highest price target
- 27
- Upside to price target
- 2.2%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 25%
- Revenue growth
- 12.8%
- Forward EPS
- 0.97
- Trailing EPS
- 1.1
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 9
- Strong buy: 1
- Buy: 11
- Hold: 9
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 1
- Buy
- 11
- Hold
- 9
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- April 27, 2026 · Evercore ISI Group: Maintains rating (In-Line → In-Line)
- April 22, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- April 21, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- April 10, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- April 10, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- April 7, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- March 26, 2026 · Ladenburg Thalmann: Initiates coverage (Buy)
- March 26, 2026 · Truist Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- March 24, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Cautious
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (5)
- Evercore ISI Group Maintains In-Line on Host Hotels & Resorts, Raises Price Target to $23 — Benzinga
- Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on Host Hotels & Resorts, Raises Price Target to $23 — Benzinga
- JP Morgan Maintains Neutral on Host Hotels & Resorts, Raises Price Target to $22 — Benzinga
- UBS Maintains Neutral on Host Hotels & Resorts, Raises Price Target to $20 — Benzinga
- Morgan Stanley Maintains Equal-Weight on Host Hotels & Resorts, Raises Price Target to $20 — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Neutral
The stock shows some positive price movement recently but has slightly underperformed compared to the broader market.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -1.0%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +3.0%
- 30-day change
- +11.7%
- 30-day relative strength
- -0.4%
- Benchmark change
- +12.1%
- Nearest support
- 18.76
- Nearest resistance
- 21.98
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.79
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +124.5%
- February 17, 2026: actual EPS 0.2 vs estimate 0.19 (surprise +4.1%)
- November 5, 2025: actual EPS 0.23 vs estimate 0.04 (surprise +428.3%)
- July 30, 2025: actual EPS 0.32 vs estimate 0.23 (surprise +40.7%)
- April 30, 2025: actual EPS 0.35 vs estimate 0.28 (surprise +25.0%)
Expected move
Drivers
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Past earnings
Positive
The company has a strong recent record of exceeding earnings estimates, often by a significant margin.
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 2.5%
- 75th percentile move
- 4.9%
- 90th percentile move
- 6.5%
- Up / down moves
- 9 / 10
- Average up move
- +3.0%
- Average down move
- -3.6%
Monitoring and close
What Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Consolidated
- -0.2%
- Max move
- +2.9%
No verdict: the outlook took no direction, so there is nothing to score as a hit or a miss.